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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Chalcedoy & Unknown from Batallones Hill, Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid, Spain
Mid Wave UV Fluorescent Calcite, Logansport, Indiana
"Amber" Calcite from Qinglong County, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China
New find - 3 colors longwave scapolite, prehnite and calcite, from Quebec, Canada
Brightly Fluorescent Tugtupite from the Taseq Slope, Ilimaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland
World-class fluorescent & phosphorescent selenite from Manitoba, Canada
Fluorescent & phosphorescent selenite from Manitoba, Canada
Tenebrescent sodalite, with chkalovite, tugtupite and uranyl, from Greenland
Sodalite Var. Hackmanite from Afghanistan
Willemite, Franklinite and Zincite- The Trio of Classic Ore Minerals from the Franklin Mine
Schalenblende, Raibl Mines, Tarvisio, Italy
Selenite with "Hourglass" fluorescence from Alberta, Canada
"Fantasy rock" from Taseq West, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland
Hackmanite from Narsaq, Illmaussaq complex, Greenland
Multi-Wavelength Aragonite, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
Forsterite from Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
sodalite specimen from Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Gemmy "Terlingua-type" calcite with blue light and green laser fluorescence
"Terlingua-type" calcite with unusual yellow midwave UV response
Fluorescent and phosphorescent calcite from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada