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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...

(English version) This specimen could be classified as an “common Mariposa Calcite” from Mexico (Buena Tierra Mine, Santra Eulalia). And...

This is a bright white, branching coral-like formation of pristine aragonite that shows a beautiful multi-wave fluorescent response under...

This is a cluster of white, bladed, intergrown crystals of selenite from an interesting location in Baja California, Mexico. Located at...

This is a hollow, rhyolitic, geode nodule half containing a botryoidal, bubbly mass of colorless hyalite opal and small quartz flowers,...

This is a large (25cm x 15cm x 15 xm) coralloid formation of Aragonite from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. I don't know if coralloid...

This is a nice little gemmy Adamite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapami, Durango, Mexico. It is pretty small (4.2 cm x 3.1 cm x 1.6 cm, 28.3...

A small percentage of purple fluorite from the Ojuela Mine in Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, shows a beautiful, rich, red fluorescence under UV....

A brightly fluorescent and phosphorescent calcite cleavage rhomb from Challenger Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. This specimen shows classic...

Terlingua-type calcite shows a similar response to UV light compared to true Terlingua calcite, from the Terlingua, Texas, area. True...

This is an exceptionally bright fluorescent adamite specimen from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Under visible light,...

A small percentage of purple fluorite from the Ojuela Mine in Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, shows a beautiful, rich, red fluorescence under...

Small delicate crystal florets of yellow fluorescing quartz needles are peppered around a matrix of calcite on this striking specimen. ...

This was a fortuitous find at a local mineral show. Just like with oysters, one never knows what one will find in a geode. In addition to...

This is the first fluorescent rock I bought in 2014 and got me hooked. It is 4x3x2". The photographs are SW (3x26w), and LW 3x3(9) Engin...

Black and White agate with pockets of calcite and aragonite. Not as spectacular in daylight as Crazy Lace Agate [also from Chihuahua] but...