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A palm-sized plate of brightly fluorescent fluorapatite crystals on a matrix of unknown identity. As shown in the photograph below, the...

Very nice cabinet-sized specimen of stalactitic aragonite (aka "Cave aragonite"), from the Santa Eulalia Mining District, fluorescing...

Very nice, large cabinet-sized specimen of stalactitic aragonite (aka "Cave aragonite"), from the Santa Eulalia Mining District,...

Shown here is a pretty small but nicely transparent, gemmy cleavage rhomb of "Terlingua-type" calcite from the Challenger Cave, Nuevo...

A few months ago, I purchased this nice and quite big cleavage rhomb of "terlingua-type" calcite, from the Challenger Cave, Nuevo Leon,...

This unique fluorescent specimen comes from the Palmarejo Mine, in Chínipas, Chihuahua, Mexico, and consists of a brightly fluorescent...

The Electric Opal Claim in Zacatecas, Mexico produced specimens of hyalite opal that were notable for having brilliant green fluorescence...

The El Refugio Mine, located in Choix, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, is a notable source of beautiful specimens of the zinc carbonate...

The El Refugio mine, located in Choix, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, is a notable source of beautiful specimens of the zinc carbonate...

This is a large, spectacular, plate of brightly fluorescent, plumose and needle-like calcite scalenohedrons from the San Antonio Mine,...

This specimen of Mariposa calcite shows bright orange fluorescence under short wave UV on the underside of the base of the piece. Note...

Mariposa calcite specimens are produced by several mines in the West Camp area of the Santa Eulalia Mining District in the Mexican State...

Colorless to greenish, transparent, glassy bubbles of hyalite opal (Opal-AN) covering an unknown brown/grey colored matrix, from Electric...

Danburite is a calcium borosilicate mineral that is sometimes cut as a gemstone. Like many minerals, when found in its pure form it is...

Another specimen from an old collection, this one an interesting calcite from Chihuahua, Mexico . Anyway, though this one looks like it...

At Tucson 2017 I had my deathray longwave LED flashlight (as did one other fellow). We came across a vendor selling Mapami fluorite...

The El Refugio mine, located in Choix, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, is a notable source of beautiful specimens of the zinc carbonate...

This is an interesting specimen of adamite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico. As is the case with many fluorescent minerals,...

Light-colored crystals of hemimorphite on a red/brown limonitic gossan matrix, collected from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico. ...

Geodes are great fun. They're much better than Easter Eggs during an egg hunt, and this one was found during such an escapade. Momma...