Calcite, Cerussite
Rossie Lead Mines, Rossie, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Massive, coarse-grained calcite fluorescing orange-red under MW UV light, response is similar but weaker under SW and very weak under LW UV. The non-fluorescent galena shows a thin, scattered coating of a yellow-fluorescing cerussite. Its brightest fluorescence is under LW UV. The blue patch at the top is where the calcite was damaged - ...
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