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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...
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...
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,...
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...
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....
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...
Calcite, Aragonite, Helvetia AZ
A prime FL example from this newly discovered location in Arizona located in the Santa Rita Mountains! This specimen is 5x3x2" and is...
Fluorescent Calcite, Fluorite, Willemite, from the Purple Passion Mine, Arizona
This is a striking specimen from the Purple Passion Mine, Wickenburg area, Yavapai Co., Arizona, consisting of coarsely crystalline rock...
Calcite and Aragonite, Helvetia Mine, Arizona
Patterns of bright red fluorescing calcite with pockets of aragonite make these pieces interesting and eye-catching. Also, there appears...
Opalized Volcanic Tuff, Burro Creek, Arizona
Light-colored, dendritic, brecciated opalized volcanic tuff (opalite) having a sponge like texture. Contains weblike veins of hyalite...
Calcite, Willemite and Fluorite from the Hogan Claim, Wickenburg area, Arizona
This spectacular rock contains an assemblage of fluorescent calcite, willemite and fluorite in a brown/red-colored groundmass, and is...
Calcite, Fluorite, Willemite, and Aragonite?; Hull Mine, Arizona
A really stunning piece from the Hull Mine, in Arizona. Red calcite, blue fluorite, green willemite, and potentially white...
Calcite, Fluorite, Willemite; Black Rock Mine, Arizona
Arizona has a lot of great mines and stunning material. Here's a nice one from the the Black Rock Mine in Yuma County, Arizona. Great...
Fluorite, Calcite, Smithsonite, Willemite - Hogan claim AZ
If I had to pick the top five fluorescent localities in the world I would pick the Hogan claim in AZ as one. They are bright and...
Multi-Colored Wickenburgite, Willemite and Fluorite, from the Potter-Cramer Mine, Maricopa Co., Ariz
From the desert of southern Arizona, this is a very ordinary and nondescript looking rock in daylight, as is the case with many...
Deep Red Fluorescent Eucryptite, Midnight Owl Mine, Independence Gulch, Arizona
Light grey/white eucryptite from the Midnight Owl Mine, Independence Gulch, Yavapai Co., Arizona. This is a beautiful specimen under...
Calcite, Willemite, Hydrozincite, Powellite, Smithsonite, Miller Canyon, AZ
This is the brightest Miller Canyon, AZ rock that I have. It is also a rare 5 color rock. It is about 4". There is Calcite, Willemite,...
Fluorite, Calcite, Willemite, Caliche - Hogan claim AZ
This is a spectacular extra large 7" specimen from the Hogan claim in AZ. Because of their brightness, these specimens are a...
Sphalerite, Calcite, Willemite, and Hydrozincite, Miller Canyon, Arizona
An interesting, but not exceptional rock from Miller Canyon. However, the sphalerite's phosphorescence is quite interesting and exhibits...
Miller Canyon, Arizona
Consensus is calcite, willemite, hydrozincite, sphalerite, smithsonite, and the yellow is possibly cerrusite, but is still under discussion.
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