Frédéric Messier Leroux
Mar 11, 2021
Updated: Jul 12, 2021
This calcite specimen, with the typical red fluorescence (best MW, then SW, then LW, as it's often the case with red fluorescing calcites), is not quite exceptionnal. But I still thought it was worth showing, first because fluorescent calcites from the Estrie region (formerly "Eastern Townships") are not often shown online, but also because it has a stronger than usual "brief intense phosphorescence" upon exposure to longwave.
I remain vague on the locale because the occurrence where this specimen was found was discovered by a friend of mine, who asked me not to disclose it.
Size: 7,7 cm X 6,7 cm X 2,7 cm
Shown respectively in the slideshow: SW UV, MW UV and LW UV fluorescence, LW UV "Brief intense phosphorescence", Visible light.