Mah-152: 1# Hydrozincite, Hemimorphite & Calcite, Mahoney, Fluorescent Minerals - $20 - (Alto, NM)

We dug this 1 lb. rock out of a sand & dirt-covered mine dump at a small unnamed prospect in the Mahoney Mining Area, south of Deming, NM. (The mining area is so picked over now that we need to dig through the dumps to find rocks like this one.) In our daylight photo #5 the rock is a mix of white and tan minerals. Under short wave lamp the specimen glows with light blue hydrozincite, pale blue phosphorescent aragonite, and royal blue hemimorphite in a matrix of orange caliche at the top two thirds of the rock, and a pale red calcite layer at the bottom (photos #1-3). Under long wave lamp, the caliche glows orange and some of the aragonite pale blue (photo #4). Photo #5: Ken stands above one of the collecting areas at Mahoney, which produced mostly zinc & lead ores from small mines & prospects in the early 1900s.Weighs 1 lb. 1 oz. & measures 4.5 x 2.5 x 2.0 inches. (#Mah-152). Payment by PayPal required. Shipping by US Priority Mail. We are happy to offer combined shipping, using the appropriate box, when you make multiple purchases. We do not intend to make a profit from shipping charges, so we will never charge you more than our shipping costs. Please note: If any buyer overpays for shipping due to buying multiple items, fixed and/or auction format, we will charge only for the cost for shipping in the appropriate box, and we will refund any over-payment to the buyer. We are required by eBay to ship any items the buyer has paid for, within one business day after payment. New Mexico residents must add 7.00% state sales tax to item price. FILMED WITH NIKON COOLPIX 5000 CAMERA AND 13 WATT DC SUPERBRIGHT II LAMP (SW) & 9 WATT DC WAY TOO COOL LAMP (LW). SHORT & LONG WAVE LAMPS NEEDED TO VIEW FLUORESCENCE.

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