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Natrolite and Microcline, Poudrette Quarry, Mont St-Hilaire, Canada

Cluster of small translucent natrolite crystals with interspersed crystals of microcline and an unidentified non-fluorescent brownish...

Fluorescent Tremolite from the Land of the Greatest Snow on Earth

This is a very nice fluorescent specimen from a location that is near and dear to my heart. This piece contains small, bladed crystals...

Cerussite in 405 nm laser light

Cerussite: Mibladen, Morocco. A small crystal group of which the faces have been etched slightly. It fluoresces in long wave UV but...

Willemite, Smithsonite, Calcite, Puttapa Mine, Puttapa, Australia

From the Puttapa zinc mine (Beltana mine), a site famous for producing spectacularly colorful fluorescent specimens, this rock has a...

Fluorescent, Phosphorescent, Triboluminescent Sphalerite, Frisco, Utah

This is an outstanding specimen of sphalerite that displays several very interesting luminescent phenomena. It was collected from an...

Miserite, Wollastonite, Aegirine (nf), Arkansas

Here's an interesting example of miserite, wollastonite, and aegirine from the Union Carbide Vanadium Mine, Potash Sulphur Springs,...

Hydrozincite, Goodsprings, Nevada

Normally I’m not a big fan of cutting or polishing rocks, as I prefer them in their original, natural condition. I’ll make an exception...

Calcite and Willemite, Stevenson-Bennett Mine, New Mexico

Fluorescent calcite and willemite from the Stevenson-Bennett Mine, Organ Mts, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico. Under short wave UV the calcite...

Scapolite and Calcite, Sterling Hill, New Jersey

This rock contains an assemblage of light, colorless scapolite and calcite and dark franklinite, from the famous Sterling Mine, Sterling...

Calcite, Willemite and Fluorite from the Hogan Claim, Wickenburg area, Arizona

This spectacular rock contains an assemblage of fluorescent calcite, willemite and fluorite in a brown/red-colored groundmass, and is...

Fluorescent Calcite Vein in Wheeler Shale, Delta, UT

This is a simple, but interesting fluorescent specimen that dates back to the age of the trilobites. A vein of light-colored calcite...

Tourmaline, Black Rock Glacier, Alaska

Alaska, known for abundant wildlife, incredible fishing, stunning scenery, and of course oil, offers very little to the fluorescent...

Bright Fluorescent Wollastonite, Desert View Mine, California

This specimen contains bright fluorescent wollastonite and minor calcite and aragonite, from the Desert View Mine, San Bernardino Mts,...

Wollastonite, Calcite and Aragonite, Desert View Mine

This is an interesting 3-color fluorescent specimen from the Desert View Mine, San Bernardino Mts, San Bernardino Co., California. At...

Wollastonite, Miserite, Aegirine; Arkansas

Not known for fluorescents, Arkansas delivered with this piece of wollastonite, miserite, and aegirine from the Union Carbide Vanadium...

Barite from the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa

Located adjacent to the Mississippi River, in Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa, the Linwood Mine is one of the largest underground limestone...

Cuprian-powellite (powellite-Cu)

Cuprian powellite: Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile. The yellow fluorescence of powellite,...

Horned natrolite?

Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada. Obviously this natrolite contains some uranyl,...

Caracolite

This specimen came from one of the mines near Caracoles, Antofagasta Region, Antofagasta Province, Sierra Gorda District, Caracoles,...

Spectacular Fluorescent Specimen from the Long Lake Zinc Mine, Ontario, Canada

This is a beautiful multi-colored fluorescent specimen from the Long Lake Zinc Mine, near Parham, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada. Under...