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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, 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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Willemite and Sphalerite, Miller Canyon, Arizona
This lovely 2-color fluorescent specimen contains willemite and sphalerite, and is from the Nelly James Mine (also known as Miller...
692
Calcite, Willemite and Hydrozincite, Miller Canyon, Arizona
This beautiful 4-color rock is from the Nelly James Mine (also known as Miller Canyon), in southern Arizona. At its best under short...
471
Smithsonite, Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Vivid pink and blue fluorescence is seen in this specimen of smithsonite from the Glove Mine in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. When viewed...
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Smithsonite, Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Vivid pink and blue fluorescence is seen in this specimen of smithsonite from the Glove Mine in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. When viewed...
320
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...
480
Zunyite - Big Bertha Mine, Arizona
Tiny (1mm) colorless to brown zunyite crystals in quartz matrix, fluorescing deep red in SW. Yellow-fluorescing microcrystals of what is...
260
Chalcedony - Burro Creek Agate Occurrence, Arizona
This material is variously called chalcedony, agate, or pastellite jasper. It comes from an area south of Burro Creek. Pale blue in white...
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Zunyite, Big Bertha Mine, La Paz County, Arizona
Named after its type locality, the Zuni mine in San Juan County, Colorado, zunyite is an uncommon aluminum sorosilicate mineral that...
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Calcite - Purple Passion Mine, Arizona
A piece of calcite from Purple Passion displaying SW violet and orange fluorescence. Lit by a 15w Glw Stck. Specimen is 78 x 42 x 38mm.
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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...
297
Sphalerite - Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
Gray masses of sphalerite crystals with a bright orange-yellow LW response. Lit by a pair of 365nm flashlights. Specimen is 82 x 58 x 54mm
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Zunyite, an Uncommon Fluorescent Beauty
Zunyite is an uncommon aluminum sorosilicate mineral that shows a soft, cherry red fluorescent response under short wave UV. Zunyite...
286
Fluorite and Willemite from the Red Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona
Located in the Trigo Mountains of La Paz County, Arizona, the Red Cloud mine is a location famous for producing some of the best...
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Calcite, Fluorite, Willemite, Smithsonite, Aragonite from Arizona
This specimen was mined during a trip with Bill Gardner in the 2005 and comes from Hogan Claim site. Nothing to say about the calcite...
286
Spectacular 3-Color Rock from Miller Canyon, Arizona
Miller Canyon is located in the rugged terrain of the Huachuca Mountains, in Cochise County, Arizona. Near the top of Miller Canyon lies...
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A 3-Color Fluorescent Beauty from Miller Canyon, Arizona
The Nelly James was a small open pit lead, copper, zinc, gold and silver mine located in Miller Canyon, in the Huachuca Mountains,...
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Fibrous Radiating Wollastonite, Maricopa Co., Arizona
This is a small, but interesting specimen of fluorescent wollastonite from an uncommon location. Collected from an unknown mine in...
218
Fluorite and Calcite, Pure Potential Mine, Arizona
Calcite and Fluorite combinations rarely get boring. This one has a very unique fluorite pattern within the primarily calcite matrix....
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Willemite, Calcite and Fluorite from the Southwest: Hogan Claim, Arizona
Under normal daylight, this is a rather nondescript looking rock, but when viewed under UV it explodes with color in a spectacular...
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