Kah-Wai Lin

Jan 16, 2022

Hydrozincite, Sphalerite from Green Monster Mine, Nevada

One of the many specimens collected in the Green Monster Mine, Sandy Valley, Nevada, in early January 2022. The blue-white fluorescent is hydrozincite (short-wave UV), orange fluorescent is sphalerite (stronger under long-wave UV than short-wave UV).

Short-wave + long-wave UV

White light

Short-wave UV

Long-wave UV

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