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swizz

Nov 13 2015, 12:06 PM

Here's a close-up of a nice Lazulite specimen a friend gave to me. It's only about 1/2 cm in size but makes up for that in color. This specimen came from Madagascar.

Lazulite by GhostCreekMine, on Flickr

Auger

Nov 13 2015, 06:54 PM

QUOTE (swizz @ Nov 13 2015, 11:06 AM)

Here's a close-up of a nice Lazulite specimen a friend gave to me. It's only about 1/2 cm in size but makes up for that in color. This specimen came from Madagascar.

Lazulite by GhostCreekMine, on Flickr

Ooooh I would like to find something like that.

NewRockHounder

Nov 15 2015, 12:07 AM

Is that under UV light?

Looks like it.

Colin

swizz

Nov 15 2015, 06:13 AM

QUOTE (NewRockHounder @ Nov 14 2015, 11:07 PM)

Is that under UV light?

Normal lighting. I don't think that a UV would do anything for it, not a fluorescent mineral to my knowledge.

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