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Fluorescent Mineral Photo Gallery

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Smithsonite, El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico

The El Refugio Mine, located in Choix, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, is a notable source of beautiful specimens of the zinc carbonate...

Smithsonite, Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

Vivid pink and blue fluorescence is seen in this specimen of smithsonite from the Glove Mine in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. When viewed...

Smithsonite, Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

Vivid pink and blue fluorescence is seen in this specimen of smithsonite from the Glove Mine in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. When viewed...

Smithsonite, El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico

The El Refugio mine, located in Choix, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, is a notable source of beautiful specimens of the zinc carbonate...

Root Beer Fluorite, Graymont Quarry, Genoa, Ohio

This large specimen from the Graymont Quarry in Genoa, Ohio features colorless, transparent fluorite cubes with root beer brown, zoned...

Multi-Colored Fluorescence from the Tadpole District, Imperial Co., California

Here's a beautiful, multi-colored fluorescent specimen from a little-known area in Imperial County, California. This little fluorescent...

Fluorite, Graymont Quarry, Genoa, Ohio

This is a brightly fluorescent cluster of root beer brown colored fluorite cubes, with white bladed celestine crystals, from the Graymont...

Barite, Celestine and Aragonite, Annabel Lee Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois

Nodules of barite and aragonite are perched on an underlying base of celestine and fluorite on this beautiful specimen from the Annabel...

Calcite, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico

This is a large, spectacular, plate of brightly fluorescent, plumose and needle-like calcite scalenohedrons from the San Antonio Mine,...

Zunyite - Big Bertha Mine, Arizona

Tiny (1mm) colorless to brown zunyite crystals in quartz matrix, fluorescing deep red in SW. Yellow-fluorescing microcrystals of what is...

Amber, Sumatra, Indonesia

This is an excellent example of brightly fluorescent amber, from a relatively new find in the coal deposits of the Bukit Barisan (Barisan...

Chalcedony - Burro Creek Agate Occurrence, Arizona

This material is variously called chalcedony, agate, or pastellite jasper. It comes from an area south of Burro Creek. Pale blue in white...

Dolomite, Calcite - Långban Pole Dump, Långban, Sweden

An incredibly bright SW combo, the dolomite fluoresces deep red and the calcite red-orange. Under LW, the dolomite continues to produce a...

Scheelite - Mittersill Scheelite Deposit, Salzburg, Austria

Grains and veins of scheelite in quartz matrix, fluorescing bright cornflower blue in SW. Lit by a 240w SW transilluminator. Specimen is...

Fluorite, Pugh Quarry, Custar, Ohio

The Pugh Quarry is a large open pit limestone operation located near the town of Custar, in Wood County, northwest Ohio, and has been a...

Fluorite, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Fluorite is not a commonly occurring mineral species in the state of Wisconsin, but here's a rare example of the elusive Wisconsin...

Red Fluorescent Barite, Custer County, Colorado

These barite specimens, collected from an abandoned barite mine in Custer County, Colorado, show an unusual multi-wavelength red to...

Blue Fluorescent Fluorite Cubes, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois

The Cave-In-Rock area of Hardin County in southern Illinois is known for producing some of the most spectacular display quality fluorite...

Willemite Crystal on Calcite Matrix, Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, New Jersey

A large, well-formed, red/brown willemite crystal sits on top of a matrix of white calcite, from the Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill,...

Slow to Glow Hemimorphite from the Skorpion Mine, Namibia

Hemimorphite is a zinc silicate hydrate mineral that is found in various locations worldwide. Most hemimorphite specimens show little or...