This beautiful 3-color fluorescent rock features a combination of calcite, willemite and fluorite and is part of a find made by New Mexico based collectors Ken and Gail Hennig, who found several pieces of this material while on a collecting trip in the area of Hidalgo County, New Mexico. Ken and Gail named this find "Enchantment Rock" after the state of New Mexico- the Land of Enchantment. The size of this striking specimen is 72 x 63 x 37 mm, and it weighs 139 grams.
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The above photograph shows the spectacular 3-color fluorescent response of this "Enchantment Rock" under full-wave UV (SW+MW+LW). The calcite fluoresces red, the fluorite blue, and the willemite green.
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Under short wave UV (254 nm), the willemite shows bright green fluorescence and the calcite shows a red response.
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As shown above, the willemite shows bright and lasting green phosphorescence/afterglow following exposure to short wave UV (254 nm).
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Under long wave UV (365 nm) the blue fluorescence of the fluorite dominates this specimen, while the willemite and calcite show only a dim response.
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Under visible light, this rock looks quite unremarkable, and provides little clue to its beauty under UV light.