Fluorite from the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
Cluster of large, light purple, stepped, fluorite cubes, from the historic Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District, Cave-In-Rock, Hardin...
top of page
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.
Click any thumbnail for a full set of larger images. Skip to the next page of images below, or filter by
Fluorite and Calcite, Stoneco Quarry, Lime City, Ohio
This is an exceptionally bright fluorescent specimen of amber-colored fluorite cubes on a bed of micro calcite crystals, on limestone...
158
Chlorophane, Sphalerite, Fluorapatite, Willemite from Franklin, New Jersey
This is a beautiful 4-color, mixed mineral, fluorescent specimen from the Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey. The primary component is...
309
Fluorescent Calcite, Fluorite, Willemite, from the Purple Passion Mine, Arizona
This is a striking specimen from the Purple Passion Mine, Wickenburg area, Yavapai Co., Arizona, consisting of coarsely crystalline rock...
389
Calcite and unknowns, Black Wonder District, CA
This one's a bit unusual for much of the material collected from along the roads in the Black Wonder District in the Diablo Range in...
138
Calcite, Hyalite Opal, and unknowns; Coyote Hole, NV
Coyote Hole is relatively unknown to the fluorescent rock world, but clearly has some interesting material. Here is a piece that appears...
174
Calcite and Scheelite; Temp Piute Mine, Nevada
The desert Southwest has so much to offer in landscape, wildlife, geology and fluorescent rocks. Here's a nice scheelite and calcite from...
201
Metauranocircite, Davier Mine, South Dakota
Small yellow/green, plate-like, crystals of metauranocircite on a dark limonitic stained Rhyolite matrix. From the Davier Mine, located...
155
Cerussite and Barite, Mibladen, Morocco
Yellowish-colored, well-formed, gemmy crystals of cerussite on a bed of galena, with minor orange barite crystals, from Mibladen, Morocco....
219
Yellow Zincite, Willemite, Calcite, Sphalerite - Sterling Hill NJ
Yellow zincite strongly fluorescent under longwave 365nm, with willemite and calcite. The blue fluorescence is strongly phosphorescent. ...
165
Rare Red Fluorescent Fluorite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico
A small percentage of purple fluorite from the Ojuela Mine in Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, shows a beautiful, rich, red fluorescence under UV....
687
Red Fluorescent Spinel, Luc Yen, Vietnam
Raspberry red colored, octahedral, spinel crystals in a white marble matrix. The spinel fluoresces deep red under long wave UV, but is...
143
Fluorescent Calcite from the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa
This is a larger specimen consisting of what appear to be two generations of calcite crystals on a limestone matrix, from the Linwood...
149
Scapolite Crystal, Yates Mine, Québec, Canada
This is a particularly well-formed, terminated, single, crystal of fluorescent scapolite from the Yates mine, Otter Lake, Québec, Canada....
180
Natrozippeite from the Little Eva Mine, Grand County, Utah
Natrozippeite, also known as sodium zippeite, is a secondary hydrous sodium uranium sulfate that commonly forms as efflorescent...
189
Calcite Crystal with Organic Inclusions, Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa
These macro photographs show a very interesting multi-wavelength fluorescent response in a single, modified scalenohedral calcite...
131
Calcite, Fluorite; Huanzala Mine, Peru
Here's an interesting piece from the Huanzala Mine, in Ancash, Peru: fluorite surrounded by botryoidal calcite in almost a geode like...
132
Smithsonite, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
Apparently a relatively recent find, this material is stunning! Like a lemon sorbet in natural light, it becomes a beautiful raspberry...
138
Calcite Crystals on Limestone Matrix, Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa
Gemmy, modified scalenohedral, calcite crystals with marcasite inclusions, on limestone matrix, from the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott...
152
Esperite, Franklin, New Jersey
This is a very bright esperite specimen from the Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey. Having excellent esperite coverage, this specimen...
161
bottom of page