[Rockhounds] Need help with Mineral ID
Stan Perry
rgangue at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 9 01:16:57 PDT 2009
Wes,
Looks like calcite on dolomite with scattered chalcopyrite from Black Rock, Arkansas. Is it the pink crystals that fluoresce or the clear to white ones?
Cheers,
Stan
--- On Tue, 6/9/09, Wes Lingerfelt <Rocks4u at prodigy.net> wrote:
> From: Wes Lingerfelt <Rocks4u at prodigy.net>
> Subject: [Rockhounds] Need help with Mineral ID
> To: rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com
> Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 12:17 AM
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/wirewrap/sets/72157619389520369/
>
> Does anyone out there recognize this mineral? I think it is
> Manganoan Calcite. It has Pyrite scattered all over it and
> it Fluoresces deep Raspberry Red under short wave UV. Any
> help will be appreciated.
> Wes Lingerfelt
>
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