Up for bid is a multicolored fluorescent specimen featuring a large Afghanite Crystal from the world famous Sar-e-Sang Lapis Mines in Afghanistan. You will need multiple UV wavelengths to see all the colors, but this is still a great specimen even under a single wavelength or in daylight.

The Afghanite Crystal is 1 �� long and is Blue under White Light. It fluoresces Orange-Yellow under LW. There are some areas on the matrix that fluoresce a brighter Orange-Yellow LW. The have some daylight blue material in the vicinity, but the fluorescence is coming from something else. Not sure what mineral that is.

The Calcite fluoresces Red and is brightest MW. The Phlogopite fluoresce Yellow SW and Orange MW. Finally there is an unknown that fluoresces White SW.

The first picture is under simultaneous SW, MW and LW UV to show off all colors.
The second picture is under Short-wave UV only and shows the Red Fluorescing Calcite, Yellow fluorescing Phlogopite, and the White fluorescing unknown. . The third picture is under Mid-wave UV only and shows the Calcite fluorescing bright Red, and the Phlogopite fluorescing Orange.
The fourth picture is under Long Wave UV only and shows the Afghanite crystals fluorescing Orange-Yellow.
The fifth picture is under White Light and shows the brilliant blue of the Afghanite.

• Description: Afghanite crystal daylight Blue (FL Orange-Yellow LW), Calcite (FL Red MW, SW), Phlogopite (FL Yellow SW, Orange MW), Unknown (FL White SW)
• Location: Sar-e-Sang Lapis Mines, , , Badakhshan Prov, Afghanistan
• Size: 3.4" x 2.1" x 1.5"
• Weight: 8 oz

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