bb: Baryte - Psychedelic! Bright FL Striped Crystals from Linden Mine, Iowa

Description

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Species:
Baryte
Locality:
Glow-Stick Pocket, Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa
Size:
Large cabinet - 11.5 x 8.7 x 4.5 cm; largest crystal 1.8 cm long
Weight:
387.4 g
Number:
2456
Details:
Here's a cool, large-cabinet-sized specimen with pale brown baryte crystals on both ends. The baryte shows a bright, zoned fluorescence: snow-to-blue-white under all UV wavelengths, with long-lasting yellow to greenish phosphorescence. This interesting material comes from a very unusual underground rock mine in Iowa, which started as a surface quarry around 1897 before switching to subterranean extraction in 1956. It was not well known for mineral specimens until about 2005, when it started producing lovely clear calcite crystals with marcasite inclusions. A few years later, operations broke into large pockets of huge, olive-brown baryte crystals that caused a sensation. Both minerals are still coming out, although in more modest sizes; the baryte seems to change from pocket to pocket, so the individual pockets are being given descriptive names a la the Sweet Home Mine. A specimen from this pocket is on the cover of this year's Journal of the Fluorescent Mineral Society and was Mineral Photo of the Day on Mindat.org May 1.
NOTE: TO VIEW FLUORESCENCE, YOU NEED A QUALITY ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT WITH A UV FILTER!
The better the UV source, the better fluorescent minerals look. Cheap "UV" flashlights without filters will not provide satisfactory results!
The photos here are taken using Convoy S2 and C8 (longwave-365)
and UV Systems SuperBright II (shortwave-254) lamps, metered
and exposed to show fluorescent response to best advantage.
Key factors include lamp wattage, UV spectrum and filtration, as well as distance from lamp to specimen. For best results with any UV source, observe against a dark, non-fluorescent, non-reflective background, in complete darkness with eyes adapted. For extended viewing, use protective UV-absorbing goggles.
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