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Fluorescent Mineral Photo Gallery

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Terlingua-Type Calcite, Cave Stone Co. Quarry, Norristown, Indiana

Pink to white cleavage rhombs of Terlingua-type calcite on a limestone matrix, from the Cave Stone Co. Quarry, Norristown, Indiana. This...

Fluorescent Calcite And Fluorite From The North Geronimo Mine

The North Geronimo Mine, also known as the Pure Potential Mine, is located in the Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. The matrix of...

Calcite, Fluorite and Sphalerite- Rosiclare, Illinois

This is a mixed specimen containing calcite, fluorite, sphalerite and likely other minerals. It was self-collected in 2015 at the...

Fluorescent & Phosphorescent Calcite With Fluorescent Quartz From East Gray's Quarry, Wyomin

Calcite from this locale is know for fluorescing different colors when exposed to different wavelengths of ultraviolet light. This one...

Paper Thin Calcite Crystals From China

Highly fluorescent under three wavelengths. Daylight, SW, LW, MW. 13 ounces. 4 x 3 1/2 x 1 3/4 inches. f/11 ISO-100 1.6 seconds for...

Fluorite, Calcite, Willemite, Caliche - Hogan claim AZ

This is a spectacular extra large 7" specimen from the Hogan claim in AZ. Because of their brightness, these specimens are a...

Sphalerite, Calcite, Willemite, and Hydrozincite, Miller Canyon, Arizona

An interesting, but not exceptional rock from Miller Canyon. However, the sphalerite's phosphorescence is quite interesting and exhibits...

Red Lightning Calcite and Aragonite, Promontory Point, Utah

An interesting little specimen from Promontory Point in Utah. The red fluorescing calcite is like a circular bolt of lightning. The...

Sodalite and Chkalovite - Greenland

Bright orange fluorescing sodalite with blue/green fluorescing chkalovite from Greenland. The sodalite is nicely tenebrescent...

Tugtupite and Sodalite, on Chkalovite - Greenland

Pieces like this are pretty rare from Greenland. The matrix appears to be chkalovite (green fluorescence at the bottom, muted overall...

Sodalite from Greenland, found off sodalite beach

This is one of the brightest varieties of sodalite from the Ilimaussaq Complex in Greenland. It is colored pea-green in white light and...

Spodumene from the Haapaluoma Mine, Finland

The fluorescent mineral is spodumene but the piece has all kinds of other minerals - quite pretty under white light. I find the MW...

Elk Creek Barite, on Calcite - Meade County, South Dakota

BARITE ON YELLOW CALCITE. ELK CREEK, MEADE COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA 4 ½ OUNCES 2 ¾ X 2 ¾ X 1 ¼ inches f/11 ISO-100 .8 second

Puttapa, Australia

Beautiful "stained glass" from Puttapa Australia. Before you get too excited about this piece, know that it is about the size of a US...

Root Beer Calcite - Clashgorm Mine, Scotland

From the Clashgorm Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire. Scotland. It was collected in 1998. I was fascinated by the concentric triangles shown...

Puttapa, Australia

This is a small cabinet piece of highly veined Calcite and Willemite (plus more) from the world famous Puttapa Zinc mine in Australia...

Triboluminescent Sphalerite, Horn Silver Mine, Utah, USA

Sphalerite from the Horn Silver Mine in Utah is some of the more interesting material around. Stunning in longwave, bright and colorful...

Miller Canyon, Arizona

Consensus is calcite, willemite, hydrozincite, sphalerite, smithsonite, and the yellow is possibly cerrusite, but is still under discussion.

Franklin Super Diggg 2017, Trip Report

by Chris Clemens 6/8/17 The promise of this year’s Super Diggg on April 29th was too tempting to resist- over six million pounds of Mill...

Hyalite (opal-AN) specimens from Hungary, Zemplén, Tarcal

I made a tribute to Hyalites from Hungary, Zemplén, Tarcal. Specimens are shown in normal, UV-C and some in UV-A light. All frames are...