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Bright and Colorful Multi-Wave Afghanite Specimen from Badakhshan, Afghanistan

Here's a specimen from Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan that displays well under both UV and visible light. When...

"Multiwave" fluorescent phlogopite from Afghanistan

Nice cabinet sized specimen, consisting of a phlogopite crystal in a calcitic marble matrix, from the Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province,...

Fluorescent mica from three different localities

Last year, one of my partners and I found lots of SW UV reactive phlogopite in the Lower Laurentians, Quebec, Canada, often associated...

Phlogopite, Forsterite in Marble from Afghanistan.

Centimetric Phlogopite crystals with Fluo Orange LW-MW yellow SW and Forsterite or diopsid (difficult to differentiate without an...

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...

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...

Afghanistan Minerals - New Identifications

There have been several posts in our Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/fluorescentminerals) recently identifying some of...

Phlogopite, Afghanite, Calcite, Unknowns...a different point of view

White glassy calcite matrix mainly covered by Afghanite Phlogopite and other several varieties of fluorescent and NF minerals in small...

Phlogopite, Hackmanite, Winchite; Sar-E-Sang, Afghanistan

Phlogopite, hackmanite, and winchite from Sar-E-Sang Jurm, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. The phlogopite, a mica, glows yellow, the...

Phlogopite in calcite

Phlogopite fluorescing yellowish green in red fluorescing calcite. Under SW-UV. Locality: Badakhshan, Afghanistan. Source: Fluorescent...

Seven! Color Fluorescent, Merelani, Tanzania

Here is a SEVEN color fluorescent specimen from the Merelani Hills in Tanzania. Under Shortwave UV you can see Yellow fluorescing...