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Nice specimen of gypsum var. selenite from the Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba. In the first picture, the specimen is shown...

Nice cabinet specimen, recently obtained in a trade, consisting of scheelite (bright blueish-white under shortwave UV, and yellow under...

Very nice cabinet-sized specimen consisting of tenebrescent sodalite (orange fluorescence under all UV wavelengths, brighter LW), with...

Shown here is a very modest sized but lovely specimen of tenebrescent yellow sodalite, from Taseq Slope East, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq,...

Cute little specimen of tugtupite, associated with chkalovite (assumed ID), along with some uranyl-activated green fluorescence, plus...

Very nice cabinet-sized specimen of stalactitic aragonite (aka "Cave aragonite"), from the Santa Eulalia Mining District, fluorescing...

Very nice, large cabinet-sized specimen of stalactitic aragonite (aka "Cave aragonite"), from the Santa Eulalia Mining District,...

Large cabinet-sized specimen of spodumene var. kunzite, from Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Shown fluorescing under shortwave UV in...

Nice cabinet-sized specimen of calcite (red fluorescence), willemite (green fluorescence) and fluorite (blue fluorescence), from the Hull...

Nice cabinet-sized specimen of calcite (red fluorescence), willemite (green fluorescence), franklinite (non fluorescent), with a coating...

Gemmy green sodalite from Kangerlussaq, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland. In the first image, the specimen is shown...

Shown here is a truely gorgeous specimen of agrellite (bright pink fluorescence under shortwave and midwave UV, best midwave; weak orange...

This is a true Midwestern midwave UV fluorescent mineral treasure from the Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds Co., Missouri. Featuring...

Here's a specimen from Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan that displays well under both UV and visible light. When...

While it is far from being my most impressive and brightest fluorescent mineral specimen, I thought this one was worthy of being posted...

Nice little specimen of deeply tenebrescent hackmanite with [richterite?] from the Koksha Valley, Kuran Wa Munjan District, Badakhshan,...

Shown in this post is my very first good quality specimen of "apple green" willemite aka "daylight willemite" from the world famous...

Nice cabinet sized specimen, consisting of a phlogopite crystal in a calcitic marble matrix, from the Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province,...

Red fluorescence in fluorite is uncommon and is a response that is typically brightest under long wave UV (365 nm). Two notable...

The specimen shown here, while not having the most spectacular brightness, is still a really nice display piece. Its transparency makes...