M-478: 4.0 oz Gorgeous 4 Color Miller Canyon Rock (AZ), Fluorescent Minerals

Description

This dense 4 color Miller Canyon specimen has been in our personal collection, but we have decided to sell it.   F
rom the Nelly James Mine south of Sierra Vista, AZ.  It has veins of whitish calcite & hydrozincite with light
grey willemite and a darker grey sphalerite
(daylight photos #7 & 8).
With both short & long wave lamps on, the specimen has
red-orange calcite,
bright light blue hydrozincite,
&
green willemite
glowing in SW, and
yellow-orange sphalerite
glowing in LW (photos #1 & 4).
Photos #2 & 5
are short wave only.
Photos #3 & 6
were taken with our Convoy S2 long wave flashlight only.
The sphalerite
phosphoresces
strongly after the LW flashlight is turned off.
Some of the hydrozincite also glows in LW.
Photo #9: Ken and friend Curt hunt for and then lamp specimens down below the rocky slope on our latest trip.
Weighs 4.0 oz. & measures 1.75 X 1.75 X 1.25 inches. (#M-478).
Miller Canyon is near the Mexican border and is one of the routes used by illegals for drug trafficking from Mexico. This activity is quite obvious, since we found blankets & items of clothing in March 2020 at the mine.
The hike up to the mine is a very strenuous one, a total of three miles and 1500 feet elevation gain.
The trip down is worse, because the only specimens that can be taken out are in your backpack as you trek back down, over rocks and around boulders.
Note: Our heartfelt thanks to whoever has filled in two of the washed out sections of the trail, and took a chainsaw to the fallen trees on the upper trail to the mine!  Our latest rockhounding trip was much easier as a result.
It's an adventure for sure, but it's much safer and easier to buy from us over the Internet!
Shipping by US Priority Mail.
We are happy to offer combined shipping,
using the appropriate box, when you make multiple purchases.
Just place the items in your shopping cart and then request an invoice with combined shipping.
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.
FILMED WITH NIKON COOLPIX 5000 CAMERA AND 13 WATT DC
SUPERBRIGHT II
LAMP (SW), AND CONVOY S2 LW FLASHLIGHT.
SHORT & LONG WAVE LAMPS NEEDED TO VIEW FLUORESCENCE.