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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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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...
Unusual Hauyne Crystals from Afghanistan
This specimen is from Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. The specimen contains 3 fluorescent minerals, gonnardite ((Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10...
Forsterite from Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
I replied to a question [in the FB FLM group] asked by Robert Jones about a red phosphorescent mineral in a specimen containing Lazurite...
Scapolite (Var. "Wernerite"), from Grenville, Quebec, Canada, with green gemmy areas in daylight
Shown here is a nice cabinet-sized specimen of dark green scapolite Var. "wernerite", from Grenville-Sur-La-Rouge, Quebec, Canada. It is...
"Sugar cube" fluorite from Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Shown here is a fluorite specimen from the area of Le Muy, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, which shows an unusual light blue...
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...
Calcite and Sphalerite - Huanzala Mine, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
This is a multi-color longwave fluorescent rock from the Huanzala Mine, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru. The specimen has red-orange...
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...
sodalite specimen from Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
I like to collect fluorescent rocks that also tell a story about their formation. This is a sodalite specimen from Sar-e-Sang,...
Willemite, Fluorite, Calcite. Garpenberg, Sweden.
Willemite, Fluorite, Calcite. Garpenberg, Sweden Short wave green Willemite, red Calcite & Long wave blue Fluorite.
Calcite with dolomite and quartz, from Sainte-Clotilde, Québec, Canada
The now inaccessible Chenail quarry (Formerly Marcil quarry), in Sainte-Clotilde-de-Châteauguay, Montérégie, Québec, Canada, is a classic...
Tenebrescent blue sodalite, zircon, feldspar, etc, from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
This is one of many specimens I recovered from a boulder in the quarry in Mont Saint-Hilaire in 2018. While it's far from being the best...
Two colors longwave UV fluorescent specimen from Grenville-Sur-La-Rouge, Québec, Canada
This specimen consists of a combination of scapolite, with an unidentified mineral that glows very bright light blue under longwave UV....
Gemmy "Terlingua-type" calcite with blue light and green laser fluorescence
Shown here is a pretty small but nicely transparent, gemmy cleavage rhomb of "Terlingua-type" calcite from the Challenger Cave, Nuevo...
"Terlingua-type" calcite with unusual yellow midwave UV response
A few months ago, I purchased this nice and quite big cleavage rhomb of "terlingua-type" calcite, from the Challenger Cave, Nuevo Leon,...
Brightly fluorescent ruby from India
While not being a high-end specimen since the ruby is not crystallized, this specimen is still a nice addition to my longwave UV cabinet....
Fluorescent and phosphorescent calcite from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Nice small cabinet specimen, consisting of two successive generations of calcite, from the world-renowned Poudrette Quarry in Mont...
"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...
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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