Hydrozincite from the Zorzone Mine, Lombardy, Italy

Contributed by: Simone Conti
minID: 27Y-AWG
Date: Dec 2nd, 2024
Locality: Zorzone Mine, Zorzone, Vedra Valley, Oltre il Colle, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy (See on Mindat)
Size: 5 x 3 x 6 cm
Weight: 112 g

Description:
Hydrozoncite on matrix. The hydrozincite fluoresces a nice blue under shortwave UV light, not much under longwave. The matrix has a weak brown/orange fluorescence under longwave, I don’t know what it is.

Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.

Normal light.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Hydrozincite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

• Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Blue