Quartz Crystals on Calcite - San Antonio Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico
Small delicate crystals of bright green fluorescing quartz are peppered around a matrix of calcite on this striking specimen.
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Svabite, Calcite - Sweden
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One of the most beautiful and striking combinations from the historic Langban complex in Sweden. Both minerals are very bright under shortwave. Orange-red fluorescing calcite with a gold-yellow fluorescing svabite.
We wrote an entire blog post dedicated to our travels and mining explorations in Sweden. You can read in depth about the history of these pieces here.
"Red" Sodalite (Hackmanite) - Deeply Tenebrescent Greenland Mineral
Red sodalite is named for the color it takes on when exposed to sunlight; it is nicely tenebrescent under longwave UV. Under shortwave UV the color deepens, in seconds, to almost black in some areas.
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A Short Study on Rare Occurrences of Apatite from the Ilimaussaq Complex, Greenland
Rarest of the rare from Greenland - apatite has only been observed in a handful of pieces over the decade+ we have been exploring Greenland. Blue apatite crystals fluorescing under UV.
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