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Calcite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Boquillas Del Carmen, Ocampo Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 4 × 3.1 cm
Description

Good representative specimen of Terlingua-type calcite from “Boquillas” (Mexico) of pink and white colour. The specimen shows a very intense pink fluorescence under long wave UV light. Under short wave UV light, it shows a bright whitish-blue response and strong blue phosphorescence that last for 4-5 seconds.

Acquired in 1985. Ex. Bob Janssens, #1677.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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