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Zunyite - Big Bertha Mine, Arizona

Contributed by: FMS Admin
Date: Feb 21st, 2026
Locality: Big Bertha Mine, Middle Camp-Oro Fino Mining District, Dome Rock Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA (See on Mindat)
Size: 3.8 x 1.6 x 6.4 cm

Description:
Tiny (1mm) colorless to brown zunyite crystals in quartz matrix, fluorescing deep red in SW. Yellow-fluorescing microcrystals of what is likely pyrophyllite appear as grains around and on the zunyite. A macro closeup is included with FOV 20mm.

Originally posted by Dennis Michael on Nature ' s Rainbows.

Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.
Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.
Normal light.
Normal light.
Fluorescence under shortwave UV light. Closeup FOV 20mm
Fluorescence under shortwave UV light. Closeup FOV 20mm
Normal light. Closeup FOV 20mm
Normal light. Closeup FOV 20mm

Summary of luminescence responses:

Zunyite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

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

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