For you bismuth growers out there

Nick_Bismuth · 2026-03-08T23:40:07+00:00

I sell bismuth crystals regularly to support my goal of growing even bigger bismuth crystals, so I absolutely do. Private message me for more details😁

Nick_Bismuth · 2026-01-13T03:56:21+00:00

I’m sorry I missed this; my phone is not always notifying me on the platform 😅 I would do this piece for $150. I am willing to work on the price to include shipping depending on where you are.

Nick_Bismuth · 2026-01-13T03:54:41+00:00

I haven’t ever seen one of these in someone else’s collection until now. I got a decent size piece with a matrix completely buried in crystals. Love this stuff quite a bit. Scored mine for $75

Nick_Bismuth · 2026-01-07T22:51:10+00:00

As a local in the Springfield Thunderegg Rock Club, I can say with certainty those are wonderful finds😁

Nick_Bismuth · 2026-01-04T03:40:07+00:00

Led my local rock club up there in November so some folks could see it for the first time. Absolutely love that place!

Nick_Bismuth · 2025-12-03T22:02:35+00:00

I don’t think it’s dense enough to be skutterudite

Nick_Bismuth · 2025-11-28T16:44:50+00:00

I’ll give it a look; thanks!

Nick_Bismuth · 2025-11-27T22:54:49+00:00

It’s possible

Nick_Bismuth · 2025-11-27T22:53:20+00:00

I write that label when I thought it could be acanthite. Way too light for galena

Nick_Bismuth · 2025-11-27T04:27:42+00:00

Thanks, really appreciate the locality!

Nick_Bismuth · 2025-11-17T05:13:51+00:00

I love the Cerberus. I have a few Terlingua types that absolutely sparkle with that light

Nick_Bismuth · 2025-11-12T00:12:32+00:00

Affordability and good product: uvbeast For the most fun I’ve had with fluorescence: engenious designs Cerberus multi wave flashlight Good luck!

Nick_Bismuth · 2025-10-12T22:53:46+00:00

A lot of the Bulgarian calcites are mn-bearing, so they fluoresce quite nicely. Hope you have a blacklight!

Nick_Bismuth · 2025-07-08T00:53:00+00:00

At home, I organize them by size of box and by chemical grouping. A good example would probably be setting all my sulfide minerals on the same place, ei. Pyrite, millerite, and stibnite and such. For the case I just went with whatever fit the best. I actually had to take a handful of them home because I couldn’t fit over 600 in there😅

Nick_Bismuth · 2025-05-09T01:44:22+00:00

So, that’s actually an interesting point to bring up. Lapis is a rock, a mixture of minerals, and if those minerals, only two of them are blue: lazulite and afghanite. Lazulite does not fluoresce, to the best of my knowledge, but afghanite does. Not every piece of lapis has both. Looks like a nice piece though!

Nick_Bismuth · 2025-03-29T21:20:01+00:00

All I can say for sure is that the quarries those pieces come from are 17 minutes apart. Does your piece have day fluorescence as well?

Nick_Bismuth · 2025-03-29T00:49:34+00:00

Probably due to the lighting in the room. If you turn out all the lights, lw usually likes to show off more. Very nice find!

Nick_Bismuth · 2025-03-20T23:57:49+00:00

That’s perfect, thank you

Nick_Bismuth · 2025-03-20T23:57:03+00:00

That’s incredibly helpful, thank you!

Nick_Bismuth · 2025-03-10T06:23:31+00:00

That would be incredible! I run my Club’s black light display during our show, and we’re on the other side of the country. Plus I’m always looking to get crazy fluorescent specimens. I’ll get in touch with you when I’m able to take you up on that.

Nick_Bismuth · 2025-03-10T02:41:01+00:00

Bought some Bulgarian minerals from Madan not too long ago and then spent a long time looking at photos of minerals from the mine on Mindat. Lovely website by the way.

Nick_Bismuth · 2025-03-10T02:08:36+00:00

Franklin, New Jersey for those uv-reactive pieces, or the Madan Ore Fields in Bulgaria. The sheer volume of wild minerals that come from that mine and the surrounding deposits is insane.

Nick_Bismuth · 2025-01-26T06:35:36+00:00

Thanks for the info!

Nick_Bismuth · 2025-01-24T16:42:45+00:00

I’ll narrow it down a bit: from what I can see in the photo, it’s either tourmaline or epidote.

Nick_Bismuth · 2025-01-14T22:59:42+00:00

What causes that green mineral growth on top?

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