WILLEMITE AND CALCITE PATTERNS FROM TWO LOCALITIES
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WILLEMITE AND CALCITE PATTERNS FROM TWO LOCALITIES Miller Canyon, Arizona and Franklin, New JerseyThis lot contains three well-matched and highly desirable specimens of the aesthetic combination of fluorescent red-orange calcite and green willemite from the two best localities in the world for this pairing. While this is an abundant combination in the Franklin mining district of New Jersey, a specimen such as the 3½ x 2¾ x 2 inch wedge-shaped example here becomes extremely desirable due to the rare pattern of relatively evenly spaced bands of the two minerals in about ½-inch straight and parallel formation; making for a very visually striking piece. While fluorescent willemite and calcite are a duo found in other localities in the world including quite a few in Arizona, the willemite found at most of the other localities more commonly fluoresces in colors ranging from buttery yellow to yellow-orange and is typically found only in thin veinlets. But located in a canyon near the top of Miller Peak in the rugged Huachuca Mountains of Cochise Co, Arizona is the second best locality for this red-orange and green fluorescent pair. The larger of the two pieces from Miller Canyon in this lot is a 5 x 3¾ x 1¾-inch hatchet-head shaped piece showing the typical green fluorescing and ore-rimming pattern in red-orange fluorescent calcite, itself
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