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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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Chameleon Agate from the Granite Mountains, Wyoming
Agate/chalcedony nodule from the Granite Mountains, Fremont County, Wyoming, that shows a unique multi-colored fluorescent response...
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Molybdosodalite, Naples Italy
An obscure specimen of Molybdosodalite (with vugs) from Naples Italy. The clear crystals appear to be NF and are just reflecting the glow...
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Popcorn Barite, Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa
A plate of off-white barite crystals on a limestone matrix, from the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa. This particular material is...
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Emerald Green Sodalite from Greenland
Obscure "Emerald Green" Sodalite found on the north shore of the Tunulliarik Fjord, right above "Sodalite Beach" and where the bright...
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Powellite on Calcite, Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, N.J
Gravity tram, 20 ft below 180 level at 1040 N, 1270 W, Sterling mine, Ogdensburg, NJ. (Per R. Bostwick: That particular find of powellite...
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Amethystine Crystals of Clinohedrite, Numerous Tiny Crystals of Charlesite, and Roeblingite - Frankl
A fragment of highly altered, granular franklinite-calcite-hendricksite ore bearing a hydrothermal alteration crust of several minerals: ...
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Sterling Hill Sphalerite, Willemite, Franklinite, Talc, ex Marian Reitenbaugh collection
Honey-brown sphalerite with reddish brown willemite, black franklinite, greenish grey talc, and minor dark greenish brown serpentine (at...
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Fluorescent Quartz, Cato Township, Wisconsin
This is an interesting specimen of colorless, banded, quartz that was dug up in a farm field in Cato Township, Manitowoc County,...
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Quartz Crystals on Calcite - San Antonio Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico
Small delicate crystal florets of yellow fluorescing quartz needles are peppered around a matrix of calcite on this striking specimen. ...
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The Rodney Dangerfields of Fluorescent Minerals - They Don't Get No Respect
Not many collectors seek out chalcedony. Similarly, when they hear caliche [a zone of calcium carbonate or other carbonates in soils of...
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Sphalerite & Willemite - Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, NJ
Sphalerite & Willemite from the Sterling Hill Mine in Ogdensburg, NJ. Long wave, short wave & white light
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Sphalerite, var. Cleiophane & Willemite - Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, NJ
Sphalerite, var. Cleiophane & Willemite from the Sterling Hill Mine in Ogdensburg, NJ. Shown under long wave, short wave & white light. ...
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Selenite Twinned Crystals, Willow Creek location, near Nanton, Alberta, Canada
Twinned selenite (gypsum) crystals from the Willow Creek location, near Nanton, Alberta, Canada. These crystals show a very unique...
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Scapolite Crystals - Badakshan, Afghanistan, the next big locality for fluorescent minerals
This rock is from Badakhshan, Afghanistan. It has purple scapolite crystals that glow red in SW. The pinkish matrix next to the large...
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This rock proves there are some major discoveries waiting to be made in Afghanistan - Sodalite and W
How 'bout you grab your UV light, hop on a plane and head out to the mines in the remote mountains of Afghanistan. I guarantee you will...
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Sodalite & var. Hackmanite - Badakhshan Afghanistan
Here are some samples of small cabinet specimens of Sodalite & var. Hackmanite from Badakhshan Afghanistan that I have been collecting....
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A Different Sterling Hill Mine Calcite & Willemite Amalgamation
Sterling Hill calcite and willemite is known for its very bright fluorescence. This piece doesn't disappoint as the core displays...
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Opal, Caliche, Aragonite, Zumwalt mine New Mexico
This specimen is from the Zumwalt mine in New Mexico. The UV photo is SW showing green opal, orange caliche, and blue aragonite. It is...
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