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Fluorescent Mineral Photo Gallery

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The Crystal Mine, one of many fluorspar mines in the historic Cave-In-Rock mining district of Southern Illinois, is not a well-known...

Moscona Mine, located in El Pontón de Solís region, town of Corvera de Asturias, in Spain. The fluorite in this location appears in the...

Here’s one for the connoisseur of rare fluorescent mineral species. Pollucite, a cesium-containing zeolite, isn’t particularly rare in...

This is a very unusual combo with the rare Sørensenite associated with Tugtupite. Its best response is under short-wave UV light,...

Brightly fluorescent crystal of fluorapatite from Cochabamba, Bolivia (possibly the Kami Mine). This specimen shows an unusual, bright,...

This is a large specimen consisting of pale sky-blue plumbogummite psuedomorph that has replaced an intergrown cluster of hexagonal...

This large, pale yellow, gem scapolite crystal is from the scapolite locality in the Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India. It is...

A palm-sized plate of brightly fluorescent fluorapatite crystals on a matrix of unknown identity. As shown in the photograph below, the...

Greenland offers up some of the most interesting pieces of hackmanite, usually with the brightest fluorescence. This piece checks all the...

The Midwestern US is not generally thought of as being a prolific source for fluorescent minerals. With the recent development of...

Pacoima Canyon in California is well known for its zircons. Less well known, these specimens also contain apatite. I was browsing my...

This is a unique fluorescent calcite specimen from the Rensselaer Quarry, Pleasant Ridge, Jasper County, Indiana, that shows an unusual...

This is a rare and unique fluorescent calcite specimen from the Rensselaer Quarry, Pleasant Ridge, Jasper County, Indiana that shows a...

During an exploration trip with one of my partners on April 30 2022, in the area of Saint-Michel-De-Wentworth, north-east of...

During an exploration trip with one of my partners on April 30 2022, in the area of Saint-Michel-De-Wentworth, north-east of...

During an exploration trip with one of my partners on April 30 2022, in the area of Saint-Michel-De-Wentworth, north-east of...

This exceptional fluorescent specimen consists of numerous blocky diopside crystals encrusted upon and embedded within a calcite-marble...

Yttrofluorite is a variety of fluorite in which the rare earth element yttrium substitutes for some of the calcium in the fluorite (CaF2)...

Yttrofluorite is a variety of fluorite in which the rare earth element yttrium substitutes for some of the calcium in the fluorite...

Nice cabinet specimen, recently obtained in a trade, consisting of scheelite (bright blueish-white under shortwave UV, and yellow under...