Calcite from Hawaii
Somewhat harder to get is this fluorescent calcite specimen from Hawaii. Organic matter causes the fluorescence. (courtesy of the MKA)...
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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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Agatized coral, Withlacoochee river bed, Florida
Not so much fluorescent minerals in Florida. This one is darn "purty", though: Agatized coral, Withlacoochee river bed, Florida. Photos...
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Anglesite from Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Province of Carbonia-Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy
Anglesite from Monteponi under natural light, LW (purple) and MW (greenish) UV Source: Axel Emmermann, MKA http://fluo.mineralogie.be/ind...
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Villiaumite - Aris Quarry, Aris, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia
Not often seen on photo... villiaumite. Locality: Aris Quarry, Aris, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia. The fluorescence is due...
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Classic Barite on Calcite from Sterling Hill Mines in Ogdensburg, NJ USA
I took a spectrum of the red fluorescence of the calcite. It clearly shows the fluorescence of the co-activator, lead. The fluorescence...
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Benitoite crystals from the Dallas Gem mine, California USA
Source: Axel Emmermann, MKA http://fluo.mineralogie.be/index.html
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Colorless beryl, var. goshenite - Xuebaoding Mine, Pingwu, Sichuan, China
Colorless beryl, var. goshenite, which is permeated with very fine scheelite dust and thus fluoresces in shortwave UV. Xuebaoding Mine,...
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Fluorite, Calcite, Smithsonite, Willemite - Hogan claim AZ
If I had to pick the top five fluorescent localities in the world I would pick the Hogan claim in AZ as one. They are bright and...
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Tugtupite in Analcime, Taseq Slope, Ilimaussaq Complex, Greenland
Bubble gum pink colored tugtupite in a white analcime matrix, from the Taseq Slope, Ilimaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Greenland. This specimen...
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Aragonite, Calcite, Sphalerite from the Passa Limani Locality in Greece
Some white fluorescing (SW) aragonite with red fl. calcite and orange fl. sphalerite from the Greek Passa Limani slag mineral locality....
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Natrolite, Uranyl Activated - Mt. St. Hilaire, Canada
Has anyone ever seen the scary horned natrolite from MSH? Some uranyl lights up the party... Courtesy of MKA: http://fluo.mineralogie.be/...
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Scheelite and Calcite (Crystals) on Fluorite - China
A pretty scheelite crystal on non-fluorescing fluorite, neighboring a calcite twin... Dongshan Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore...
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Apatite Crystal from Mt St Hilaire, Canada - Red fluorescence under Longwave, Unusual.
Here's pretty specimen - a small apatite crystal of about 2 mm across, on a matrix of albite. Came from Mount Saint Hilaire. The...
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Multi-Colored Wickenburgite, Willemite and Fluorite, from the Potter-Cramer Mine, Maricopa Co., Ariz
From the desert of southern Arizona, this is a very ordinary and nondescript looking rock in daylight, as is the case with many...
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Rare Red Fluorescent Fluorite, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Mexico
A small percentage of purple fluorite from the Ojuela Mine in Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, shows a beautiful, rich, red fluorescence under...
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Wispy Hydrocarbon Inclusions in Fluorite from Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
This pair of yellow fluorite cubes from Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, show a very interesting multi-wave fluorescent response due t
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Fluorescent Calcite and Scheelite from the Ophir Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah
Tabular calcite crystals and small scheelite octahedrons on limestone matrix, from the Ophir Hill Mine, Ophir, Tooele County, Utah. At...
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Fluorescent/Phosphorescent Calcite from a Little Known Midwestern Location- Bedford, Indiana
This milky white calcite cleavage fragment was collected in 2016 from a roadcut along Indiana State Route 37 in Bedford, Indiana, very...
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Green Phosphorescent Fluorite from a Limited Occurrence in Bedford, Indiana
Cubic yellow fluorite crystals on limestone matrix, collected in 2016 from a roadcut in Bedford, Indiana. This fluorite shows a very...
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Blue Phosphorescent Fluorite from a Limited Occurrence in Bedford, Indiana
Cubic yellow fluorite crystals on limestone matrix, collected in 2016 from a roadcut in Bedford, Indiana. This fluorite shows a very...
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