Fluorescent Museum page 10a

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Page10a - Rare, Fluorescent Minerals for Sale

The minerals can be purchased using personal checks, money orders, and Paypal. My address is Stuart Schneider, P.O. Box 64, Teaneck, NJ 07666 and my Paypal name and email address is Stuarts1031@ erols.com (no spaces). Postage and handling, and insurance (if you want it) will be added to your order once the weight is figured. I mail using the US Postal Service. Email me to reserve the item numbers that you want.

Terms: You can return any item to me within 10 days for any reason. If I misdescribed it, I will refund your postage both ways. If you are dissatisfied, you pay postage both ways. All photos are taken under daylight and Short Wave Ultraviolet (I use a Super Bright brand light). If your light is more than a few years old, the item may look bluer than it looks here.

A large, cabinet-sized piece of calcite spotted with barite from Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. The calcite fluoresces orange-red SW and the barite fluoresces white SW. It weighs 2 lb. 3.0 oz. and is 7.5 x 3.9 x 1.3 inches. $150.00, item #1628


An unusually large (19/64") pretty well-formed sphalerite crystal on dolomite crystals with calicite from the Franklin mine, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. The calcite fluoresces pale pink-red SW. It weighs 1 lb. 5.1 oz. and is 4.8 x 3.5 x 2.5 inches. $44.00, item #1593	Fluorapatite with willemite, a touch of xonotlite and bustamite from the Mill site, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. The fluorapatite fluoresces orange SW, the xonotlite fluoresces purple SW, and the willemite fluoresces green SW. The bustamite is NF. It weighs 2 lb. 4.8 oz. and is 4.0 x 3.5 x 2.5 inches. $38.00, item #1602


Two Sides Shown - Beautiful light cream hardystonite peppered with calcite, veins of green willemite, and touches of clinohedrite from the Franklin mine, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. The hardystonite fluoresces purple-blue SW, the willemite fluoresces green SW,	the clinohedrite fluoresces orange SW, and the calcite fluoresces orange-red SW. It weighs 8.5 oz. and is 2.5 x 2.0 x 2.0 inches. $60.00, item #1619 (RESERVED 5/12/08)


Hardystonite, bustamite, clinohedrite, and willemite from Franklin mine, Franklin, Sussex County, NJ. The bustamite fluoresces red LW and some parts fluoresce red SW, the hardystonite fluoresce purple-blue SW, the clinohedrite fluoresces orange SW and the willemite fluoresces green SW. It weighs 10.5 oz. and is 3.0 x 3.0 x 1.6 inches. $70.00, item #1634 (RESERVED 5/14/08)	A cabinet-sized piece with fluorite and fluorapatite from the Edison mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. The fluorapatite fluoresces orange-yellow SW and the fluorite fluoresces creamy white SW and violet LW. It weighs 1 lb. 15.6 oz. and is 3.2 x 3.2 x 2.8 inches. $50.00, item #1632


The largest and nicest fluorapatite and feldspar found from the Edison mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. The fluorapatite fluoresces orange-yellow SW and the feldspar fluoresces violet SW. It weighs 2 lb. 12.4 oz. and is 6.5 x 3.0 x 2.0 inches. $100.00, item #1631 (RESERVED 5/12/08)	Dolomite crystals from the Franklin mine, Sussex County, NJ. The dolomite is NF. It weighs 9.5 oz. and is 3.1 x 3.1 x 1.5 inches. $14.00, item #1603


Unusual hexagonal calcite crystals from Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. The calcite fluoresces pure orange SW. It weighs 3.6 oz. and is 2.8 x 2.2 x 0.7 inches. $45.00, item #1626	Rhodonite with willemite, calcite and franklinite from the Franklin mine, Sussex County, NJ. The willemite fluoresces green SW and the calcite fluoresces red-orange SW. It weighs 14.6 oz. and is 4.8 x 2.6 x 1.5 inches. $18.00, item #1601 (RESERVED 5/12/08)

Afghanistan and Pakistan have been affected greatly by the war in the region. Little seems to be coming out of the area except the rarest gems that make it worthwhile to risk one's life to cross the borders. Sodalites, Fluorites, Pargasites - Here is some great material from the region!


Beautiful lavender fluorescing crystals of fluorapatite from Nagar, Gilgit district, Pakistan. The fluorapatite fluoresces lavender. It weighs 3.75 oz. and is 2.5 x 2.0 x 1.1 inches. $135.00, item #959	Calcite from Cloford quarry, Mendips, Somerset, England. This calcite fluoresces white and red-orange under SW and cream under LW and has a strong phosphorescence. It weighs 5.2 oz. and is 2.4 x 1.8 x 1.7 inches. $45.00, item #1633 (RESERVED 5/12/08)


Rare-location, cabinet-sized scheelite - Scheelite crystal on quartz crystals from Shighar, Pakistan. This almost never is available to collectors. The scheelite fluoresces bright pale blue SW. It weighs 13.4 oz. and is 4.0 x 3.0 x 1.5 inches. $126.00, item #1462	Herkimer diamond-like, transparent quartz crystal with inclusions (the source of the fluorescence) from Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan. The inclusions fluoresce bright pale blue SW. It is approximately 0.6 x 0.4 inches. $15.00, item #quartz (RESERVED 5/12/08)