Plumbogummite ps. after Pyromorphite, Yangshuo Mine, China
This is a large specimen consisting of sky-blue plumbogummite (white light) psuedomorph that has replaced an intergrown cluster of...
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Fluorescent Minerals from China
Plumbogummite ps. after Pyromorphite, Yangshuo Mine, China
This is a large specimen consisting of pale sky-blue plumbogummite psuedomorph that has replaced an intergrown cluster of hexagonal...
Fluorescent Chalcanthite with Antlerite, Brochantite-MDO2 and Shungite(1) - Dongchaun, China/荧光胆矾
An unusual find in Dec 2021, hard to say to be beautiful but strange enough indeed. As chalcanthite is a simple copper sulfate mineral,...
Scheelite, with calcite and fluorite, from Hunan, China
Nice little specimen from the Chashan Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China. Interestingly, the...
Scheelite and Muscovite, Mt Xuebaoding, Sichuan, China
Large, brightly fluorescent, pseudo-octahedral scheelite crystal on a matrix of non-fluorescent muscovite plates. From Mt Xuebaoding,...
Plumbogummite, Pyromorphite - Yangshuo Mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China
Delicate casts of light blue triangular plumbogummite crystals growing over/after decayed hexagonal green pyromorphite crystals, a few of...
Fluorite - De'an Fluorite Mine, Jiujiang, China
Purple octahedral fluorite crystals in matrix with a second generation of colorless cubic fluorite atop. The octahedral crystals...
Valentinite from Lengshuijiang Sb deposit, China
A seldom seen fluorescent mineral - Kuangshan Town, Lengshuijiang City, Loudi City, Hunan Prov. - under longwave. Photo courtesy 沈洪涛
Calcite Crystals on Fluorite - Mongolia
Had a great time at Tucson and found lots of new material. This was one of my favorite finds - Calcite crystals on fluorite crystals -...
Gibbsite - Wenshan, Yunnan Prov., China
Gibbsite is a relatively rare aluminum hydroxide. It is composed of two different color phases: a rich blue and a lighter sky blue with...
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