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The Next Evolution in Fluorescent Mineral Flashlights - Shortwave and Midwave

(work in progress....) Just a few years ago my feeling was that we would not see SW flashlights "in my lifetime". I was so wrong. They...

Flashlights vs. Display Lights

In 2015 I publicized the Convoy S2 here on NR and it took our world by storm. Its powerful spot LED made rocks glow like we had never...

Complex Twinned Calcite, Sambava, Madagascar

During 2004-2005, a limited find of morphologically complex, multiply twinned, light yellow, gemmy calcite was made in the cavities of a...

Fluorescent ruby from Tanzania

Shown here is a pretty nice specimen of corundum var. ruby from the Mundarara Mine, Longido District, Arusha Region, Tanzania. Its...

World-class fluorescent & phosphorescent selenite from Manitoba, Canada

Pristine, complete all around, world-class specimen of golden gypsum var. selenite from the Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba,...

Clinohedrite, Hardystonite, Willemite, and Calcite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey

This spectacular, 4-colored, fluorescent specimen is from the famous Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey. Under short wave...

Fluorite, Manganocalcite, Sphalerite from Huanzala Mine, Peru.

Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru Size: 48mm x 30mm x 25mm Fluorite under shortwave UV is a...

Yttrofluorite, Joseph Mine, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

Yttrofluorite is a variety of fluorite in which the rare earth element yttrium substitutes for some of the calcium in the fluorite...

Fluorescent & phosphorescent selenite from Manitoba, Canada

Nice specimen of gypsum var. selenite from the Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba. In the first picture, the specimen is shown...

Scheelite and caliche from Darwin, California

Nice cabinet specimen, recently obtained in a trade, consisting of scheelite (bright blueish-white under shortwave UV, and yellow under...

Tenebrescent sodalite, with chkalovite, tugtupite and uranyl, from Greenland

Very nice cabinet-sized specimen consisting of tenebrescent sodalite (orange fluorescence under all UV wavelengths, brighter LW), with...

Tenebrescent yellow sodalite from Greenland

Shown here is a very modest sized but lovely specimen of tenebrescent yellow sodalite, from Taseq Slope East, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq,...

Tugtupite from Greenland

Cute little specimen of tugtupite, associated with chkalovite (assumed ID), along with some uranyl-activated green fluorescence, plus...

Fluorescent aragonite from Mexico

Very nice cabinet-sized specimen of stalactitic aragonite (aka "Cave aragonite"), from the Santa Eulalia Mining District, fluorescing...

Fluorescent aragonite from Mexico

Very nice, large cabinet-sized specimen of stalactitic aragonite (aka "Cave aragonite"), from the Santa Eulalia Mining District,...

"Multiwave" fluorescent kunzite from Brazil

Large cabinet-sized specimen of spodumene var. kunzite, from Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Shown fluorescing under shortwave UV in...

Calcite, willemite and fluorite , from the Hull mine, Arizona

Nice cabinet-sized specimen of calcite (red fluorescence), willemite (green fluorescence) and fluorite (blue fluorescence), from the Hull...

Calcite, willemite & hydrozincite from Sterling Hill, NJ

Nice cabinet-sized specimen of calcite (red fluorescence), willemite (green fluorescence), franklinite (non fluorescent), with a coating...

Gemmy dark green sodalite from Greenland

Gemmy green sodalite from Kangerlussaq, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland. In the first image, the specimen is shown...

Agrellite from Kipawa, Québec, Canada

Shown here is a truely gorgeous specimen of agrellite (bright pink fluorescence under shortwave and midwave UV, best midwave; weak orange...