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Hydrozincite and lead

This hydrozincite comes from the Minas de Altaiz, in the Picos de Europa National Park in the Norts of Spain. The fluorescence is due to...

Hydrozincite, Calcite, Yellow ? under Shortwave UV - Columbia Mine, Marion County, KY

The Columbia Mine in Kentucky can yield some really pretty specimens if you are persistent and crack enough rocks. The rarest color is...

Calcite and Hydrozincite - Beaver, UT

Large specimen of hydrozincite and calcite from the Salina Canyon Mine around Beaver Utah. What I find most interesting in this specimen...

Brightly Fluorescent Hydrozincite and Calcite from the Historic Columbia Mine, Marion, Kentucky

Brightly fluorescent hydrozincite and calcite from the historic Columbia Mine, Marion, Kentucky. Under short wave UV (254nm) the...

Willemite, Calcite and Hydrozincite, Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, New Jersey

This insane swirl of fluorescent colors is from the Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, New Jersey. The unusual and interesting pattern of...

Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland)

And if that’s not enough, minerals include: Calcite (red), Barytocalcite (pink), Witherite (cream), Baryte (yellowish white), Fluorite...

Calcite, Willemite, Hydrozincite, Powellite, Smithsonite, Miller Canyon, AZ

This is the brightest Miller Canyon, AZ rock that I have. It is also a rare 5 color rock. It is about 4". There is Calcite, Willemite,...

Smithsonite and Calcite, Kelly Mine, New Mexico

Here is a beautiful multicolored specimen from the Kelly Mine in New Mexico. This piece has Smithsonite that fluoresces Red and Violet,...

Sphalerite, Calcite, Willemite, and Hydrozincite, Miller Canyon, Arizona

An interesting, but not exceptional rock from Miller Canyon. However, the sphalerite's phosphorescence is quite interesting and exhibits...

Hydrozincite, Fluorite, Calcite - Minerva #1 Mine, Hardin County IL

Botryoidal Hydrozincite from Spain

The Reocín deposit in Santander Province consists of primary sulfide ore and is (was?) one of Europe’s largest zinc mining operations. ...

Miller Canyon, Arizona

Consensus is calcite, willemite, hydrozincite, sphalerite, smithsonite, and the yellow is possibly cerrusite, but is still under discussion.

Hydrozincite and Barite - Wilder's Prospect, Dekalb County, TN

Calcite, Hydrozincite and Powellite from Shadow Hills, Mojave Desert, CA

Here's a nice little specimen that was from a selection of handouts for kids at a local show. Calcite (red), Hydrozincite (blue),...

Calcite and Hydrozincite - Hurricane, Utah

Bright two-color specimen, unique yellow response under MW

Layer Cake - Chondrodite, Calcite, Diopside, Hydrozincite, Aragonite - Long Lake Zinc Mine - Ontario

Exceptional examples of the complex mineralogy at the LLZ mine in Canada. Only a couple of specimens like this were collected from one...

Chondrodite, Calcite, Diopside, Hydrozincite, Aragonite - Long Lake Zinc Mine - Ontario, Canada

Chondrodite, Calcite, Diopside, Hydrozincite - Long Lake Zinc Mine - Ontario, Canada

Calcite, Sphalerite, Hydrozincite - Columbia Mine, Marion KY

Calcite, Sphalerite, Hydrozincite, Fluorite - Columbia Mine, Marion KY