Aragonite under shortwave UV Light



Aragonite coating on calcite / willemite / franklinite ore from the Franklin Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, New Jersey under shortwave UV light. The aragonite fluoresces blue to blue-green, calcite red and the willemite green, franklinite is non-fluorescent. Photo by WP.


Aragonite coating on calcite / willemite /  franklinite ore, Buckwheat Dump Franklin under shortwave UV Light