Calcite from Salaberry-De-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada
Years ago, some really nice golden calcite crystals were found in a small occurrence in the vicinity of Salaberry-De-Valleyfield. The...
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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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Fluorescent calcite from Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada
Last year, while sorting out specimens in my storage, I decided to get rid of all specimens that were not aesthetic or rare enough to be...
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Vlasovite, with agrellite and uranyl-activated unknown - Kipawa Complex, Témiscamingue, Qc, Canada
Shown here is a nice specimen of vlasovite, a rare fluorescent mineral found only in a few localities around the world, along with...
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Scapolite, with a uranyl-activated coating - Papineau RCM, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
Very brightly fluorescent scapolite, from a new locality visited in October & November 2020 with one of my collecting partners....
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Fluorescent phlogopite and diopside - Papineau RCM, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
Shown here is one of the best pieces of fluorescent phlogopite & diopside I found, during visits in a new occurrence with one of my...
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Fluorescent phlogopite, from the Papineau RCM, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
During our last field trips in October and November 2020, one of my partners and I found lots of interesting fluorescents in a new...
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Tenebrescent blue sodalite from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Like most fluorescent minerals collectors already know, sadly, blue sodalite is rarely fluorescent. To my knowledge, fluorescent blue...
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Polylithionite, leucophanite, albite, serandite, etc, from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Shown here is a really gorgeous combination of polylithionite, leucophanite, serandite and others, on albite crystals. As usual, the...
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Natrolite and microcline from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Shown here is a really nice cluster of translucent natrolite crystals, associated with misshaped microcline crystals. As usual, the...
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"Multi-wave" calcite from the Grant Quarry, near Greely, Ontario
The Grant Quarry, located in the area of Greely in South-Eastern Ontario, Canada, is mostly known for its highly aesthetic quartz...
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Agrellite - Kipawa Alkaline Complex, Quebec, Canada
Colorless massive agrellite crystals which fluoresce bright violet pink in MW and SW. This mineral is brightest in MW, pictured here. Lit...
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Chondrodite, Calcite, Diopside, Aragonite - Long Lake Zinc Mine, Ontario, Canada
Classic combo from LLZ. In SW, the chondrodite fluoresces yellow, the calcite pink, the diopside aqua blue, and the aragonite blue. Lit...
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Scapolite v. Wernerite - Grenville, Quebec, Canada
Wernerite and diopside with brassy pyrite microcrystals. One of the very brightest LW minerals, it fluoresces a blinding yellow. Lit by a...
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Gypsum, var. Selenite, Manitoba, Canada
Selenite from the Red River Spillway (Floodway) in Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada should be on everyone's list to add to their collection....
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Polylithionite Rose from Mt. St. Hilaire
(English version) Polylithionite rose over a small microcline matrix. Fluorescence is the tipical yellow in Sw and in this sample it’s...
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Sodalite, var. Hackmanite, Davis Quarry, Bancroft, Canada
This blocky specimen of hackmanite is from the Davis Quarry, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada. Under long wave UV it shows a bright, saturated,...
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Scapolite Crystal, Yates Mine, Québec, Canada
This is a particularly well-formed, terminated, single, crystal of fluorescent scapolite from the Yates mine, Otter Lake, Québec, Canada....
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Agrellite, Kipawa Alkaline Complex, Québec, Canada
Massive, light grey colored, crystalline agrellite from the Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM,...
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Natrolite and Microcline, Poudrette Quarry, Mont St-Hilaire, Canada
Cluster of small translucent natrolite crystals with interspersed crystals of microcline and an unidentified non-fluorescent brownish...
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Horned natrolite?
Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada. Obviously this natrolite contains some uranyl,...
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