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Fluorescent Mineral Photo Gallery

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Chondrodite, Calcite, Diopside, Aragonite - Long Lake Zinc Mine, Ontario, Canada

Classic combo from LLZ. In SW, the chondrodite fluoresces yellow, the calcite pink, the diopside aqua blue, and the aragonite blue. Lit...

Calcite - Purple Passion Mine, Arizona

A piece of calcite from Purple Passion displaying SW violet and orange fluorescence. Lit by a 15w Glw Stck. Specimen is 78 x 42 x 38mm.

Fluorapatite - Ham & Weeks Mine, Wakefield, New Hampshire

Mn-bearing fluorapatite from Ham & Weeks, fluorescing yellow in SW. Lit by a 15w Glw Stck. Specimen is 42 x 34 x 22mm.

Wickenburgite, Fluorite, Willemite, etc - Potter-Cramer Mine, Arizona

A rich SW assemblage from Potter-Cramer. Wickenburgite fluoresces shades of pink and red, fluorite in violet blue, willemite in pale...

Greenland Fantasy Rock, a Spectacular, Multi-Colored Fluorescent Treat from the Taseq Slope

This is an excellent example of Greenland Fantasy Rock, showing a beautiful multi-colored, multi-wavelength fluorescent response under...

Calcite - Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico

Flowery colorless sprays of calcite crystals on matrix fluorescing SW violet (second generation) and orange (first generation). Specific...

Fluorite, Calcite and Hydrozincite; Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois

This beautiful multi-colored fluorescent specimen was surface collected from the tailings that remain at the site of the former Minerva...

Hardystonite, Clinohedrite, Willemite, Calcite - Franklin, New Jersey

A classic Franklin SW piece. Areas of deep violet blue hardystonite alternate with non-fluorescent garnet. Orange clinohedrite is visible...

Anthophyllite, Tremolite, Talc - Talcville, New York

A mixture of anthophyllite (formerly known as manganocummingtonite) and tremolite crystals with minor talc. The anthophyllite fluoresces...

Sphalerite and Fluorite, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado

To mineral collectors, the Sweet Home Mine in Alma, Colorado is best known as a producer of some of the finest rhodochrosite specimens in...

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...

Strontianite from the Historic Cave-In-Rock Mining District

Strontianite is an uncommon strontium carbonate mineral that was sometimes encountered during fluorspar (fluorite) mining activities in...

Rare Margarosanite, Franklin, New Jersey

Margarosanite is a rare calcium lead silicate mineral that shows a beautiful short wave fluorescent response that ranges from blue/white...

Dumortierite, Vaca Morta Quarry, Bahia, Brazil

Dumortierite is an aluminum iron borosilicate mineral that doesn't get much attention in the world of fluorescence, but is a lovely...

Zunyite, an Uncommon Fluorescent Beauty

Zunyite is an uncommon aluminum sorosilicate mineral that shows a soft, cherry red fluorescent response under short wave UV. Zunyite...

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.,...

Youngite, Guernsey, Wyoming

This is a fluorescent youngite specimen from Guernsey, Wyoming. Youngite is an agatized brecciated jasper with a coating of grayish...

Daylight Fluorescent Hyalite Opal, Zacatecas, Mexico

Colorless to greenish, transparent, glassy bubbles of hyalite opal (Opal-AN) covering an unknown brown/grey colored matrix, from Electric...

Yttrofluorite, Hundholmen, Norway

Yttrofluorite is defined as fluorite (CaF2), where the rare earth element yttrium replaces some of the calcium atoms, and therefore has...

Calcites from Sardinia, Italy

Three red fluorescent calcities from Sardinia, Italy. - The first one is a very beautiful specimen in daylight too. Quartz and galena...