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Fluorescent Mineral Photo Gallery

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Zunyite, Big Bertha Mine, La Paz County, Arizona

Named after its type locality, the Zuni mine in San Juan County, Colorado, zunyite is an uncommon aluminum sorosilicate mineral that...

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...

Apple Green Willemite, Franklin, New Jersey

This is a variety of willemite from Franklin, New Jersey called "apple green willemite" for its, well... apple green color. This is one...

Selenite Rosette, Pisco, Peru

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

Mariposa (butterfly) Calcite, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico

This specimen of Mariposa calcite shows bright orange fluorescence under short wave UV on the underside of the base of the piece. Note...

Mariposa Calcite, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico

Mariposa calcite specimens are produced by several mines in the West Camp area of the Santa Eulalia Mining District in the Mexican State...

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...

Zircon - Kasungu, Malawi

A large chocolate brown zircon crystal from Malawi exhibiting yellow SW fluorescence. Lit by a 15w Glw Stck. Specimen is 54 x 38 x 36mm.

Tugtupite - Ilímaussaq Complex, Greenland

Tiny pink crystals of tugtupite in white analcime matrix exhibiting bright cherry red SW fluorescence, orange in LW. A macro closeup is...

Sodalite - Ilímaussaq Complex, Greenland

Colorless Greenland sodalite with bright orange LW fluorescence, red-orange SW fluorescence, and tenebrescent change to purple for...

Manganoan Calcite, Montreal Mine, Montreal, Wisconsin

This is a manganoan calcite nodule on a goethite matrix, from a location not generally known for producing fluorescent minerals- the...

Multi-Wave Calcite Crystal Cluster, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri

Aesthetic cluster of waxy, pale yellow, calcite scalenohedrons and minor chalcopyrite on a minimal limestone matrix, from the Sweetwater...

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...

Pabstite, Santa Cruz, California

Pabstite is a rare barium tin titanium silicate mineral that is only found in 4 known locations worldwide: 1.) Santa Cruz, California;...

Watermelon Rock- Looks almost good enough to eat!

There is a widespread area that spans a region within America's Heartland between northwestern Nebraska to southwestern South Dakota that...

Multi-Wavelength Calcite and Fluorite from the Denton Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois

This spectacular fluorescent specimen features multiple golden, twinned, calcite crystals on a matrix of dark purple,...

Golden Yellow Fluorescent Zircons from Saint Peters Dome, El Paso County, Colorado

This is a lovely fluorescent specimen featuring numerous zircon crystals and minor fluorite in a non-fluorescent quartz matrix. ...

Wollastonite, Calcite - Sterling Hill, New Jersey

Light tan wollastonite in calcite that fluoresces bright orange-yellow in SW, offsetting the red of the calcite. A well-known combo. Lit...

Norbergite - Franklin, New Jersey

Orange grains of norbergite up to 4mm in marble, fluorescing pale yellow in SW. The marble fluoresces a faint blue. A macro closeup is...