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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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Fluorescent Calcite and Scheelite from the Ophir Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah
Tabular calcite crystals and small scheelite octahedrons on limestone matrix, from the Ophir Hill Mine, Ophir, Tooele County, Utah. At...
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Fluorescent/Phosphorescent Calcite from a Little Known Midwestern Location- Bedford, Indiana
This milky white calcite cleavage fragment was collected in 2016 from a roadcut along Indiana State Route 37 in Bedford, Indiana, very...
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Green Phosphorescent Fluorite from a Limited Occurrence in Bedford, Indiana
Cubic yellow fluorite crystals on limestone matrix, collected in 2016 from a roadcut in Bedford, Indiana. This fluorite shows a very...
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Blue Phosphorescent Fluorite from a Limited Occurrence in Bedford, Indiana
Cubic yellow fluorite crystals on limestone matrix, collected in 2016 from a roadcut in Bedford, Indiana. This fluorite shows a very...
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Fluorescent Poker Chip Calcite from Russia
This is a large specimen of milky white to light pink, stacked, poker chip calcite crystals on a bed of massive pink calcite, from Russia....
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Fluorite from the Rogerley Mine, Weardale, Northern England
Green cubes of fluorite on a light brown matrix, from the Rogerley Mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Discovered in the early...
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Carpathite, A Rare Fluorescent Organic Mineral
Carpathite (formerly called karpatite) is a very interesting fluorescent mineral. The vast majority of minerals (fluorescent and...
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Rare Orange Fluorescent Turneaurite from Balmat, New York
This specimen contains grains of orange fluorescent turneaurite in a non-fluorescent matrix, from the ZCA No. 4 Mine, Balmat, St....
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Plumbogummite after Pyromorphite, Gongcheng Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Province, China
A recent post in our FLM FB group revealed a relatively unknown fluorescent specimen from China - plumbogummite. Shen Tao posted a pic...
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Brilliant Green Fluorescent Willemite from the Sterling Mine
A red/brown, somewhat rhombohedral, piece of nearly pure willemite, with minor calcite. This red variety of willemite contains manganese...
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Canadian Lightning Storm- Aragonite Bolts from the Long Lake Zinc Mine
Aragonite "lightning bolts" fluoresce bright blue/white on this spectacular specimen from the Long Lake Zinc Mine, Olden Township, near...
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Beautiful 3-Color Rock from Franklin, New Jersey
This is a truly classic 3-color fluorescent rock from the Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey. This technicolor specimen provides a...
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Deep Red Fluorescent Eucryptite, Midnight Owl Mine, Independence Gulch, Arizona
Light grey/white eucryptite from the Midnight Owl Mine, Independence Gulch, Yavapai Co., Arizona. This is a beautiful specimen under...
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Deep Blue Fluorescent Fluorite, William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, New Hampshire
Green octahedral fluorite crystals on a mixed matrix of colorless calcite and fluorite, from the William Wise Mine, Westmoreland,...
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Hyalite Opal, Chalk Mountain Mine, Spruce Pine, North Carolina
Hyalite opal from the Chalk Mountain Mine, in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, provides a classic example of uranyl-activated green...
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Fluorescent and Phosphorescent Calcite, Annabel Lee Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
This is a subtle, but beautiful fluorescent specimen from a classic Cave-In-Rock, IL, location- the Annabel Lee Mine. Comprised of a...
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Walstromite with Unknown Blue, Big Creek – Rush Creek Deposit, Fresno County, California, USA.
Walstromite is pretty much limited to a few locations in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. Here’s a very...
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Brightly Fluorescent Hydrozincite and Calcite from the Historic Columbia Mine, Marion, Kentucky
Brightly fluorescent hydrozincite and calcite from the historic Columbia Mine, Marion, Kentucky. Under short wave UV (254nm) the...
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Scheelite, Rainbow Mine, California, USA
Bright white scheelite from the Rainbow Mine in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. Shown in shortwave and natural light. The...
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Willemite, Calcite and Hydrozincite, Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, New Jersey
This insane swirl of fluorescent colors is from the Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, New Jersey. The unusual and interesting pattern of...
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