Plumbogummite ps. after Pyromorphite, Yangshuo Mine, China
This is a large specimen consisting of sky-blue plumbogummite (white light) psuedomorph that has replaced an intergrown cluster of...
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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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Zektzerite and Others from Dara-i-Pioz, Tajikistan
This rock contains a beautiful assemblage of rare fluorescent minerals from the remote Dara-i-Pioz massif in Tajikistan. Only reactive...
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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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Scheelite and Muscovite, Mt Xuebaoding, Sichuan, China
Large, brightly fluorescent, pseudo-octahedral scheelite crystal on a matrix of non-fluorescent muscovite plates. From Mt Xuebaoding,...
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Plumbogummite, Pyromorphite - Yangshuo Mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China
Delicate casts of light blue triangular plumbogummite crystals growing over/after decayed hexagonal green pyromorphite crystals, a few of...
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Fluorite - De'an Fluorite Mine, Jiujiang, China
Purple octahedral fluorite crystals in matrix with a second generation of colorless cubic fluorite atop. The octahedral crystals...
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Gibbsite - Wenshan, Yunnan Prov., China
Gibbsite is a relatively rare aluminum hydroxide. It is composed of two different color phases: a rich blue and a lighter sky blue with...
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Kunzite (Spodumene) Kunar Valley Afghanistan.
Esta es una Spodumena var. Kuncita en matriz procedente del Valle Kunar en Afganistan. Se muestra bajo LW con una intensa respuesta...
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Fluorite and Calcite, Weishan Mine, Jining, Shandong, China
Fluorite and calcite combinations from China are pretty common. This one however, just seems different. Perhaps it's that the calcite...
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Hexagonal Columnar Calcite - Black Scalenohedron Color Zoning
White hexagonal columnar calcite with black scalenohedron color zoning. It is a two generation growth calcite where the inner black...
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Calcite, Kamioka Mine, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Not many fluorescents seem to come from Japan. This one is a very nice, though small, calcite from the Kamioka Mine in Kamioka Town,...
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Fluorite on Sphalerite - China
High power LED 365nm lights are changing the fluorescent mineral hobby. Folks can now collect fluorescent minerals with a light costing...
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Rich Blue Fluorite Crystals with Phantoms - China
Beautiful under white light with a saturated gemmy blue color, under UV amazing phantoms are revealed along with a rich, velvety blue...
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Plumbogummite after Pyromorphite - Yangshuo Mine, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang A. R., China
These pieces are found in a hydrothermal lead-zinc deposit, hosted in limestone and sandstone, with granite intrusions. Two mines...
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Scheelite from China - Multi-Color Response under Shortwave, Midwave, and Longwave UV.
There was a recent post in the FMS Fluorescent Mineral Group on Facebook discussing the fluorescence of scheelite under LW UV (UVA). I...
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Chalcedony from Taitung, Taiwan
There isn't too much information on minerals from Taiwan let alone fluorescent ones. This piece was purchased in Taitung by local...
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Creedite; Qinglong Mine, Guizhou, China
Here's an amazing Creedite from the Qinglong Mine, in the Guizhou Province. Not only does the speciment have beautiful crystals in...
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Creedite, Qinglong Mine, Guizhou Province, China
Radiating sprays of transparent, gemmy prismatic creedite crystals on a bed of white quartz druse. This specimen is from the Qinglong...
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Calcite, Fluorite and Pyrite; Chenzhou, Hunan China
An interesting chip calcite on fluorite from Chenzhou, Hunan, China. What's really different is that each calcite chip seems to have a...
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