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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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Ruby in marble, from Myanmar
Single ruby crystal, in calcitic marble, along with non-fluorescent graphite and a greenish mineral, which I assume is possibly olivine....
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Baryte and calcite crystals from Puttapa, Australia
While not as colorful as the typical material from the Beltana Mine in Puttapa, South Australia, this specimen is definitely out of the...
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Willemite, calcite, etc; Puttapa, Australia
Small but brighter than average specimen of the typical calcite-willemite assemblage from the Beltana Mine, Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North...
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Willemite, calcite, etc; Puttapa, Australia
Small but brighter than average specimen of the typical calcite-willemite assemblage from the Beltana Mine, Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North...
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Willemite, calcite, etc; Puttapa, Australia
Very nice, large specimen from the Beltana Mine, Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. One of my...
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Willemite, calcite, etc; Puttapa, Australia
Very nice, large specimen from the Beltana Mine, Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. One of my...
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Willemite, calcite, etc; Puttapa, Australia
Shown here is a modest sized but fantastic calcite and willemite specimen from the Beltana Mine, Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders...
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Willemite, calcite, etc; Puttapa, Australia
Very nice, large specimen from the Beltana Mine, Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. One of my...
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Willemite, calcite, etc; Puttapa, Australia
Very nice, large specimen from the Beltana Mine, Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. One of my...
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Watermelon Calcite, Buffalo Gap Grasslands, South Dakota
This material is known as "watermelon calcite" or "watermelon rock" due to its colorful red and green fluorescent response under UV. This...
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Selenite and Chalcedony, Hay Springs, Nebraska
This unusual fluorescent specimen consists of crystals of honey-brown selenite sandwiched between two layers of light grey chalcedony....
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Barite and Calcite from the Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
This very delicate and aesthetic specimen is from the historic Minerva No. 1 Mine in the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District of Southern...
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Calcite on Fluorite from Moscona Mine, Spain.
Moscona Mine, located in El Pontón de SolÃs region, town of Corvera de Asturias, in Spain. The fluorite in this location appears in the...
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Mid Wave UV Fluorescent Calcite, Logansport, Indiana
The Midwestern US is not generally thought of as being a prolific source for fluorescent minerals. With the recent development of...
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"Amber" Calcite from Qinglong County, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China
Some new material started showing up on eBay. Not listed in the fluorescent mineral category and, as with many Chinese specimens, no...
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Calcite, Rensselaer Quarry, Rensselaer, Indiana
This is a unique fluorescent calcite specimen from the Rensselaer Quarry, Pleasant Ridge, Jasper County, Indiana, that shows an unusual...
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Stepped Calcite, Rensselaer Quarry, Rennselaer, Indiana
This is a rare and unique fluorescent calcite specimen from the Rensselaer Quarry, Pleasant Ridge, Jasper County, Indiana that shows a...
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New find - 3 colors longwave scapolite, prehnite and calcite, from Quebec, Canada
During an exploration trip with one of my partners on April 30 2022, in the area of Saint-Michel-De-Wentworth, north-east of...
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New find - 3 colors longwave scapolite, prehnite and calcite, from Quebec, Canada
During an exploration trip with one of my partners on April 30 2022, in the area of Saint-Michel-De-Wentworth, north-east of...
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Diopside and Calcite, Pitwak Mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
This exceptional fluorescent specimen consists of numerous blocky diopside crystals encrusted upon and embedded within a calcite-marble...
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