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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 from the area of Salaberry-De-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada
Shown here is a pretty nice cabinet-sized specimen of calcite with dolomite, on a dolostone matrix, found near the town of...
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Hackmanite, feldspar, astrophyllite, etc, from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Shown in the slideshow below is a nice combination piece consisting mostly of brightly fluorescing hackmanite, with some SW fluorescing...
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Fluorescent albite, with scapolite, from the Laurentians, Quebec, Canada
Shown here is a nice cabinet-sized specimen of calc-silicated skarn rock containing scapolite (typical bright yellow response under LW),...
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Willemite and Calcite, Puttapa Zinc Mine, Australia
Classic fluorescent specimen from the Puttapa Zinc Mine, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, South Australia. This rock consists of a...
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Uncommon Fluorescent Calcite from the Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Tennessee
Every so often, a common location will produce a very uncommon specimen. The Elmwood mine, a zinc mine located in Carthage, Tennessee,...
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Fluorescent and phosphorescent fluorite from Hamilton, Ontario
Nice crystals of light yellowish-amber fluorite, lining a vug in dolomitic limestone. From the famous Flamboro Quarry (often misspelled...
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"Optical" calcite - Gatineau area, Quebec, Canada
The specimen shown here, while not having the most spectacular brightness, is still a really nice display piece. Its transparency makes...
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Chabazite from the Laurentians, Quebec, Canada
Here is a nice little cabinet specimen of quite brightly fluorescing chabazite crystals, on an orthogneiss matrix, from a secret locality...
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Bright 3 colors fluorescent calcite from Cap-Chat, Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec, Canada
Small but pretty nice cabinet specimen of highly fluorescent calcite from a rarely heard-of locality in the Gaspe peninsula (Gaspésie) in...
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Brightly fluorescent calcite from Sainte-Anne-Des-Monts, Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec, Canada
In daylight, calcite specimens from this rarely heard-of (and now depleted) locale are not quite spectacular; just white rhombohedral...
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LW, MW & SW tenebrescent hackmanite - Davis Quarry, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
Beautiful specimen of sodalite var. hackmanite, from the now inaccessible Davis quarry, near Bancroft. This specimen was given to me by a...
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LW, MW & SW tenebrescent hackmanite - Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
Nice cabinet-sized specimen of sodalite var. hackmanite, from a recent find in the District of Sudbury, in Ontario, Canada. It is...
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LW, MW & SW tenebrescent hackmanite - Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
Small but pretty nice specimen of sodalite var. hackmanite, from a recent find in the District of Sudbury, in Ontario, Canada. It is...
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LW, MW & SW tenebrescent hackmanite - Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
Shown here is a nice cabinet-sized specimen of sodalite var. hackmanite, from a recent find in the District of Sudbury, in Ontario,...
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Fluorescent calcite on dolomite, from Sainte-Clotilde-De-Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada
The Sainte-Clotilde quarry (formerly Marcil quarry) near the village of Sainte-Clotilde-De-Châteauguay in Montérégie, Québec, now...
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Calcite from Salaberry-De-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada
Years ago, some really nice golden calcite crystals were found in a small occurrence in the vicinity of Salaberry-De-Valleyfield. The...
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Vlasovite, with agrellite and uranyl-activated unknown - Kipawa Complex, Témiscamingue, Qc, Canada
Shown here is a nice specimen of vlasovite, a rare fluorescent mineral found only in a few localities around the world, along with...
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Tenebrescent blue sodalite from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Like most fluorescent minerals collectors already know, sadly, blue sodalite is rarely fluorescent. To my knowledge, fluorescent blue...
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Polylithionite, leucophanite, albite, serandite, etc, from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Shown here is a really gorgeous combination of polylithionite, leucophanite, serandite and others, on albite crystals. As usual, the...
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"Multi-wave" calcite from the Grant Quarry, near Greely, Ontario
The Grant Quarry, located in the area of Greely in South-Eastern Ontario, Canada, is mostly known for its highly aesthetic quartz...
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