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Hyalite Opal - San Luis Potosi, Mexico

Macro photos of glassy botryoidal hyalite on matrix. The textures are remarkable in white light, and LW produces a very bright green...

Hardystonite, Clinohedrite, Willemite, Calcite - Franklin, New Jersey

A classic Franklin SW piece. Areas of deep violet blue hardystonite alternate with non-fluorescent garnet. Orange clinohedrite is visible...

Anthophyllite, Tremolite, Talc - Talcville, New York

A mixture of anthophyllite (formerly known as manganocummingtonite) and tremolite crystals with minor talc. The anthophyllite fluoresces...

Fluorite - De'an Fluorite Mine, Jiujiang, China

Purple octahedral fluorite crystals in matrix with a second generation of colorless cubic fluorite atop. The octahedral crystals...

Sphalerite and Fluorite, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado

To mineral collectors, the Sweet Home Mine in Alma, Colorado is best known as a producer of some of the finest rhodochrosite specimens in...

Calcite - Challenger Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Macro photos of a terlingua-type calcite crystal. This material is colorless in white light, bright pink in LW, and (not pictured) blue...

Terlingua Calcite, a Beautiful Rock of Many Faces

Terlingua calcite is a rock of many faces, as few other fluorescent minerals show such a varied fluorescent response under different UV...

Strontianite from the Historic Cave-In-Rock Mining District

Strontianite is an uncommon strontium carbonate mineral that was sometimes encountered during fluorspar (fluorite) mining activities in...

Valentinite from Lengshuijiang Sb deposit, China

A seldom seen fluorescent mineral - Kuangshan Town, Lengshuijiang City, Loudi City, Hunan Prov. - under longwave. Photo courtesy 沈洪涛

Rare Margarosanite, Franklin, New Jersey

Margarosanite is a rare calcium lead silicate mineral that shows a beautiful short wave fluorescent response that ranges from blue/white...

Dumortierite, Vaca Morta Quarry, Bahia, Brazil

Dumortierite is an aluminum iron borosilicate mineral that doesn't get much attention in the world of fluorescence, but is a lovely...

Zunyite, an Uncommon Fluorescent Beauty

Zunyite is an uncommon aluminum sorosilicate mineral that shows a soft, cherry red fluorescent response under short wave UV. Zunyite...

Root Beer Fluorite from Clay Center, Ohio; A Midwest Fluorescent Classic

Lustrous root beer-colored fluorite cubes on a light grey limestone matrix, from the Stoneco White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa Co.,...

Fluorite, May Stone Quarry, Ft. Wayne, Indiana

Large plate of water-clear, honey-colored fluorite crystals on a light grey limestone matrix. From the May Stone and Sand Quarry in Ft....

Youngite, Guernsey, Wyoming

This is a fluorescent youngite specimen from Guernsey, Wyoming. Youngite is an agatized brecciated jasper with a coating of grayish...

Daylight Fluorescent Hyalite Opal, Zacatecas, Mexico

Colorless to greenish, transparent, glassy bubbles of hyalite opal (Opal-AN) covering an unknown brown/grey colored matrix, from Electric...

Yttrofluorite, Hundholmen, Norway

Yttrofluorite is defined as fluorite (CaF2), where the rare earth element yttrium replaces some of the calcium atoms, and therefore has...

Calcites from Sardinia, Italy

Three red fluorescent calcities from Sardinia, Italy. - The first one is a very beautiful specimen in daylight too. Quartz and galena...

Calcite from Monteriggioni, Italy

On the typical yellow limestone matrix of this italian locality, there are several calcite cristals. Their color varies from white to...

Diamonds

Approximately 30% of all diamonds show a fluorescent response under UV. In most cases, the fluorescence is brightest under long wave...