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Zircon on Syenite displaying fluorescence
Locality: Stokkøya, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
254 nm (Shortwave) UV Light
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Autunite on Limonitized Matrix displaying fluorescence
Locality: Le Boucheron, Davignac, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
375nm (Longwave) UV Light
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Cerussite with Baryte and Galena displaying fluorescence
Locality: Unknown
375 nm (Longwave) UV Light
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Scheelite in Brecciated Quartz displaying fluorescence
Locality: Salmite Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada
254 nm (Shortwave) UV Light
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Morganite on Cleavelandite
Locality: Darrah I Pech, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
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Erythrite Vein in Matrix with Cobaltkoritnigite
Locality: Bou Azzer Mine, Amerzgane, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
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Golden columns of #biotite in #quartz. Field of view = 3.05mm
This type of mica tends to be very gemmy and a beautiful color at this size.
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To start the new year, I figured I’d try a micro mineral shot. This is a 2.8mm #garnet #crystal from the Doomsday prospect near De Luz in San Diego County. It’s most likely an almandine-spessartine blend.
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it’s getting cold outside! why not throw a log on the fire and warm up with your favorite #opal.
this is most likely limonite after hornblende in Mexcian opal.
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…the after photo.
Radiating #hematite and #rutile in quartz. Oblique diffused and oblique pinpoint xenon lighting. Polarized.
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