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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 Cleavage Octahedron from the Hill-Ledford Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
This is a large, transparent, purple fluorite cleavage octahedron from the Hill-Ledford mine, in Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois. ...
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Fluorescent and phosphorescent fluorite from Hamilton, Ontario
Nice crystals of light yellowish-amber fluorite, lining a vug in dolomitic limestone. From the famous Flamboro Quarry (often misspelled...
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Fluorite with Hydrocarbon Inclusions, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
It is not uncommon for fluorite specimens mined from the historic Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District to contain bitumen, oil or other...
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Green Fluorescent Fluorite, Fourmile Creek, Colorado
Rare green fluorescent botryoidal fluorite from the Fourmile Creek area, near Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado. Fluorite in...
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Sphalerite and Fluorite Make for a Beautiful 2-Color Rock from the Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado
To mineral collectors, the Sweet Home Mine in Alma, Colorado is best known as a producer of some of the finest rhodochrosite specimens in...
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Calcite, Fluorite and Willemite from Hidalgo County, New Mexico
This beautiful 3-color fluorescent rock features a combination of calcite, willemite and fluorite and is part of a find made by New...
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Spectacular 3-Color Fluorescent Beauty from the Land of Enchantment
This stunning fluorescent rock features a beautiful 3-color combination of calcite, willemite and fluorite and is part of a find made by...
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Banded Fluorite and Calcite, Pure Potential Mine, La Paz County, Arizona
This banded fluorescent beauty is from the Pure Potential Mine in La Paz County, Arizona, and features alternating bands of red...
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Root Beer Fluorite, Graymont Quarry, Genoa, Ohio
This large specimen from the Graymont Quarry in Genoa, Ohio features colorless, transparent fluorite cubes with root beer brown, zoned...
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Multi-Colored Fluorescence from the Tadpole District, Imperial Co., California
Here's a beautiful, multi-colored fluorescent specimen from a little-known area in Imperial County, California. This little fluorescent...
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Fluorite, Graymont Quarry, Genoa, Ohio
This is a brightly fluorescent cluster of root beer brown colored fluorite cubes, with white bladed celestine crystals, from the Graymont...
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Fluorite, Pugh Quarry, Custar, Ohio
The Pugh Quarry is a large open pit limestone operation located near the town of Custar, in Wood County, northwest Ohio, and has been a...
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Fluorite, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Fluorite is not a commonly occurring mineral species in the state of Wisconsin, but here's a rare example of the elusive Wisconsin...
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Blue Fluorescent Fluorite Cubes, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
The Cave-In-Rock area of Hardin County in southern Illinois is known for producing some of the most spectacular display quality fluorite...
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Fluorite - Bluffton Quarry, Ohio
Massive translucent brown fluorite exhibiting two-tone fluorescence of white and violet in LW. Lit by a pair of 365nm flashlights....
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Fluorite - Bluffton Quarry, Ohio
Macro photos of translucent brown fluorite crystals up to 7mm on matrix. Microcrystals of pyrite are also visible in white light. The...
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Multi-Wavelength Calcite and Fluorite from the Denton Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
This spectacular fluorescent specimen features multiple golden, twinned, calcite crystals on a matrix of dark purple,...
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Golden Yellow Fluorescent Zircons from Saint Peters Dome, El Paso County, Colorado
This is a lovely fluorescent specimen featuring numerous zircon crystals and minor fluorite in a non-fluorescent quartz matrix. ...
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Wickenburgite, Fluorite, Willemite, etc - Potter-Cramer Mine, Arizona
A rich SW assemblage from Potter-Cramer. Wickenburgite fluoresces shades of pink and red, fluorite in violet blue, willemite in pale...
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Fluorite, Calcite and Hydrozincite; Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
This beautiful multi-colored fluorescent specimen was surface collected from the tailings that remain at the site of the former Minerva...
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