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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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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...


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...


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,...


Polylithionite rosette from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
While not being of considerable size, this is one of the most aesthetic specimens in my collection. It consists of a well-formed rosette...


Fluorescent calcite, from the Canal dump (Montrose occurrence), Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
During many years, this Canadian locality has been quite popular; really nice specimens of calcite, dolomite, fluorite, etc, were found...


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...


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...


Fluorescent calcite from Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada
Last year, while sorting out specimens in my storage, I decided to get rid of all specimens that were not aesthetic or rare enough to be...


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...


Scapolite, with a uranyl-activated coating - Papineau RCM, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
Very brightly fluorescent scapolite, from a new locality visited in October & November 2020 with one of my collecting partners....


Fluorescent phlogopite and diopside - Papineau RCM, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
Shown here is one of the best pieces of fluorescent phlogopite & diopside I found, during visits in a new occurrence with one of my...


Fluorescent phlogopite, from the Papineau RCM, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
During our last field trips in October and November 2020, one of my partners and I found lots of interesting fluorescents in a new...


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...


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...


Natrolite and microcline from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Shown here is a really nice cluster of translucent natrolite crystals, associated with misshaped microcline crystals. As usual, the...


"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...


Fluorescent Gem Scapolite from Tanzania
This sparkling little gem scapolite crystal was a find at the 2018 Tucson Gem & Mineral Show. Its country of origin is Tanzania, but the...


Fluorite with Hydrocarbon Inclusions, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
It is not uncommon for fluorite specimens mined from the historic Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District to contain bitumen, oil or other...


Alabama Fluorescent Minerals
Since this site doesn't seem to contain very many photos of mineral specimens from Alabama, I thought I would contribute a few of my own....


Ludlow Diamond, San Bernardino Co., California
These unique and interesting fluorescent specimens are known as “Ludlow Diamonds,” and were collected from an isolated occurrence in the...
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