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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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Fluorescent calcite, from the Canal dump (Montrose occurrence), Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
During many years, this Canadian locality has been quite popular; really nice specimens of calcite, dolomite, fluorite, etc, were found...
Fluorescent calcite on dolomite, from Sainte-Clotilde-De-Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada
The Sainte-Clotilde quarry (formerly Marcil quarry) near the village of Sainte-Clotilde-De-Châteauguay in Montérégie, Québec, now...
Calcite from Salaberry-De-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada
Years ago, some really nice golden calcite crystals were found in a small occurrence in the vicinity of Salaberry-De-Valleyfield. The...
Fluorescent calcite from Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada
Last year, while sorting out specimens in my storage, I decided to get rid of all specimens that were not aesthetic or rare enough to be...
Polylithionite, leucophanite, albite, serandite, etc, from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Shown here is a really gorgeous combination of polylithionite, leucophanite, serandite and others, on albite crystals. As usual, the...
"Multi-wave" calcite from the Grant Quarry, near Greely, Ontario
The Grant Quarry, located in the area of Greely in South-Eastern Ontario, Canada, is mostly known for its highly aesthetic quartz...
Ludlow Diamond, San Bernardino Co., California
These unique and interesting fluorescent specimens are known as “Ludlow Diamonds,” and were collected from an isolated occurrence in the...
Fluorescent Calcite Diamond, Palmarejo Mine, Chínipas, Chihuahua, Mexico
This unique fluorescent specimen comes from the Palmarejo Mine, in Chínipas, Chihuahua, Mexico, and consists of a brightly fluorescent...
Calcite Crystals from the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa
Located on the banks of the Mississippi River in Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa, the Linwood Mine is one of the largest underground limestone...
Ludlow Diamond, San Bernardino Co., California
These unique and interesting fluorescent specimens are known as “Ludlow Diamonds,” and were collected from an isolated occurrence in the...
Really caleidoscopic rock from Australia (Puttapa zinc mine)
Very nice rock with brilliant and saturated red and green colors over a light blue matrix. Black dendritic patterns of about 1 cm are...
Ludlow Diamond, a Rare and Unique Fluorescent Specimen from Southern California
These unique and interesting fluorescent specimens are known as “Ludlow Diamonds,” and were collected from an isolated occurrence in the...
Afghanistan Minerals - New Identifications
There have been several posts in our Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/fluorescentminerals) recently identifying some of...
Fluorescent Whelk Fossil from Rucks' Pit, Fort Drum, Florida
This is a fluorescent, Pleistocene age (approx. 1-2 Ma) Busycon rucksorum whelk fossil from the famous Rucks' Pit site in Fort Drum,...
Calcite, Willemite and Hydrozincite, Miller Canyon, Arizona
This beautiful 4-color rock is from the Nelly James Mine (also known as Miller Canyon), in southern Arizona. At its best under short...
Calcite, Fluorite and Willemite from Hidalgo County, New Mexico
This beautiful 3-color fluorescent rock features a combination of calcite, willemite and fluorite and is part of a find made by New...
Spectacular 3-Color Fluorescent Beauty from the Land of Enchantment
This stunning fluorescent rock features a beautiful 3-color combination of calcite, willemite and fluorite and is part of a find made by...
Banded Fluorite and Calcite, Pure Potential Mine, La Paz County, Arizona
This banded fluorescent beauty is from the Pure Potential Mine in La Paz County, Arizona, and features alternating bands of red...
Calcite, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
This is a large, spectacular, plate of brightly fluorescent, plumose and needle-like calcite scalenohedrons from the San Antonio Mine,...
Dolomite, Calcite - Långban Pole Dump, Långban, Sweden
An incredibly bright SW combo, the dolomite fluoresces deep red and the calcite red-orange. Under LW, the dolomite continues to produce a...
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