An fluorescent specimen of muticolor sphalerite with dolomite coated in smithsonite from a find on private property in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
This specimen displays sphalerite and galena in dolomite and limestone. This specimen has a striking pattern of orange and bluish sphalerite (sphalerite appears more purple than it actually is in pictures)
There is smithsonite on this specimen visible in SW coating dolomite
This specimen is triboluminescent:
sphalerite on this specimen can be scratched by metal in a dark room with no eye light adjustment and send off "sparks" of orange light
Sphalerite: Orange, peach, bluish purple LW, weaker MW and SW
Smithsonite: Blue and pink SW
Weight: 332 grams
Dimensions: cm
Location: near Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA
S-98
You must have a filtered 254nm(SW) and/or a filtered 365nm(LW) light to best view the fluorescent response of this specimen.
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