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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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This rock proves there are some major discoveries waiting to be made in Afghanistan - Sodalite and W
How 'bout you grab your UV light, hop on a plane and head out to the mines in the remote mountains of Afghanistan. I guarantee you will...
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![Mexican Geode with Fluorescent Drusy Quartz, Calcite [With Phantoms] and Phosphorescent/Fluorescent](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/721834_fa11e612eda94ba2acfc7e0ecdf7d7b4~mv2_d_3624_2694_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1333,h_1000,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/721834_fa11e612eda94ba2acfc7e0ecdf7d7b4~mv2_d_3624_2694_s_4_2.jpg)
![Mexican Geode with Fluorescent Drusy Quartz, Calcite [With Phantoms] and Phosphorescent/Fluorescent](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/721834_fa11e612eda94ba2acfc7e0ecdf7d7b4~mv2_d_3624_2694_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1168,h_876,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/721834_fa11e612eda94ba2acfc7e0ecdf7d7b4~mv2_d_3624_2694_s_4_2.jpg)
Mexican Geode with Fluorescent Drusy Quartz, Calcite [With Phantoms] and Phosphorescent/Fluorescent
This was a fortuitous find at a local mineral show. Just like with oysters, one never knows what one will find in a geode. In addition to...
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Fluorescent And Phosphorescent Thernardite from Soda Lake, California
Thernardite is an anhydrous sodium sulfate mineral which occurs in arid evaporative environments such as Soda Lake. It fluoresces in a...
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Terlingua-Type Calcite, Cave Stone Co. Quarry, Norristown, Indiana
Pink to white cleavage rhombs of Terlingua-type calcite on a limestone matrix, from the Cave Stone Co. Quarry, Norristown, Indiana. This...
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Calcite, Fluorite and Sphalerite- Rosiclare, Illinois
This is a mixed specimen containing calcite, fluorite, sphalerite and likely other minerals. It was self-collected in 2015 at the...
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Fluorescent & Phosphorescent Calcite With Fluorescent Quartz From East Gray's Quarry, Wyomin
Calcite from this locale is know for fluorescing different colors when exposed to different wavelengths of ultraviolet light. This one...
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Sulfur on Calcite - Maybee, Michigan
Here’s a rare specimen right out of Manual Robbins’ book (Fluorescence, Gems and Minerals Under Ultraviolet Light, 1994), pages 192 and...
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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...
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Wollastonite, Kockgruvan Mine, Skinnskatteberg, Sweden
Probably the best locale name in all of rock collecting. Here's a wollastonite that glows mustard in shortwave, dark mustard in...
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Red Lightning Calcite and Aragonite, Promontory Point, Utah
An interesting little specimen from Promontory Point in Utah. The red fluorescing calcite is like a circular bolt of lightning. The...
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Willemite, Calcite from Puttapa, Australia
A nice small cabinet specimen from the Puttapa zinc mine in Australia, about 3" long. The UV image is 30W SW plus 30W MW. The MW brings...
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Willemite Calcite and ??? from the Third Plain Zinc Prospect - Australia
Graham Fraser added 39 photos to Facebook - copied most of them here A whole album from one rock! It's from Third Plain Zinc Prospect...
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Sodalite and Chkalovite - Greenland
Bright orange fluorescing sodalite with blue/green fluorescing chkalovite from Greenland. The sodalite is nicely tenebrescent...
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Elk Creek Barite, on Calcite - Meade County, South Dakota
BARITE ON YELLOW CALCITE. ELK CREEK, MEADE COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA 4 ½ OUNCES 2 ¾ X 2 ¾ X 1 ¼ inches f/11 ISO-100 .8 second
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Celestite and Sulfur from Sicily, Italy
Here's a specimen of Celestite crystals and sulfur on matrix from Sicily, Italy. A fairly bright specimen and does have a slight color...
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Triboluminescent Sphalerite, Horn Silver Mine, Utah, USA
Sphalerite from the Horn Silver Mine in Utah is some of the more interesting material around. Stunning in longwave, bright and colorful...
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Wollastonite, Fengjiashan Mine, China
Wollastonite from the Fengjiashan Mine, Daye, Hubei, China. This one doesn't quite exhibit the various color changes as some do from the...
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Calcite Crystals - Mariposa Mine, Terlingua District, Brewster Co. Texas
Greenish color is showing the phosphorescence
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Franklin Super Diggg 2017, Trip Report
by Chris Clemens 6/8/17 The promise of this year’s Super Diggg on April 29th was too tempting to resist- over six million pounds of Mill...
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