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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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Beautiful 3-Color Rock from Franklin, New Jersey

This is a truly classic 3-color fluorescent rock from the Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey. This technicolor specimen provides a...

Fluorescent and Phosphorescent Calcite, Annabel Lee Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois

This is a subtle, but beautiful fluorescent specimen from a classic Cave-In-Rock, IL, location- the Annabel Lee Mine. Comprised of a...

Brightly Fluorescent Hydrozincite and Calcite from the Historic Columbia Mine, Marion, Kentucky

Brightly fluorescent hydrozincite and calcite from the historic Columbia Mine, Marion, Kentucky. Under short wave UV (254nm) the...

Willemite, Calcite and Hydrozincite, Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, New Jersey

This insane swirl of fluorescent colors is from the Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, New Jersey. The unusual and interesting pattern of...

Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland)

And if that’s not enough, minerals include: Calcite (red), Barytocalcite (pink), Witherite (cream), Baryte (yellowish white), Fluorite...

Fluorescent Clam Fossil from Ruck's Pit, Fort Drum, Florida

This is a fluorescent, Pleistocene age (approx. 1-2 mya) Mercenaria permagna clam fossil from the famous Rucks' Pit site in Fort Drum,...

Happy Holidays! Christmas Calcite from the Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, New Jersey

This is a classic specimen of "Christmas Calcite" from the Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, New Jersey. This material contains...

Brick Red Willemite (troostite) and Calcite, Franklin, New Jersey

This specimen, from Franklin, New Jersey, is of mixed composition and contains brick-red willemite (troostite), white and greenish/white...

Terlingua-Type Calcite from an Uncommon Midwestern Location- Indianapolis, Indiana

This is an unusual specimen of pink to white colored cleavage rhombs of calcite on limestone matrix, that show a Terlingua-type...

Calcite from Eminence, MO

MW and SW UV Exposure Date Shot: 2016/09/17 20:31:38.00 Nikon D3200 Lens: VR 18-55mm f/3.5-5

Multi-Wave Calcite from the Heart of America’s Dairyland

Wisconsin is famous for its dairy production and badgers, but is not generally known as a source of fluorescent minerals. In 1826, lead...

Calcite Crystals in a Septarian Nodule from Grayson County, Texas

Lovely bright pale yellow fluorescent calcite crystals in a septarian nodule found in Grayson County, Texas. Calcite crystals within a...

A Fluorescent Classic- Calcite and Willemite from the Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey

This is a classic fluorescent specimen from the Franklin Mine, in Franklin, New Jersey- the self-proclaimed "Fluorescent Mineral Capital...

Not exactly rare but rarely seen yellow-fluorescing Calcite from Sterling Hill, NJ

At Sterling Hill, most collectors highly favor searching with short wave UV, ignoring long wave almost entirely. That's too bad because...

A Midwestern Beauty: Multi-Wave Calcite Crystals, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri

This is a cluster of milky white calcite crystals from the Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri,...

Fluorite Cubes on Calcite, Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Iowa

Scalenohedral calcite crystals with minor marcasite and small, brown/amber, cubic fluorite crystals, on limestone matrix. From Pint's...

Calcite Crystals with Internal Phantoms, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri

This spectacular fluorescent specimen, from a classic midwestern location, consists of a large cluster of light tan/yellow colored, waxy...

Powellite on Calcite, Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, N.J

Gravity tram, 20 ft below 180 level at 1040 N, 1270 W, Sterling mine, Ogdensburg, NJ. (Per R. Bostwick: That particular find of powellite...

Quartz Crystals on Calcite - San Antonio Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico

Small delicate crystal florets of yellow fluorescing quartz needles are peppered around a matrix of calcite on this striking specimen. ...