Nature's Rainbows - fluorescent rocks and minerals from Europe

Brightly Fluorescent Tugtupite from the Taseq Slope, Ilimaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland

This brightly fluorescent tugtupite specimen was collected in 2005 by Mark Cole from the Western Taseq Slope of the Ilmaussaq complex,...

Green Sodalite, Kangerlussaq, Greenland

Green Sodalite (Hackmanite) (SW/LW: orange) on Lujavrite, Feldspar (SW: magenta), Uranyl-activated coating (SW: green) Locale:...

Schalenblende, Raibl Mines, Tarvisio, Italy

Specimen of fluorescent schalenblende from the Raibl Mines, Cave del Predil, Tarvisio, Udine Province, Friulli Benezia Giulia, Italy,...

"Fantasy rock" from Taseq West, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland

Here is a really nice "Fantasy rock" that I recently acquired. It contains only modest amounts of tugtupite, occurring as replacement...

Hackmanite from Narsaq, Illmaussaq complex, Greenland

Shown in this post is a modest-sized, but pretty nice specimen of hackmanite from Narsaq, Illmaussaq complex, Greenland. It is associated...

Multi-Wavelength Aragonite, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy

The sulfur mines of the Agrigento region of Sicily, Italy are notable for the production of well-formed clusters, plates and groupings of...

Charoite, Aegirine, Microcline, Tinkasite, and Steacyite, MurMurunskii Massif, Russia

This is a polished slab of purple charoite, black aegirine, white microcline, light brown tinkasite, and steacyite from the Murunskii...

Willemite, Fluorite, Calcite. Garpenberg, Sweden.

Willemite, Fluorite, Calcite. Garpenberg, Sweden Short wave green Willemite, red Calcite & Long wave blue Fluorite.

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)....

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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