Fluorescent Museum page 11

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Page 11 - Rare, Fluorescent

World 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, handling, delivery confirmation, and insurance (if you want it) will be added to your order once the weight is figured. Let me know where you live so I can figure postage. 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 new Super Bright brand light). If your light is more than a few years old, the item may look bluer than it looks here.

Powellite Imitator - Amber spears of calcite on dolomite from Pune, Wagholi, India. The calcite fluoresces yellow-white SW & LW. The piece weighs 0.8 oz. and is 2.0 x 1.0 x 0.8 inches. $15.00, item #709 (RESERVED 5/12/08) Rare zinnwaldite crystals with ferberite and hubnerite (formerly called wolframite) from Xao Gan Xian, Hunan Provence, China. The zinnwaldite fluoresces peachy yellow SW & LW. The piece weighs 3.7 oz. and is 2.3 x 1.7 x 1.2 inches. $50.00, item #1377 (RESERVED 5/12/08)

Afghanistan is too dangerous for European and American mineral dealers to travel through to buy minerals with cash (they are not currently taking credit cards), so the material is brought across the mountains, on foot or by pack mule to Pakistan, where the mineral are sold in markets in Peshawar and Gilgit. Now with the war, most of the material carried is high value minerals and gems such as emeralds, aquamarines, rubies, etc. Not many miners are willing to carry kunzite, scheelite, and albite. Hence, this material is very rare and then must go through several dealers before it comes to the US.

A beautiful and rare pargasite crystal with phlogopite crystals on white matrix from Hunza, Gilgit district, Pakistan. Fluorescing pargasite from Pakistan is rare. The pargasite fluoresces pale yellow-green SW and the phlogopite fluoresces yellow SW. It weighs 4.7 oz. and is 2.0 x 1.8 x 1.3 inches. $58.00, item #1575 A beautiful and rare pargasite crystal with phlogopite crystals on white matrix from Hunza, Gilgit district, Pakistan. Fluorescing pargasite from Pakistan is rare. The pargasite fluoresces pale yellow-green SW and the phlogopite fluoresces yellow SW. It weighs 4.8 oz. and is 2.7 x 1.8 x 1.3 inches. $58.00, item #1574

A rare and unusual fluorescing sodalite crystal on feldspar from Sari-Sung, Badkhshan, Afghanistan. The sodalite fluoresces pale blue-white SW and pale yellow LW with a long phosphorescence. There is also some more typical sodalite that shows in the lower LW photo and fluoresces orange. It weighs 12.6 oz. and is 2.6 x 2.5 x 2.5 inches. $140.00, item #1529 Crystals of fluorite on exceptionally beautiful muscovite from Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Pakistan. The fluorite fluoresces creamy white SW and violet LW and has a long-lasting green phosphorescence. It weighs 12.6 oz. and is 4.3 x 3.3 x 1.5 inches. $90.00, item #1533

Rare Fluorescent Topaz - A cabinet-sized specimen with beautiful gem quality topaz crystals (the arrow points to a water clear large topaz), quartz crystals, calcite, phlogopite, sodalite, and fluorite from Gilgit, Pakistan. The topaz fluoresces pale yellow SW, the calcite fluoresces pale red SW, the fluorite fluoresces a beautiful lime green SW & LW and has a long lasting phosphorescence, and the sodalite fluoresces orange LW. The piece weighs 2 lb. 14.2 oz. and is 4.8 x 4.6 x 2.7 inches. $90.00, item #1384 Unusually beautiful crystals of fluorite/ chlorophane (a varietal name for green fluorescing, thermoluminescent fluorite) on muscovite from Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Pakistan. The fluorite fluoresces pale green SW and violet LW and has a long-lasting green phosphorescence. It weighs 8.5 oz. and is 3.2 x 2.2 x 1.4 inches. $90.00, item #1534

A aesthetically beautiful aragonite stalactite from La Oroyo, Junin Department, Peru. The aragonite fluoresces pale blue SW with a nice long lasting phosphorescence. It weighs 12.0 oz. and is 8.0 x 3.0 x 2.0 inches. $52.00, item #742 (RESERVED 5/12/08) A rare fluorescing microcline with a lovely beryl, var. aquamarine, crystal with muscovite from Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Pakistan. The microcline fluoresces dark pink SW. The piece weighs 7.2 oz. and is 3.0 x 2.4 x 1.5 inches. $22.00, item #1371

Rare purple (much rarer than yellow) scapolite cut and faceted as a gem from Tanzania. Weight 0.9 ct. Shape and size: Oval, 7.5 x 6.0 x 4.0 mm. Clarity: VSII. It fluoresces red SW. Item #101scapolite, $68.00 A rare faceted Sodalite crystal from Sari Sung, Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. The Sodalite glows orange LW and white SW, has a blue-white phosphorescence. It is 5 mm x 7.5 mm in size. $60.00, Item #962

