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Nice little specimen from the Chashan Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China. Interestingly, the...

Large, brightly fluorescent, pseudo-octahedral scheelite crystal on a matrix of non-fluorescent muscovite plates. From Mt Xuebaoding,...

Delicate casts of light blue triangular plumbogummite crystals growing over/after decayed hexagonal green pyromorphite crystals, a few of...

Purple octahedral fluorite crystals in matrix with a second generation of colorless cubic fluorite atop. The octahedral crystals...

A seldom seen fluorescent mineral - Kuangshan Town, Lengshuijiang City, Loudi City, Hunan Prov. - under longwave. Photo courtesy 沈洪涛

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 is a relatively rare aluminum hydroxide. It is composed of two different color phases: a rich blue and a lighter sky blue with...

Fluorite and calcite combinations from China are pretty common. This one however, just seems different. Perhaps it's that the calcite...

White hexagonal columnar calcite with black scalenohedron color zoning. It is a two generation growth calcite where the inner black...

High power LED 365nm lights are changing the fluorescent mineral hobby. Folks can now collect fluorescent minerals with a light costing...

Beautiful under white light with a saturated gemmy blue color, under UV amazing phantoms are revealed along with a rich, velvety blue...

These pieces are found in a hydrothermal lead-zinc deposit, hosted in limestone and sandstone, with granite intrusions. Two mines...

There was a recent post in the FMS Fluorescent Mineral Group on Facebook discussing the fluorescence of scheelite under LW UV (UVA). I...

Here's an amazing Creedite from the Qinglong Mine, in the Guizhou Province. Not only does the speciment have beautiful crystals in...

Radiating sprays of transparent, gemmy prismatic creedite crystals on a bed of white quartz druse. This specimen is from the Qinglong...

Eucryptite and scheelite under shortwave UV

An interesting chip calcite on fluorite from Chenzhou, Hunan, China. What's really different is that each calcite chip seems to have a...

Being brown / black presumed from the Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province,...

Apparently a relatively recent find, this material is stunning! Like a lemon sorbet in natural light, it becomes a beautiful raspberry...

Calcite comes in many forms and variations: poker chips, pagodas, crystals, massive, and many other forms. Here's an interesting bladed...