DESCRIPTION: | No. 73381
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Mineral: | Calcite with Barite overgrowth
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Locality: | ZCA Hyatt Mine, Talcville, St. Lawrence County, New York |
Description: | Lustrous translucent-to-transparent gray-colorless rhombohedral calcite crystals to 22 mm with small pale-yellow barite (rare) microcrystals on the surfaces that fluoresce white under UV illumination and phosphoresce when illumination is extinguished. Ex. Art Wright collection, collected 1999. Fluoresces bright creme-white under 365 nm LW UV illumination and white under 254 nm SW UV illumination |
Overall Size: | 6.2x5x4 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 22 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |