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Fluorescent Mineral Photo Gallery

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Fluorescent Poker Chip Calcite from Russia

This is a large specimen of milky white to light pink, stacked, poker chip calcite crystals on a bed of massive pink calcite, from Russia....

Fluorite from the Rogerley Mine, Weardale, Northern England

Green cubes of fluorite on a light brown matrix, from the Rogerley Mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Discovered in the early...

Carpathite, A Rare Fluorescent Organic Mineral

Carpathite (formerly called karpatite) is a very interesting fluorescent mineral. The vast majority of minerals (fluorescent and...

Rare Orange Fluorescent Turneaurite from Balmat, New York

This specimen contains grains of orange fluorescent turneaurite in a non-fluorescent matrix, from the ZCA No. 4 Mine, Balmat, St....

Plumbogummite after Pyromorphite, Gongcheng Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Province, China

A recent post in our FLM FB group revealed a relatively unknown fluorescent specimen from China - plumbogummite. Shen Tao posted a pic...

Red Fluorescent Spinel, Yenbai Province, Vietnam

This specimen consists of raspberry red, octahedral spinel crystals in a white marble matrix, from the An Phu Marble Mine, Luc Yen,...

Brilliant Green Fluorescent Willemite from the Sterling Mine

A red/brown, somewhat rhombohedral, piece of nearly pure willemite, with minor calcite. This red variety of willemite contains manganese...

Canadian Lightning Storm- Aragonite Bolts from the Long Lake Zinc Mine

Aragonite "lightning bolts" fluoresce bright blue/white on this spectacular specimen from the Long Lake Zinc Mine, Olden Township, near...

Beautiful 3-Color Rock from Franklin, New Jersey

This is a truly classic 3-color fluorescent rock from the Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey. This technicolor specimen provides a...

Deep Red Fluorescent Eucryptite, Midnight Owl Mine, Independence Gulch, Arizona

Light grey/white eucryptite from the Midnight Owl Mine, Independence Gulch, Yavapai Co., Arizona. This is a beautiful specimen under...

Deep Blue Fluorescent Fluorite, William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, New Hampshire

Green octahedral fluorite crystals on a mixed matrix of colorless calcite and fluorite, from the William Wise Mine, Westmoreland,...

Hyalite Opal, Chalk Mountain Mine, Spruce Pine, North Carolina

Hyalite opal from the Chalk Mountain Mine, in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, provides a classic example of uranyl-activated green...

Fluorescent and Phosphorescent Calcite, Annabel Lee Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois

This is a subtle, but beautiful fluorescent specimen from a classic Cave-In-Rock, IL, location- the Annabel Lee Mine. Comprised of a...

Walstromite with Unknown Blue, Big Creek – Rush Creek Deposit, Fresno County, California, USA.

Walstromite is pretty much limited to a few locations in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. Here’s a very...

Brightly Fluorescent Hydrozincite and Calcite from the Historic Columbia Mine, Marion, Kentucky

Brightly fluorescent hydrozincite and calcite from the historic Columbia Mine, Marion, Kentucky. Under short wave UV (254nm) the...

Scheelite, Rainbow Mine, California, USA

Bright white scheelite from the Rainbow Mine in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. Shown in shortwave and natural light. The...

Willemite, Calcite and Hydrozincite, Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, New Jersey

This insane swirl of fluorescent colors is from the Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, New Jersey. The unusual and interesting pattern of...

Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland)

And if that’s not enough, minerals include: Calcite (red), Barytocalcite (pink), Witherite (cream), Baryte (yellowish white), Fluorite...

Fluorescent Clam Fossil from Ruck's Pit, Fort Drum, Florida

This is a fluorescent, Pleistocene age (approx. 1-2 mya) Mercenaria permagna clam fossil from the famous Rucks' Pit site in Fort Drum,...

Fluorescent Scheelite Veins in Quartzite, Mittersill, Salzburg, Austria

This is a cut quartzite slab containing veins of scheelite with minor mica schist. From the Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG Mine,...