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Fluorescent Mineral Photo Gallery

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Okenite, Gyrolite and Quartz from India

Small sample of Okenite mixed with quartz. The gyrolite should be present (as per the label) but don't ask me where to observe it because...

Hydrozincite and Smithsonite from Zorzone, Italy

This is a small nice Italian Zorzone mine Hydrozincite and Smithsonite specimen. The Hydrozincite coverage and thickness is very high on...

Brightly Fluorescent Hyalite Opal from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia

This brilliantly fluorescent specimen from the Erongo Mountains of Namibia features colorless to greenish-yellow, transparent, glassy...

Smithsonite from Mexico (Buena Tierra mine)

Very nice sample of Smithsonite. It consists of an agglomerate of small crystals having the shape of pine cones. Some of them resemble...

Grossular - Sierra de Cruces, Coahuila, Mexico

Pink grossular dodecahedrons and yellow non-fluorescent vesuvianite in a matrix of quartz and calcite, from the famous deposit in Sierra...

Zunyite - Big Bertha Mine, Arizona

Tiny (1mm) colorless to brown zunyite crystals in quartz matrix, fluorescing deep red in SW. Yellow-fluorescing microcrystals of what is...

Schalenblende, Pomorzany Mine, Olkusz, Poland

Schalenblende is an interesting rock composed of concentric layers of fine grained sphalerite, typically included with intergrown...

Cerussite, Barite - Les Dalles Mine, Mibladen, Morocco

Macro photo of a large (18mm) translucent yellow stepped cerussite crystal, perched on blades of pink and yellow barite. In MW the...

Mariposa Calcite, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico

Mariposa calcite specimens are produced by several mines in the West Camp area of the Santa Eulalia Mining District in the Mexican State...

Fluorite - Bluffton Quarry, Ohio

Macro photos of translucent brown fluorite crystals up to 7mm on matrix. Microcrystals of pyrite are also visible in white light. The...

Tugtupite - Ilímaussaq Complex, Greenland

Tiny pink crystals of tugtupite in white analcime matrix exhibiting bright cherry red SW fluorescence, orange in LW. A macro closeup is...

Selenite - Salinas de Otuma, Pisco, Peru

Rosettes and larger twinned crystals of translucent golden selenite, fluorescing pale yellow in LW. The crystals are also phosphorescent...

Norbergite - Franklin, New Jersey

Orange grains of norbergite up to 4mm in marble, fluorescing pale yellow in SW. The marble fluoresces a faint blue. A macro closeup is...

Ruby - Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway

Macro photos of dark purple ruby crystals in a matrix of muscovite and feldspar. Famous locale for nice crystals with bright red...

Hyalite Opal - San Luis Potosi, Mexico

Macro photos of glassy botryoidal hyalite on matrix. The textures are remarkable in white light, and LW produces a very bright green...

Fluorite - De'an Fluorite Mine, Jiujiang, China

Purple octahedral fluorite crystals in matrix with a second generation of colorless cubic fluorite atop. The octahedral crystals...

Calcite - Challenger Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Macro photos of a terlingua-type calcite crystal. This material is colorless in white light, bright pink in LW, and (not pictured) blue...

Root Beer Fluorite from Clay Center, Ohio; A Midwest Fluorescent Classic

Lustrous root beer-colored fluorite cubes on a light grey limestone matrix, from the Stoneco White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa Co.,...

Calcites from Sardinia, Italy

Three red fluorescent calcities from Sardinia, Italy. - The first one is a very beautiful specimen in daylight too. Quartz and galena...

Pyromorphite Resuperferolitica Mine, Spain.

Pyromorphite. Resuperferolitica Mine, Minas Viejas, Santa Eufemia, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain. These mines developed their maximum...