[Rockhounds] Need help with Mineral ID

[Wes Lingerfelt]

Thanks for the responses everyone. The clear crystals (Calcite, I believe) 
do not fluoresce at all in any wavelength but the pink crystals do but not 
real strong. I love the raspberry color it does produce however. I tried to 
find a similar specimen on Mindat but so far haven't been successful. I hate 
it when someone walks up to me and says "Do you know what this is?" and has 
no information about where it came from or who collected it. Thanks again 
you all for the help. I hope you were able to use the slide show feature of 
Flikr and see the specimen up close.
Cheers,
Wes
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stan Perry" <rgangue at yahoo.com>
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>
> 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:
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>> 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/
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>> 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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