large Hydrozincite (fluorescent!) Ted Bartels Coll.

900' Level, Yellow Pine Mine, Goodsprings, Clark Co., Nevada
Cabinet, 14.8 x 7.7 x 5.0 cm
Start Time: 03/22/2019 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 03/28/2019 6:36:43 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Hydrozincite was the primary zinc ore in this old abandoned Pb-Zn-Ag-Cu-Au-Hg-Sb mine. This is an exceptional large two-sided plate of solid hydrozincite from the Ted Bartels Collection. The front hosts a sculptural large vug filled with sparkly botryoids of rare gemmy hydrozincite needles and the back is covered with crystal needles. Striking 2-color fluorescence - yellow under LW UV light and bright white under SW UV light. A significant find, as even the mine level is known. Specimens of this size, richness and quality are RARE.

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