Tugtupite, Sodalite, and Other Favorites from the Tasseq Slope, Greenland
Brick-shaped rock consisting of white to light pink tugtupite, light colored sodalite (var. hackmanite), grey analcime, chkalovite and...
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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, Rampgill mine, Cumbria, England
Numerous mines in Northern England have produced beautiful fluorite specimens. Of interest to fluorescent mineral collectors is that...
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Vesuvian Mix from Pompeii disaster
This mineral comes from Somma-Vesuvius Complex (Naples, Italy). It was found around 1960s in the pumice layers of the 79 DC Vesuvius ...
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Catapleiite; Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Småland, Sweden
Catapleiite is not a well known mineral, nor is it very common in fluorescent collections. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean it's...
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Polylithionite from Greenland
Plates of silvery polylithionite mica and pink crystals of eudialyte dominate this specimen from Kangerluarssaq fjord, Ilímaussaq...
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Calcite Aragonite from Boccheggiano, Tuscany (Italy)
(English version) The worldwide denomination aragostrontianite for this mineral is incorrect. This carbonate tipical of Bocchieggiano /...
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Meta-Autunite Torbernite 'Green Garden' from Portugal
Here a beautiful mix of Autunite and Torbernite from Assunçao (Portugal). On a gray rock matrix are several crystals of Meta-Autunite...
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Willemite Crystals, Peyrebrune, Tarn, France
Small (approximately 1mm) hexagonal white crystals of willemite on a dark unidentified matrix, from the lead/zinc/silver mine of...
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Daylight Fluorescent Fluorite from the Famous Rogerley Mine
Daylight fluorescence is a phenomenon where some fluorescent minerals show a noticeable color change under sunlight, due to the UV...
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Witherite, Calcite, Baryte, and more! North Yorkshire, England
England has some very interesting and famous fluorescent materials. Material from the Danby Level, Northside Mines, Whaw, Arkengarthdale,...
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"Black" Calcite from Belgium
This is a so-called "black" calcite from the Gralex quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne (near Charleroi), Hainout Province, Belgium. These...
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Cadmium Smithsonite and Quartz, County Clare, Ireland
The Emerald Isle seems to be woefully under-represented when it comes to fluorescent minerals. However, here's a nice little piece from...
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Wavellite sphere with unusual crystals
Wavellite: Kielce District, Świętokrzyskie Mts (Holy Cross Mts), Świętokrzyskie, Poland The specimen has a broken wavellite sphere on a...
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Small but pretty anglesite crystal
Anglesite from Monteponi, Sardinia, Italy. Weak yellowish fluorescence in SW-UV.
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Celestite on aragonite
Blue-green celestine on aragonite. The celestine fluoresces a color that is hard to describe... somewhere between tan and grey. The...
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Fluorapatite in Jumillaite
Jumillaite is not a recognized mineral species. It's a post-volcanic mixture of different silicates, such as analcime, leucite and...
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A large cabinet sized calcite from Belgium
Quite a bolder and a quite pretty bicolored one! Locatlity: Bertrix, Luxemburg, Belgium. I haven't a clue what causes the somewhat...
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Colemanite, Bigadic Mine, Turkey
Though not a stunning fluorescent material, Colemanite is typically quite bright and sometimes phosphorescent. This specimen, from the...
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From a Belgian karst region: calcite
Belgium has quite a few calcite quarries that yield fluorescent specimens. There's one at Chanxhes, near Liège, in the Liège Province....
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