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Fluorescent Mineral Photo Gallery
Minerals that are fluorescent under shortwave, midwave, and/or longwave UV from around the world. Each database entry shows white light photos along with UV photos, as well as localities and descriptions. Use the index to search for specific minerals, or fluorescent minerals from a region. If this page is entered via the index, the results are filtered.
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Fluorescent/Phosphorescent Celestine and Strontianite, Lime City, Ohio
Blocky, white, celestine crystals, partially altered to strontianite, sit on a light-colored limestone matrix, from the Stoneco Quarry,...
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Aragonite in clay
A spray of aragonite embedded in clay. From Pantoja, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. The spray is about 2 cm wide. Source: Fluorescent...
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Tugtupite in Analcime, Taseq Slope, Ilimaussaq Complex, Greenland
Bubble gum pink colored tugtupite in a white analcime matrix, from the Taseq Slope, Ilimaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Greenland. This specimen...
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Multi-Colored Wickenburgite, Willemite and Fluorite, from the Potter-Cramer Mine, Maricopa Co., Ariz
From the desert of southern Arizona, this is a very ordinary and nondescript looking rock in daylight, as is the case with many...
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Rare Red Fluorescent Fluorite, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Mexico
A small percentage of purple fluorite from the Ojuela Mine in Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, shows a beautiful, rich, red fluorescence under...
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Wispy Hydrocarbon Inclusions in Fluorite from Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
This pair of yellow fluorite cubes from Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, show a very interesting multi-wave fluorescent response due t
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Fluorescent Calcite and Scheelite from the Ophir Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah
Tabular calcite crystals and small scheelite octahedrons on limestone matrix, from the Ophir Hill Mine, Ophir, Tooele County, Utah. At...
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Green Phosphorescent Fluorite from a Limited Occurrence in Bedford, Indiana
Cubic yellow fluorite crystals on limestone matrix, collected in 2016 from a roadcut in Bedford, Indiana. This fluorite shows a very...
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Blue Phosphorescent Fluorite from a Limited Occurrence in Bedford, Indiana
Cubic yellow fluorite crystals on limestone matrix, collected in 2016 from a roadcut in Bedford, Indiana. This fluorite shows a very...
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Fluorescent Poker Chip Calcite from Russia
This is a large specimen of milky white to light pink, stacked, poker chip calcite crystals on a bed of massive pink calcite, from Russia....
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Fluorite from the Rogerley Mine, Weardale, Northern England
Green cubes of fluorite on a light brown matrix, from the Rogerley Mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Discovered in the early...
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Carpathite, A Rare Fluorescent Organic Mineral
Carpathite (formerly called karpatite) is a very interesting fluorescent mineral. The vast majority of minerals (fluorescent and...
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Red Fluorescent Spinel, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
This specimen consists of raspberry red, octahedral spinel crystals in a white marble matrix, from the An Phu Marble Mine, Luc Yen,...
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Brilliant Green Fluorescent Willemite from the Sterling Mine
A red/brown, somewhat rhombohedral, piece of nearly pure willemite, with minor calcite. This red variety of willemite contains manganese...
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Canadian Lightning Storm- Aragonite Bolts from the Long Lake Zinc Mine
Aragonite "lightning bolts" fluoresce bright blue/white on this spectacular specimen from the Long Lake Zinc Mine, Olden Township, near...
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Deep Blue Fluorescent Fluorite, William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, New Hampshire
Green octahedral fluorite crystals on a mixed matrix of colorless calcite and fluorite, from the William Wise Mine, Westmoreland,...
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Hyalite Opal, Chalk Mountain Mine, Spruce Pine, North Carolina
Hyalite opal from the Chalk Mountain Mine, in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, provides a classic example of uranyl-activated green...
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Fluorescent and Phosphorescent Calcite, Annabel Lee Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
This is a subtle, but beautiful fluorescent specimen from a classic Cave-In-Rock, IL, location- the Annabel Lee Mine. Comprised of a...
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Walstromite with Unknown Blue, Big Creek – Rush Creek Deposit, Fresno County, California, USA.
Walstromite is pretty much limited to a few locations in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. Here’s a very...
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Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland)
And if that’s not enough, minerals include: Calcite (red), Barytocalcite (pink), Witherite (cream), Baryte (yellowish white), Fluorite...
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