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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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Cheap Shortwave Mineral Lights on Ebay (and other places) - BUYER BEWARE!

This needs to be said. Over the years a few disreputable sellers have been marketing a little 4/6 watt shortwave light for fluorescent...

Does your Hoya Shortwave Filter have White Scum Disease?

Graham Fraser on April 3 Graham Fraser posted a significant discovery on Facebook which is worthy of documenting here in the blog. The...

405nm Laser Pointers - Mega-thread from the FLM FB Group

A large thread developed discussing 405nm laser pointers and their use with fluorescent minerals. The text content is copied below. The...

Ballasts to drive fluorescent bulbs/tubes

Our UV lights are mostly based on fluorescent bulbs. These bulbs require a special ballast to operate. Lots of folks buy surplus...

FINDING MINERALS

Ten sets of images are displayed at a time. Browse the archives for past pics, or just keep hitting "Older" to load more pics.

You may filter the view of the archive to find minerals in a certain geographic area, or those that respond to specific wavelengths or have other characteristics. If the view is filtered the results show only that selection.

Famous localities are listed as separate geographic areas under Region View.

Using the search box above you may find specific minerals, mines, or localities.

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