{"product_id":"fluorescent-pink-calcite-rhomb-nuevo-leon-mexico-msr1013-105","title":"Calcite Rhomb - Nuevo Leon, Mexico","description":"\u003cp\u003e*Note: Please make sure to right-click and print (or save) ID card located in the photo gallery for your records*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA large fluorescent calcite specimen from Challenger Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, from the Liebetrau Collection. This calcite rhomb displays a beautiful translucent pale pink appearance under normal lighting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnder longwave UV, the calcite produces a bright bubblegum hot pink color known to collectors from this locality. Challenger Cave is a classic locality near Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. The cave system was historically a prolific source of exceptionally clear, strongly fluorescent calcite, but the locality is now reported to be inaccessible, making available specimens older material from previous collecting.  Challenger Cave material is known as extraordinary Terlingua-type calcite due to its long afterglow and notable for exceptionally clean cleavage faces, clarity and transparency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEx. Liebetrau Collection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis specimen originates from the renowned collection of Albert M. “Al” and Suzanne “Sue” Liebetrau, who spent more than six decades assembling a world-class collection of fine minerals from around the globe. Particularly celebrated for their exceptional fluorescent minerals, the Liebetraus built what has been described as one of the great fluorescent mineral collections in the United States, with specimens selected for quality, rarity, aesthetics, and locality significance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MinerShop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52681771221288,"sku":"MSR1013-105","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4253\/0600\/files\/LW_c165a2dd-ebba-4162-bbdf-36089694637d.png?v=1790021941","url":"https:\/\/www.minershop.com\/products\/fluorescent-pink-calcite-rhomb-nuevo-leon-mexico-msr1013-105","provider":"MinerShop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}