Hyalite-Coated Chalcedony and Fluorite, SK Star Claim #2, Juab Co., Utah
This interesting and unique fluorescent specimen looks like something you'd expect to find in an underwater coral reef. Collected from...
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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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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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Rare Fluorite from the Crystal Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
The Crystal Mine, one of many fluorspar mines in the historic Cave-In-Rock mining district of Southern Illinois, is not a well-known...
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Calcite on Fluorite from Moscona Mine, Spain.
Moscona Mine, located in El Pontón de Solís region, town of Corvera de Asturias, in Spain. The fluorite in this location appears in the...
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Sellaite - Fluorite from Fontsante (France)
This is an old Sellaite (with minor Fluorite) specimen coming from the BRGM (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières) in Paris...
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Fluorite and its different responses under UV light.
The classic fluorescent mineral, but all fluorites are not luminescent under UV ! Showing here some fluorites with different responses...
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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...
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Red Fluorescent Fluorite from Morocco
Red fluorescence in fluorite is uncommon and is a response that is typically brightest under long wave UV (365 nm). Two notable...
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"Sugar cube" fluorite from Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Shown here is a fluorite specimen from the area of Le Muy, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, which shows an unusual light blue...
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Fluorite & calcite from the Berta quarry, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Barcelona, Spain
Shown here is a cute little fluorite & calcite combination specimen from the Berta quarry, that I recently acquired. Very modest specimen...
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Willemite, Fluorite, Calcite. Garpenberg, Sweden.
Willemite, Fluorite, Calcite. Garpenberg, Sweden Short wave green Willemite, red Calcite & Long wave blue Fluorite.
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"Rainbow" assortment of longwave UV reactive minerals
As all experienced fluorescent minerals collectors know, shortwave UV is the wavelength under which there's the greatest variety of...
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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...
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Daylight fluorescent fluorite from England
Cabinet-sized specimen of fluorite from the Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, with the typical daylight...
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LW violet fluorite from the Rogers Mine, Madoc, Ontario, Canada
Fluorite specimens from this locale are quite popular, especially in Canada, among collectors of "white light minerals", but rarely...
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Daylight fluorescent fluorite from the 2020 Milky Way pocket, Diana Maria mine, England
Shown here is a modest specimen from the Milky Way pocket in the Diana Maria Mine (Sutcliffe Vein), Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County...
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LW red fluorescing fluorite from Morocco
Shown here is a nice specimen of rare red-fluorescing fluorite from the Taourirt Province, Oriental Region, Morocco, that I recently...
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Scheelite, with calcite and fluorite, from Hunan, China
Nice little specimen from the Chashan Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China. Interestingly, the...
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A quatuor of fluorescent fluorites
Anyone with a basic fluorescent minerals collection has a blue-fluorescing fluorite, the most common color in fluorescent fluorites; many...
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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...
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