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Fluorescent Mineral Photo Gallery

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Hydrozincite, Smithsonite from Hermosa mine, Spain.

Hydrozincite has an intense light blue fluorescence and smithsonite is dark blue creating a wild contrast! (according to some comments)....

Calcite Fluorite from Berta quarry, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

The Berta quarry is an inactive quarry located on the northwest slope of the Sierra de Roques Blanques, in the municipalities of San...

Fluorapatite var."Spargelstein" from Jumilla, Spain.

Fluorapatite var."Spargelstein" on Hematite (not fluo) covered with small spheres of Calcite and Chalcedony. From Nuestra Señora del...

Fluorite, Baryte from Berbes Spain with red fluo LW 365nm

The Berbes mining area, in Ribadesella Asturias, Spain is a classic for Spanish minerals from its mines many world-class specimens have...

Spinel, Clinohumite in Marble from Sierra de Mijas, Malaga, Spain.

Spinel and Clinohumite micro crystals on a marble matrix. From Sierra de Mijas, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. It is a difficult material to...

Apatite Calcite crystals with Chalcedony coating from Jumilla, Spain

This is an grouping of Apatite and Calcite crystals with a Chalcedony coating from Nuestra Señora del Carmen mine, La Celia volcano,...

Calcite & dolomite; Långban mine, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden

Shown here is a nice little specimen of very brightly fluorescing calcite, with dolomite, from the Långban mine. This material is so...

Aragonite; Boccheggiano mines, Montieri, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy

"Boccheggiano-type aragonite", showing a very bright red fluorescence under longwave UV. As usual, the fluorescence of this specimen is...

Dolomite, Calcite - Långban Pole Dump, Långban, Sweden

An incredibly bright SW combo, the dolomite fluoresces deep red and the calcite red-orange. Under LW, the dolomite continues to produce a...

Scheelite - Mittersill Scheelite Deposit, Salzburg, Austria

Grains and veins of scheelite in quartz matrix, fluorescing bright cornflower blue in SW. Lit by a 240w SW transilluminator. Specimen is...

Schalenblende, Pomorzany Mine, Olkusz, Poland

Schalenblende is an interesting rock composed of concentric layers of fine grained sphalerite, typically included with intergrown...

Wavellite - Ballybunnion, Co. Kerry, Munster, Ireland

Radiating sprays of light blue wavellite crystals in dark brown shale. In LW the wavellite fluoresces bright aqua blue. Circular patterns...

Greenland Fantasy Rock, a Spectacular, Multi-Colored Fluorescent Treat from the Taseq Slope

This is an excellent example of Greenland Fantasy Rock, showing a beautiful multi-colored, multi-wavelength fluorescent response under...

Ruby - Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway

Macro photos of dark purple ruby crystals in a matrix of muscovite and feldspar. Famous locale for nice crystals with bright red...

Yttrofluorite, Hundholmen, Norway

Yttrofluorite is defined as fluorite (CaF2), where the rare earth element yttrium replaces some of the calcium atoms, and therefore has...

Calcites from Sardinia, Italy

Three red fluorescent calcities from Sardinia, Italy. - The first one is a very beautiful specimen in daylight too. Quartz and galena...

Calcite from Monteriggioni, Italy

On the typical yellow limestone matrix of this italian locality, there are several calcite cristals. Their color varies from white to...

Opal, Sepiolite. Cerro de los Batallones, Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid, Spain.

Opal, Sepiolite. Cerro de los Batallones, Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid, Spain. The green fluorescence with an orange contrast due to clay...

Constante Mine, Santa Marta, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain.

Santa Marta is a new location for fluorescent minerals in Spain. It is also home to the Mugemisa geological and mining museum where you...

More Fluorescents from Israel

As mentioned in a previous post, I enjoyed a recent business trip to Israel. Fortunately for me, the original hotel where I was to stay...