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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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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...
399


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...
460


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...
278


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...
209


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...
617


Selenite Rosette, Pisco, Peru
This is a brightly fluorescent and phosphorescent rosette of flat, bladed, selenite crystals from Las Salinas de Otuma, Paracas, Pisco,...
193


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...
299


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...
148


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...
388


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...
320


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...
1,067


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.,...
429


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...
178


Diamonds
Approximately 30% of all diamonds show a fluorescent response under UV. In most cases, the fluorescence is brightest under long wave...
265


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...
165


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...
377


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...
225


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...
300


Acicular Aragonite.
Acicular Aragonite "aka" Aragonito de Pantoja. Deposit located in the municipality of Pantoja in Toledo. This municipality is...
379


Calcite, Fluorite, Willemite, Smithsonite, Aragonite from Arizona
This specimen was mined during a trip with Bill Gardner in the 2005 and comes from Hogan Claim site. Nothing to say about the calcite...
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