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Fluorescent Mineral Photo Gallery

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Alexandrite is a variety of chrysoberyl. The most striking characteristic of this gem and that gives it more value is that it has a...

This is a very unusual combo with the rare Sørensenite associated with Tugtupite. Its best response is under short-wave UV light,...

La Parrilla mine (Adelaida open pit mine), Almoharín, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. The largest tungsten mine in Spain and considered the...

Featured here are two specimens consisting of sphalerite/zinc ore from the ZCA Mine No. 4 (now called the Empire State No. 4 Mine),...

Tiffany stone is a complex rock composed of opalized fluorite with bands and veins of chalcedony, manganese oxide and bertrandite. The...

Small sample of Okenite mixed with quartz. The gyrolite should be present (as per the label) but don't ask me where to observe it because...

Brightly fluorescent crystal of fluorapatite from Cochabamba, Bolivia (possibly the Kami Mine). This specimen shows an unusual, bright,...

This is an old Sellaite (with minor Fluorite) specimen coming from the BRGM (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières) in Paris...

This is a large specimen consisting of pale sky-blue plumbogummite psuedomorph that has replaced an intergrown cluster of hexagonal...

This is a small nice Italian Zorzone mine Hydrozincite and Smithsonite specimen. The Hydrozincite coverage and thickness is very high on...

Large, triangular-shaped piece of metallic grey colored sphalerite/zinc ore with brassy grains of an unidentified sulfide mineral (pyrite...

This large, pale yellow, gem scapolite crystal is from the scapolite locality in the Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India. It is...

A palm-sized plate of brightly fluorescent fluorapatite crystals on a matrix of unknown identity. As shown in the photograph below, the...

Longwave, shortwave, midwave flashlights are all the rage lately. 365nm, 255nm, 310nm - some amazing fluorescent minerals are being...

The classic fluorescent mineral, but all fluorites are not luminescent under UV ! Showing here some fluorites with different responses...

This curious oddity is a fluorescent drill core specimen that was sampled from an Ordovician limestone bed on the West side of Nashville,...

Greenland offers up some of the most interesting pieces of hackmanite, usually with the brightest fluorescence. This piece checks all the...

While visiting my granddaughter in Florida I had time to revamp my daughter's UV light box. The old one was too small for the large...

This is a really amazing specimen and it is not only because of its color contrast but also because of its intense glow after SW the...

The Midwestern US is not generally thought of as being a prolific source for fluorescent minerals. With the recent development of...