Aragonite - Agrigento (Girgenti), Sicily, Italy

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Shortwave ultraviolet
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Longwave Ultraviolet
This specimen has lot of pale green hexagonal crystals in matrix. It fluoresces light blue/white under shortwave ultraviolet and fluoresces brilliant pink under longwave UV. It phosphoresces light green after exposure to either longwave or shortwave ultraviolet.

The overall size of this specimen is 2 1/2" long X 2" wide X 1 3/4 tall.

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