Hydrozincite with Hemimorphite – Evelyn Mine, Pine Creek, NT | 700g Fluorescent Specimen

Hydrozincite with Hemimorphite – Evelyn Mine, Pine Creek, NT | 700g Fluorescent Specimen

A genuinely one-of-a-kind 700g specimen from the Evelyn Mine, Pine Creek, Northern Territory — where two zinc-bearing minerals have come together in a strikingly abstract natural composition that defies easy description and demands to be seen in person.

An abstract masterpiece

What makes this piece exceptional is the way Hydrozincite and Hemimorphite have combined — not in a predictable layered or clustered arrangement, but in a fluid, organic interplay of forms and textures that gives the specimen an almost sculptural quality. Each mineral retains its own character, yet the two work together to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

Hydrozincite — a zinc carbonate hydroxide — typically presents as chalky white to pale earthy masses or botryoidal crusts, and is well known for its strong blue-white fluorescence under UV light, often glowing with an intensity that can be startling.

Hemimorphite contributes its own crystalline elegance — a zinc silicate hydroxide forming fan-like or platy crystal aggregates with a distinctive blue-white to colourless appearance and excellent lustre. Its name refers to the hemimorphic (asymmetric) nature of its crystals — a mineralogical curiosity in itself.

Fluorescence

Under UV illumination, this specimen truly comes alive — the Hydrozincite in particular responding with vivid fluorescent intensity, transforming the piece into something otherworldly.

Specimen highlights

• Weight: 700g
• Origin: Evelyn Mine, Pine Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
• Hydrozincite — strong UV fluorescence, chalky botryoidal form
• Hemimorphite — fan-like crystal aggregates with fine lustre
• Highly abstract and unique natural composition
• A true display piece — no two angles look the same

A rare find from a notable Northern Territory locality — abstract, fluorescent, and completely unique.