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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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Selenite Flower, Sheridan County, Wyoming
At first glace, this looks like a classic selenite rosette from the Red River Floodway, Manitoba, Canada. But no, guess again! This...
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Linde Star Sapphire
In 1947, the Linde Air Products Company of New York began producing a form of synthetic gem corundum that was marketed in the gemstone...
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Calcite on Fluorite from Moscona Mine, Spain.
Moscona Mine, located in El Pontón de SolÃs region, town of Corvera de Asturias, in Spain. The fluorite in this location appears in the...
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Pollucite, a Rare Fluorescent Cesium-Containing Zeolite Mineral
Here’s one for the connoisseur of rare fluorescent mineral species. Pollucite, a cesium-containing zeolite, isn’t particularly rare in...
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Barite, Skunk Pocket, Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa
This large and aesthetic barite specimen was collected from the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa from a find made in November 2019...
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Lepidolite Microcline from Padrón river, Estepona, Malaga, Spain.
From the lithium pegmatites in the Padrón river, Estepona, Malaga, Andalusia, Spain, better known for their beautiful Elbaite and...
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Foyaite Igneous Rock from Monchique complex, Monchique, Faro, Portugal.
A nepheline syenite with predominant orthoclase and a trachytic texture. These are rich in fluorescent Sodalite
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Alexandrite in Beryl var. Emerald from A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
Alexandrite is a variety of chrysoberyl. The most striking characteristic of this gem and that gives it more value is that it has a...
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Sørensenite, Tugtupite. Kvanefjeld, IlÃmaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland
This is a very unusual combo with the rare Sørensenite associated with Tugtupite. Its best response is under short-wave UV light,...
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Scheelite, La Parrilla mine (Adelaida open pit mine), AlmoharÃn, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.
La Parrilla mine (Adelaida open pit mine), AlmoharÃn, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. The largest tungsten mine in Spain and considered the...
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Multi-Colored Sphalerite, Balmat No. 4 Mine, Balmat, New York
Featured here are two specimens consisting of sphalerite/zinc ore from the ZCA Mine No. 4 (now called the Empire State No. 4 Mine),...
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Tiffany Stone, Brush Wellman Mine, Delta, Utah
Tiffany stone is a complex rock composed of opalized fluorite with bands and veins of chalcedony, manganese oxide and bertrandite. The...
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Okenite, Gyrolite and Quartz from India
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...
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Brightly Fluorescent Fluorapatite Crystal from Bolivia
Brightly fluorescent crystal of fluorapatite from Cochabamba, Bolivia (possibly the Kami Mine). This specimen shows an unusual, bright,...
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Sellaite - Fluorite from Fontsante (France)
This is an old Sellaite (with minor Fluorite) specimen coming from the BRGM (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières) in Paris...
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Plumbogummite ps. after Pyromorphite, Yangshuo Mine, China
This is a large specimen consisting of pale sky-blue plumbogummite psuedomorph that has replaced an intergrown cluster of hexagonal...
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Hydrozincite and Smithsonite from Zorzone, Italy
This is a small nice Italian Zorzone mine Hydrozincite and Smithsonite specimen. The Hydrozincite coverage and thickness is very high on...
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Multi-Colored Sphalerite, Balmat No. 4 Mine, Balmat, New York
Large, triangular-shaped piece of metallic grey colored sphalerite/zinc ore with brassy grains of an unidentified sulfide mineral (pyrite...
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Gem Scapolite Crystal from Karur, India
This large, pale yellow, gem scapolite crystal is from the scapolite locality in the Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India. It is...
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Fluorapatite on Matrix, Durango, Mexico
A palm-sized plate of brightly fluorescent fluorapatite crystals on a matrix of unknown identity. As shown in the photograph below, the...
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