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Fluorescent Mineral Photo Gallery

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Fluorite, Graymont Quarry, Genoa, Ohio

This is a brightly fluorescent cluster of root beer brown colored fluorite cubes, with white bladed celestine crystals, from the Graymont...

Barite, Celestine and Aragonite, Annabel Lee Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois

Nodules of barite and aragonite are perched on an underlying base of celestine and fluorite on this beautiful specimen from the Annabel...

Amber, Sumatra, Indonesia

This is an excellent example of brightly fluorescent amber, from a relatively new find in the coal deposits of the Bukit Barisan (Barisan...

Fluorite, Pugh Quarry, Custar, Ohio

The Pugh Quarry is a large open pit limestone operation located near the town of Custar, in Wood County, northwest Ohio, and has been a...

Fluorite, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Fluorite is not a commonly occurring mineral species in the state of Wisconsin, but here's a rare example of the elusive Wisconsin...

Unusual Solution Barite from the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa

The Linwood Mine, an underground limestone mine in Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa, is known for producing beautiful display quality calcite...

Sphalerite, Chlorophane, Apatite and Willemite from Franklin, New Jersey

This is a spectacular 4-color, mixed mineral, fluorescent specimen from the Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey. This rock contains...

Selenite Rosette, Pisco, Peru

This is a brightly fluorescent and phosphorescent rosette of flat, bladed, selenite crystals from Las Salinas de Otuma, Paracas, Pisco,...

Calcozincite- A Bright Rainbow of Colors from Sterling Hill, New Jersey

This brightly fluorescent specimen of calcozincite was collected during a 2019 night dig at Sterling Hill, New Jersey. Calcozincite is a...

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...

Calcite Crystals on Limestone, Pugh Quarry, Custar, Ohio

This midwestern fluorescent beauty consists of pockets of scalenohedral calcite crystals on a limestone matrix, and was collected from...

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...

Terlingua Calcite, a Beautiful Rock of Many Faces

Terlingua calcite is a rock of many faces, as few other fluorescent minerals show such a varied fluorescent response under different UV...

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.,...

Calcite from Monteriggioni, Italy

On the typical yellow limestone matrix of this italian locality, there are several calcite cristals. Their color varies from white to...

Diamonds

Approximately 30% of all diamonds show a fluorescent response under UV. In most cases, the fluorescence is brightest under long wave...

Opal, Sepiolite. Cerro de los Batallones, Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid, Spain.

Opal, Sepiolite. Cerro de los Batallones, Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid, Spain. The green fluorescence with an orange contrast due to clay...

Fluorite and Willemite from the Red Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona

Located in the Trigo Mountains of La Paz County, Arizona, the Red Cloud mine is a location famous for producing some of the best...

Phosphorescent Limestone, Mount Shaul, Israel (yes, Israel).

Israel is not known for it's fluorescent rocks. Or really any rocks at all, as laws apparently prevent collecting samples to sell (with...

Two-Color Calcite and Willemite from a New Find- The Night Hawk Mine in New Mexico

This exceptional two-color fluorescent specimen was collected by notable New Mexico collectors Ken and Gail Hennig from a new find in...