Mineral of the Month: Aragonite
As your trusted source for fluorescent minerals, we've chosen aragonite as the current "Mineral of the Month" to share with you.
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Calcite, Pyrite - New Mexico
$150.00 USD
SKU: MSJ0233
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A beautiful addition of calcite crystals and a matrix of pyrite. The specimen displays a brief intense phosphorescence (BIP).
Brief intense phosphorescence, or ÒBIPÓ, is a phenomenon where for a brief moment immediately after the shortwave lamp is turned off, it displays a very short-lived, but bright phosphorescence or flash. ItÕs very difficult to capture this in the photos. Typical for manganese activated calcites.
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