Midwave 11/14

Fluorescent Mineral Photo Gallery

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Rare Red Fluorescent Fluorite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico

A small percentage of purple fluorite from the Ojuela Mine in Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, shows a beautiful, rich, red fluorescence under UV....

Scapolite Crystal, Yates Mine, Québec, Canada

This is a particularly well-formed, terminated, single, crystal of fluorescent scapolite from the Yates mine, Otter Lake, Québec, Canada....

Calcite, Fluorite; Huanzala Mine, Peru

Here's an interesting piece from the Huanzala Mine, in Ancash, Peru: fluorite surrounded by botryoidal calcite in almost a geode like...

Smithsonite, Wenshan, Yunnan, China

Apparently a relatively recent find, this material is stunning! Like a lemon sorbet in natural light, it becomes a beautiful raspberry...

Calcite and Aragonite, Helvetia Mine, Arizona

Patterns of bright red fluorescing calcite with pockets of aragonite make these pieces interesting and eye-catching. Also, there appears...

Agrellite, Kipawa Alkaline Complex, Québec, Canada

Massive, light grey colored, crystalline agrellite from the Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM,...

Miserite, Wollastonite, Aegirine (nf), Arkansas

Here's an interesting example of miserite, wollastonite, and aegirine from the Union Carbide Vanadium Mine, Potash Sulphur Springs,...

Wollastonite, Miserite, Aegirine; Arkansas

Not known for fluorescents, Arkansas delivered with this piece of wollastonite, miserite, and aegirine from the Union Carbide Vanadium...

Barite from the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa

Located adjacent to the Mississippi River, in Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa, the Linwood Mine is one of the largest underground limestone...

Sweetwater Agate, Agate Flats, Wyoming

Translucent, bluish/grey, river-worn, nodule of chalcedony with numerous radiating inclusions of manganese oxide. Found in the Agate...

Blades of Calcite, Inner Mongolia, China

Calcite comes in many forms and variations: poker chips, pagodas, crystals, massive, and many other forms. Here's an interesting bladed...

Fluorescent/Phosphorescent Fluorite on Calcite, Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Iowa

Amber-colored, cubic fluorite crystals on a bed of scalenohedral calcite, on limestone matrix, from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk...

Eucryptite, Harding Mine, Taos Co., New Mexico

This specimen contains intensely red fluorescent eucryptite in weak blue fluorescent spodumene, from the Harding Mine (Harding...

Multi-Wave Hemimorphite, Petroglyph Mine, New Mexico

This is an interesting multi-wave fluorescent specimen consisting of light-colored hemimorphite on an unknown brown matrix, from the...

Calcite Cleavage Rhomb, Challenger Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

A brightly fluorescent and phosphorescent calcite cleavage rhomb from Challenger Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. This specimen shows classic...

Crazy Calcite, Franklin, New Jersey

Crazy calcite is an unofficial local name applied to a type of rock containing dolomite in calcite from Franklin, New Jersey, that...

Youngite, from the Youngite Caves, Guernsey, Wyoming

Fluorescent youngite specimen from Guernsey, Wyoming. Youngite is an agatized brecciated jasper with a coating of grayish translucent...

Phlogopite, Hackmanite, Winchite; Sar-E-Sang, Afghanistan

Phlogopite, hackmanite, and winchite from Sar-E-Sang Jurm, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. The phlogopite, a mica, glows yellow, the...

Calcite, Fluorite, Willemite; Black Rock Mine, Arizona

Arizona has a lot of great mines and stunning material. Here's a nice one from the the Black Rock Mine in Yuma County, Arizona. Great...

Calcite with a little Fluorite, Taolin Mine, China

A large and pretty calcite specimen from the Taolin Mine, Linxiang County, Hunan, China. The calcite glows a bright red in SW and a much...