charles b. ward fluorescent minerals

Shortwave Minerals

Mineral description and color of fluorescence

Size

Price

Amazonite with Quartz - Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Amazonite - FL White/greenish Quartz - FL red

2" x 2" to 6" x 8"

$25 - $200

Baratovite - Dara-I-Pioz, Alai Range, Tien Shan, Tadzhikistan
FL - creamy/white

1 1/2" X 1 1/2"

$25 to $35

Benitoite- New Idria, San Benito County, New Idria, CA.
FL - Blue

2" X 3" to 8" X 8"

$25 to $200

Calcite - Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
FL - Red

4" X 4"

$75

Calcite (Stronianite) - Winfield, PA
FL - White to cream

Call

Calcite after Aragonite - Trois Mountain Area, New Mexico
FL Green

2" X 3" to 8" X 15"

$5 to $250

Chalcedony rose -nrWickenberg, Yavapal Cty, AZ
 FL - Bright Green

1" x 1" to 2" x 2"

$5 - $10

Clinohedrite, willemite - Franklin, New Jersey
Clinohedrite: FL orange
Willemite: FL bright green

Various sizes
Priced by quality

$15 to $125

Clinohedrite, willemite, Calcite - Franklin, New Jersey
Clinohedrite: FL Orange
Willemite: FL Bright green
Calcite: FL Red

Various sizes
Priced by quality

$15 to $200

Clinohedrite, willemite, Hardystonite - Franklin, New Jersey
Clinohedrite: FL Orange
Willemite: FL Bright green
Hardystonite: FL Violet-blue

Various sizes
Priced by quality

$15 to $200

Common Opal - Virgin Valley, Nevada
FL - green

2" X 2" to 3" X 3"

$3 to $15

Dravite crystals on talc - Kohistan, Pakistan
Dravite: FL Golden yellow
Talc: FL Creamy yellow

1" X 2"

$20 to $35

Esperite Combination - Franklin, New Jersey
Has one or more of the following fluorescent minerals; willemite, calcite, hardystonite and clinohedrite.
Esperite: FL Bright Yellow

Priced by size
and quality

$40 to $500

Eucryptite - Parker Mountain, Center Stafford, New Hampshire
Prices vary by size, coverage & brightness.
FL Deep dark Red - very attractive.

1" X 2" to 2" X 3 1/2"

 $4 to $20

Fluoroapatite - Franklin, New Jersey
FL - Orange

3" X 3" to 5" X 5"

$10 to $75

Fresnoite - Junnila Mine, Clear Creek, San Benito County, California
FL White

3" X 3" to 5" X 5"

$10 to $35

Feldspar, Chlorophane - Henderson Mine, 7,065 feet level
Clear Creek County, Empire Colorado
Feldspar: FL Red
Chlorophane: FL Cream

2" X 2" to 7" X 10"

$7 to $100

Halite on gypsum - Southwest Australia, Australia
FL Orange

2" X 2" to 4" X 6"

 $5 to $35

Hardystonite, willemite - Franklin New Jersey
Hardystonite: FL Blue-violet

Priced by quality and size

$15 to $125

Hyalite on aragonite - Chihuahua, Mexico
FL bright green

5" X 5"

$40 to $75

Hyalite Opal - Chalk Mountain, Spruce Pine, North Carolina
FL Bright green

1 1/2" X 3" to 3" x 6"

$10 to $35

Hyalite - Benson Arizona
FL-Green

1 1/2" X 1 1/2" to 6" x 6"

$4 to $50

Hydrozincite - Yellow Pine Mine - 900 Ft Level
FL-Bright Blue/White - most attractive specimen a must

1 1/2" X 1 1/2" to 5" X 5"

$10 to $100

National Graphite Mine - Bancroft, Ontario, Canada
FL White, Orange, Yellow

1" X 2" to 5" X 5"

$3 to $35

Phlogopite - Koksha Valley, Badakshan Province, Afghanistan
FL Creamy yellow

2" X 2" to 5" X 5"

$25 to $100

Scheelite - Atolila, California
 FL Bright Blue-White

1" X 2" to 3" X 4"

$4 to $15

Scheelite - Mine Hill, Trumbull, Connecticut
various size spots on host rock
FL - Bright Blue-white

2" x 2" to 5" X 10"

$8 to $75

Smithsonite - Chiox Sinaloa, Mexico
FL - Red or Blue

Call

Call

Svabite - Langban, Sweden
 Fl-Orange

1" X 2" to 2" X 2"

$5 to $25

Turneaureite - Zinc Corporation of America, Mine No.4
Balmat, New York
FL Orange

2" X 3" to 3" X 6"

$25 to $250

Wavellite - Mount Ida, Arkansas
FL Green

1" X 2" to 2" X 2"

$3 to $10

Wickenburgite - Potter Cramer Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona
FL Red/Yellow

2" X 2" to 8" X 8"

$7 to $65

Willemite, Calcite, Hydrozoncite - Nellie James Pros.
Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona
Willemite: FL Green
Calcite: FL Red
Hydrozincite: FL Blue

2" X 2" to 5" X 10"

$5 to $75

Willemite, Calcite - Sterling Hill Mine, Odgensburg, New Jersey
Willemite: FL Green
Calcite: FL Red

2" X 3" to 5" X 10"

$12 to $75

Willemite, Calcite - Franklin, New Jersey
Willemite: FL Green
Calcite: FL Red

2" X 4" to 4" X 10"

$5 to $50

Wollastonite - Sterling Hill Mine, Odgensburg, New Jersey
FL Yellow-Orange

2" X 2" to 5" X 8"

$5 to $75

Wollastonite, third find - Franklin, New Jersey
FL Orange

1 1/2" X 1 1/2" to 1 1/2 X 2"

$25 to $50