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Non-Root Beer Fluorite from Clay Center, Ohio

This is lovely and somewhat unusual fluorite from a classic Midwest location. This specimen originated from the White Rock Quarry in...

Microcline and Smokey Quartz, Lolo Pass, Montana

Granted, this isn't the brightest piece around, but it's very intriguing. The microcline under longwave fluoresces a decent whitish blue....

Travertine, Huntsville, Alabama

Alabama isn't known for it fluorescent rocks. However, it is home to America's space and rocket program and Huntsville boasts over 240...

Snakeskin Agate, Rome, Malheur County, Oregon

Snakeskin agate is known for the peculiar scaly appearance of the outside of the rocks. Unfortunately this one is a pretty poor example...

A Beautiful Midwestern Fluorescent Classic- Celestine, Strontianite and Calcite from the Stoneco Lim

This is a matrix-free cluster of blocky white celestine crystals, partially altered to strontianite, and honey-colored calcite...

Calcite, near Short Gap, Mineral County, West Virginia

West Virginia is not known for a lot of fluorescents. That said, this calcite is a really nice one and very bright, and phosphorescent...

Corundum (var. Ruby) from 12,000 feet in Nepal!

Found this sample of Corundum from Nepal at a local show, and really liked the response in longwave. I've seen ruby from Africa, from...

Pyromorphite, Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho

This little specimen set off a fire storm last summer, and the current pyro craze on eBay has its origins with this little guy. I had...

Calcite, Kamioka Mine, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Not many fluorescents seem to come from Japan. This one is a very nice, though small, calcite from the Kamioka Mine in Kamioka Town,...

Fluorescent Selenite Blades from the Great Salt Plains, Jet, Oklahoma

The state of Oklahoma is not known to be a prolific source of fluorescent mineral specimens. However, the Great Salt Plains, located in...

Fluorite with Phantoms, Cady Mountains, California

Somewhere between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, lie the Cady Mountains. At least there is some treasure between the two cities, here's a...

Fluorite with Phantoms, Moscona Mine, Spain

Here's a beautiful fluorite with phantoms from the Moscona Mine in Asturias, Spain. Not the typical blue, but instead a very soft cream...

Gypsum, var. Selenite, Manitoba, Canada

Selenite from the Red River Spillway (Floodway) in Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada should be on everyone's list to add to their collection....

Manganaxinite and Probable Margarosanite, Franklin mine, Franklin, New Jersey

Buff-colored piece of solid Axinite-(Mn) [aka manganaxinite], with minor willemite and a blue/white fluorescent mineral that is likely...

Beautiful Mid Wave UV Fluorescent Calcite from Putnam Co., Indiana

White to tan-colored, bladed calcite crystals on a matrix of solid granular calcite. This specimen was collected from an unknown...

Carpathite Crystals from San Benito Co., California, USA

Rick Kennedy surprised most folks in the FMS Fluorescent Mineral Group (FB) by posting pics of this magnificent cluster of carpathite...

Hackmanite, Cryolite, and Feldspar; Kola Peninsula, Russia

Some think this piece looks like a cross between Nemo and Dory, regardless, it's an interesting and allegedly relatively rare. It's...

Cryolite and Siderite - Ivigtut, Greenland

From the closed cryolite mine (the world's only?) in Greenland. Fluorescent cryolite is quite rare and unusual - most are not...

Color Change Scheelite and Fluorite, Xiang Fang Lin Mine, China

Scheelite is one of the brightest fluorescent minerals around and somewhat widespread. In years gone by, miner would head out into the...

Calcite, Chihuahua, Mexico

Another specimen from an old collection, this one an interesting calcite from Chihuahua, Mexico . Anyway, though this one looks like it...