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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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Aragonite (Var: Lead-bearing Aragonite) (Ca,Pb)CO3
Tarnowitzite, a lead bearing variety of aragonite. Some say that tarnowitzite is a mix of aragonite and cerussite. It fluoresces white under
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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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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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"Amber" Calcite from Qinglong County, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China
Some new material started showing up on eBay. Not listed in the fluorescent mineral category and, as with many Chinese specimens, no...
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Diopside and Calcite, Pitwak Mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
This exceptional fluorescent specimen consists of numerous blocky diopside crystals encrusted upon and embedded within a calcite-marble...
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Bright and Colorful Multi-Wave Afghanite Specimen from Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Here's a specimen from Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan that displays well under both UV and visible light. When...
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Unusual Hauyne Crystals from Afghanistan
This specimen is from Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. The specimen contains 3 fluorescent minerals, gonnardite ((Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10...
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Forsterite from Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
I replied to a question [in the FB FLM group] asked by Robert Jones about a red phosphorescent mineral in a specimen containing Lazurite...
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sodalite specimen from Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
I like to collect fluorescent rocks that also tell a story about their formation. This is a sodalite specimen from Sar-e-Sang,...
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Phlogopite, Forsterite in Marble from Afghanistan.
Centimetric Phlogopite crystals with Fluo Orange LW-MW yellow SW and Forsterite or diopsid (difficult to differentiate without an...
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Phlogopite, Afghanite, Calcite, Unknowns...a different point of view
White glassy calcite matrix mainly covered by Afghanite Phlogopite and other several varieties of fluorescent and NF minerals in small...
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Corundum (var. Ruby) from 12,000 feet in Nepal!
Found this sample of Corundum from Nepal at a local show, and really liked the response in longwave. I've seen ruby from Africa, from...
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Big Powellite Crystal. Poona, India
Good sample of Powellite Crystal from India. Directly bought from an indian collector at the International Mineralogical Exhibition in...
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Quartz Crystal with Petroleum Inclusions, from Pakistan
This single, double terminated Herkimer diamond-like, quartz crystals is from Pakistan. It is a beautiful little specimen when viewed...
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Quartz Crystals with Petroleum Inclusions, from Pakistan
These are double terminated, Herkimer diamond-like, quartz crystals from Pakistan that contain petroleum (oil) inclusions. When viewed...
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Phlogopite, Hackmanite, Winchite; Sar-E-Sang, Afghanistan
Phlogopite, hackmanite, and winchite from Sar-E-Sang Jurm, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. The phlogopite, a mica, glows yellow, the...
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Fluorescent Afghanite Crystals on Calcite, from Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
This is a spectacular and unique fluorescent specimen that has a lot going on under every UV wavelength. It perhaps shows the greatest...
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Some fishy inclusions: Quartz
These petroleum and tar inclusions look like tropical fish... The larger green and brown inclusion (white light) are real. All the others...
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Phlogopite in calcite
Phlogopite fluorescing yellowish green in red fluorescing calcite. Under SW-UV. Locality: Badakhshan, Afghanistan. Source: Fluorescent...
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