I have a transparent mineral that I cannot identify which looks colorless in direct light but has a very pale light blue tint against white surfaces. It looks very much like Goldquarryite however, unlike Goldquarryite it fluoreses a bright whitish blue under long wave UV. It has a hardness greater than calcite but softer than fluorite. I only have fragments of about 1.5cm long so I'm uncertain of the actual shape of the crystal but I can see some mica like layering on one of the flat surfaces, and steps can be seen in the fracture on one of the specimens. One specimen is slab shaped and the other is a chunk with a vague, somewhat stepped tetrogonal shape.. Both specimens are clear enough to read through yet there are many internal faults and some internal "rainbowing" as is sometimes seen in quartz. It was found in California amongst white landscaping rock which was primarily calcite. The mineral in question does not bubble in acid and is not calcite.
2006-10-14
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