Wavellite - Ballybunnion, Co. Kerry, Munster, Ireland
Radiating sprays of light blue wavellite crystals in dark brown shale. In LW the wavellite fluoresces bright aqua blue. Circular patterns...
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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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Multi-Wave Calcite Crystal Cluster, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri
Aesthetic cluster of waxy, pale yellow, calcite scalenohedrons and minor chalcopyrite on a minimal limestone matrix, from the Sweetwater...
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Calcite Crystals on Limestone, Pugh Quarry, Custar, Ohio
This midwestern fluorescent beauty consists of pockets of scalenohedral calcite crystals on a limestone matrix, and was collected from...
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Pabstite, Santa Cruz, California
Pabstite is a rare barium tin titanium silicate mineral that is only found in 4 known locations worldwide: 1.) Santa Cruz, California;...
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Watermelon Rock- Looks almost good enough to eat!
There is a widespread area that spans a region within America's Heartland between northwestern Nebraska to southwestern South Dakota that...
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Multi-Wavelength Calcite and Fluorite from the Denton Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
This spectacular fluorescent specimen features multiple golden, twinned, calcite crystals on a matrix of dark purple,...
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Ruby Crystals, Cascade Canyon, San Bernardino County, California
Cascade Canyon is a little known location situated in the San Gabriel Mountains, northeast of Los Angeles. The rocks of Cascade Canyon...
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Golden Yellow Fluorescent Zircons from Saint Peters Dome, El Paso County, Colorado
This is a lovely fluorescent specimen featuring numerous zircon crystals and minor fluorite in a non-fluorescent quartz matrix. ...
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Wollastonite, Calcite - Sterling Hill, New Jersey
Light tan wollastonite in calcite that fluoresces bright orange-yellow in SW, offsetting the red of the calcite. A well-known combo. Lit...
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Norbergite - Franklin, New Jersey
Orange grains of norbergite up to 4mm in marble, fluorescing pale yellow in SW. The marble fluoresces a faint blue. A macro closeup is...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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Calcite - Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Flowery colorless sprays of calcite crystals on matrix fluorescing SW violet (second generation) and orange (first generation). Specific...
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Scapolite v. Wernerite - Grenville, Quebec, Canada
Wernerite and diopside with brassy pyrite microcrystals. One of the very brightest LW minerals, it fluoresces a blinding yellow. Lit by a...
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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...
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Sphalerite - Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
Gray masses of sphalerite crystals with a bright orange-yellow LW response. Lit by a pair of 365nm flashlights. Specimen is 82 x 58 x 54mm
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Ruby - Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway
Macro photos of dark purple ruby crystals in a matrix of muscovite and feldspar. Famous locale for nice crystals with bright red...
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