Rare, large, custom emerald cut scheelite gem. A bright peach gem in excellent color from China. It fluoresces brilliant white. Hardness is 5.5. It weighs 4.59 cts. and is 9.25 x 6.5mm. $78.00, item #1256 Barite crystals from near Warihuayin, Huamalies Province, Huanuco Department, Peru. The crystals fluoresce pale creamy white and have zones of fluorescence SW, some of which are hour glass shaped. The piece weighs 1.0 oz. and is 1.5 x 1.3 x 0.5 inches. $36.00, item #1433

These blue fluorite crystals with pyrite & quartz crystals are from Yaogangxian, Sichuan Province, China. Fluorite fluoresces violet LW. The piece weighs 2.0 oz. and is 2.0 x 1.7 x 0.9 inches. $18.00, item #204
Almost colorless, light blue fluorite crystals with quartz crystals from Yaogangxian, Sichuan Province, China. Fluorite fluoresces violet LW. The piece weighs 1.5 oz. and is 2.0 x 1.5 x 1.3 inches. $20.00, item #201 (RESERVED 5/12/08)


A beautiful and rare pargasite crystal with phlogopite crystals on white matrix from Hunza, Gilgit district, Pakistan. Fluorescing pargasite from Pakistan is rare. The pargasite fluoresces pale yellow-green SW and the phlogopite fluoresces yellow SW. It weighs 4.7 oz. and is 2.0 x 1.8 x 1.3 inches. $58.00, item #1575	A beautiful and rare pargasite crystal with phlogopite crystals on white matrix from Hunza, Gilgit district, Pakistan. Fluorescing pargasite from Pakistan is rare. The pargasite fluoresces pale yellow-green SW and the phlogopite fluoresces yellow SW. It weighs 4.8 oz. and is 2.7 x 1.8 x 1.3 inches. $58.00, item #1574


A rare and unusual fluorescing sodalite crystal on feldspar from Sari-Sung, Badkhshan, Afghanistan. The sodalite fluoresces pale blue-white SW and pale yellow LW with a long phosphorescence. There is also some more typical sodalite that shows in the lower LW photo and fluoresces orange. It weighs 12.6 oz. and is 2.6 x 2.5 x 2.5 inches. $140.00, item #1529	Crystals of fluorite on exceptionally beautiful muscovite from Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Pakistan. The fluorite fluoresces creamy white SW and violet LW and has a long-lasting green phosphorescence. It weighs 12.6 oz. and is 4.3 x 3.3 x 1.5 inches. $90.00, item #1533


A aesthetically beautiful aragonite stalactite from La Oroyo, Junin Department, Peru. The aragonite fluoresces pale blue SW with a nice long lasting phosphorescence. It weighs 12.0 oz. and is 8.0 x 3.0 x 2.0 inches. $52.00, item #742 (RESERVED 5/12/08)	A rare fluorescing microcline with a lovely beryl, var. aquamarine, crystal with muscovite from Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Pakistan. The microcline fluoresces dark pink SW. The piece weighs 7.2 oz. and is 3.0 x 2.4 x 1.5 inches. $22.00, item #1371


Rare purple (much rarer than yellow) scapolite cut and faceted as a gem from Tanzania. Weight 0.9 ct. Shape and size: Oval, 7.5 x 6.0 x 4.0 mm. Clarity: VSII. It fluoresces red SW. Item #101scapolite, $68.00	A rare faceted Sodalite crystal from Sari Sung, Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. The Sodalite glows orange LW and white SW, has a blue-white phosphorescence. It is 5 mm x 7.5 mm in size. $60.00, Item #962


Rare, large, custom emerald cut scheelite gem. A bright peach gem in excellent color from China. It fluoresces brilliant white. Hardness is 5.5. It weighs 4.59 cts. and is 9.25 x 6.5mm. $78.00, item #1256	Barite crystals from near Warihuayin, Huamalies Province, Huanuco Department, Peru. The crystals fluoresce pale creamy white and have zones of fluorescence SW, some of which are hour glass shaped. The piece weighs 1.0 oz. and is 1.5 x 1.3 x 0.5 inches. $36.00, item #1433


These blue fluorite crystals with pyrite & quartz crystals are from Yaogangxian, Sichuan Province, China. Fluorite fluoresces violet LW. The piece weighs 2.0 oz. and is 2.0 x 1.7 x 0.9 inches. $18.00, item #204	Almost colorless, light blue fluorite crystals with quartz crystals from Yaogangxian, Sichuan Province, China. Fluorite fluoresces violet LW. The piece weighs 1.5 oz. and is 2.0 x 1.5 x 1.3 inches. $20.00, item #201 (RESERVED 5/12/08)