4-Color Combination.
Esperite, Hardystonite, Willemite and Calcite
Franklin Mine, Franklin New Jersey

Normal light

Shortwave ultraviolet

This is a beauty. There are six different minerals in one specimen.
Four are fluorescent and two non-fluorescent.

Here are four minerals fluorescing under shortwave UV:

Willemite - Green
Calcite - Red
Esperite - Yellow
Hardystonite - Blue-violet

Two non-fluorescent minerals are franklinite and zincite.

The size of this specimen is 3" long X 2 3/4" wide x 1 5/8" thick.

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