Paper Thin Calcite Crystals From China
Highly fluorescent under three wavelengths. Daylight, SW, LW, MW. 13 ounces. 4 x 3 1/2 x 1 3/4 inches. f/11 ISO-100 1.6 seconds for...
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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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Fluorite, Calcite, Willemite, Caliche - Hogan claim AZ
This is a spectacular extra large 7" specimen from the Hogan claim in AZ. Because of their brightness, these specimens are a...
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Scheelite Crystal on Calcite - Mongolia
This is one of the most striking specimens from the mines in Mongolia of this material. The calcite offers a dramatic backdrop for the...
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Sulfur on Calcite - Maybee, Michigan
Here’s a rare specimen right out of Manual Robbins’ book (Fluorescence, Gems and Minerals Under Ultraviolet Light, 1994), pages 192 and...
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Sphalerite, Calcite, Willemite, and Hydrozincite, Miller Canyon, Arizona
An interesting, but not exceptional rock from Miller Canyon. However, the sphalerite's phosphorescence is quite interesting and exhibits...
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Wollastonite, Kockgruvan Mine, Skinnskatteberg, Sweden
Probably the best locale name in all of rock collecting. Here's a wollastonite that glows mustard in shortwave, dark mustard in...
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Red Lightning Calcite and Aragonite, Promontory Point, Utah
An interesting little specimen from Promontory Point in Utah. The red fluorescing calcite is like a circular bolt of lightning. The...
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Willemite, Calcite from Puttapa, Australia
A nice small cabinet specimen from the Puttapa zinc mine in Australia, about 3" long. The UV image is 30W SW plus 30W MW. The MW brings...
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Willemite Calcite and ??? from the Third Plain Zinc Prospect - Australia
Graham Fraser added 39 photos to Facebook - copied most of them here A whole album from one rock! It's from Third Plain Zinc Prospect...
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Sodalite and Chkalovite - Greenland
Bright orange fluorescing sodalite with blue/green fluorescing chkalovite from Greenland. The sodalite is nicely tenebrescent...
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Tugtupite and Sodalite, on Chkalovite - Greenland
Pieces like this are pretty rare from Greenland. The matrix appears to be chkalovite (green fluorescence at the bottom, muted overall...
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La Sassa Radiating Quartz Nodules in Calcite - Italy
In the early 70’s a small deposit of bright yellow fluorescing quartz was discovered near the town of La Sassa, Tuscany, Italy. The...
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Sodalite from Greenland, found off sodalite beach
This is one of the brightest varieties of sodalite from the Ilimaussaq Complex in Greenland. It is colored pea-green in white light and...
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Spodumene from the Haapaluoma Mine, Finland
The fluorescent mineral is spodumene but the piece has all kinds of other minerals - quite pretty under white light. I find the MW...
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Peach Manganocalcite, South Africa
Most manganocalcite we've seen is white or off-white. This piece from the Kalahari Fields in South Africa is most definitely a soft,...
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Elk Creek Barite, on Calcite - Meade County, South Dakota
BARITE ON YELLOW CALCITE. ELK CREEK, MEADE COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA 4 ½ OUNCES 2 ¾ X 2 ¾ X 1 ¼ inches f/11 ISO-100 .8 second
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Radiating Tremolite w/ Caliche - Sunset South Mine, Maricopa County, AZ
RADIATING TREMOLITE WITH CALICHE FROM THE SUNSET MINE, MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ. Caliche on the first side but not on the 2nd side. ...
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Puttapa, Australia
A spectacular specimen from the world famous Puttapa Zinc mine in Australia. So many colors! Photographed under 78 watts of short wave...
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Puttapa, Australia
Beautiful "stained glass" from Puttapa Australia. Before you get too excited about this piece, know that it is about the size of a US...
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