Diopside under shortwave UV Light



Viewed under SW ultraviolet light, this combination of blue-fluorescing diopside and yellow-fluorescing norbergite (same specimen as in photo DPS18a) is unusually attractive. Such "half-and-half" specimens, rich in both minerals and nicely separated into blue- and yellow-fluorescing portions, are uncommon.

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Pale yellow grains of norbergite and white to pale gray grains of diopside with small, scattered grains of violet fluorite, graphite, and pyrite under shortwave UV Light

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Identifier: DPS18b
Locality: Franklin Marble, Sussex County
Specimen size: 13 x 10 x 6 cm
Photo credit: Richard Schnurr (Fox Tail Images)