Calcite and Celestine - Stoneco Quarry, Lime City, Ohio
Contributed by: Chris Clemens
Date: Apr 28th, 2026
Locality: Stoneco Lime City Quarry, Lime City, Wood County, Ohio, USA (See on Mindat)
Size: 29 x 28 x 48 mm
Description:
This beautiful fluorescent specimen from the Midwest features a prominent doubly terminated calcite crystal on a limestone matrix, surrounded by numerous smaller crystals of calcite and celestine. The main calcite crystal is about 13mm in length. This specimen shows a similar bright fluorescent response under both shortwave and longwave UV light, with the celestine and calcite showing bright blue/white fluorescence with blue/green (SW) and green (LW) phosphorescence. The limestone matrix fluoresces a dimmer cream/yellow color and provides a lovely contrasting background to the more brightly fluorescent minerals.
The Stoneco Quarry in Lime City, Wood County, Ohio, has been a prolific producer of fine fluorescent specimens consisting of combinations of calcite, celestine and strontianite.
Originally posted by Chris Clemens on Nature's Rainbows in 2017.
Summary of luminescence responses:
Calcite (Mindat) (RRUFF)
- Fluorescence under Longwave (365nm LED) UV light: White
- Afterglow after exposure to Longwave (365nm LED) UV light: Green
- Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: White
- Afterglow after exposure to Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Blue