Spectacular Fluorescent Specimen from the Long Lake Zinc Mine, Ontario, Canada
- Chris Clemens
- Jan 2, 2017
- 1 min read
This is a beautiful multi-colored fluorescent specimen from the Long Lake Zinc Mine, near Parham, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada. Under short wave UV, the specimen is dominated by red fluorescing calcite with blue/white bolts of aragonite, blue hydrozincite, and yellow dots of chondrodite. The dimensions of this piece are 12.9 x 10.8 x 6.1 cm, and it weighs 890 grams.