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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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Calcite on Fluorite from Moscona Mine, Spain.
Moscona Mine, located in El Pontón de SolÃs region, town of Corvera de Asturias, in Spain. The fluorite in this location appears in the...
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Lepidolite Microcline from Padrón river, Estepona, Malaga, Spain.
From the lithium pegmatites in the Padrón river, Estepona, Malaga, Andalusia, Spain, better known for their beautiful Elbaite and...
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Alexandrite in Beryl var. Emerald from A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
Alexandrite is a variety of chrysoberyl. The most striking characteristic of this gem and that gives it more value is that it has a...
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Scheelite, La Parrilla mine (Adelaida open pit mine), AlmoharÃn, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.
La Parrilla mine (Adelaida open pit mine), AlmoharÃn, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. The largest tungsten mine in Spain and considered the...
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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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Chalcedoy & Unknown from Batallones Hill, Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid, Spain
This is a really amazing specimen and it is not only because of its color contrast but also because of its intense glow after SW the...
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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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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)....
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Pyromorphite Resuperferolitica Mine, Spain.
Pyromorphite. Resuperferolitica Mine, Minas Viejas, Santa Eufemia, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain. These mines developed their maximum...
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Scalenoedric Calcite "dog's tooth" from La Cruz mine, Spain.
Scalenoedric calcite "dog's tooth". La Cruz mine, El Cobre stream, Linares, Linares-La Carolina district, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain. The...
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Acicular Aragonite.
Acicular Aragonite "aka" Aragonito de Pantoja. Deposit located in the municipality of Pantoja in Toledo. This municipality is...
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