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Fluorescent Mineral Photo Gallery

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Here’s one for the connoisseur of rare fluorescent mineral species. Pollucite, a cesium-containing zeolite, isn’t particularly rare in...

During an exploration trip with one of my partners on April 30 2022, in the area of Saint-Michel-De-Wentworth, north-east of...

During an exploration trip with one of my partners on April 30 2022, in the area of Saint-Michel-De-Wentworth, north-east of...

During an exploration trip with one of my partners on April 30 2022, in the area of Saint-Michel-De-Wentworth, north-east of...

Pristine, complete all around, world-class specimen of golden gypsum var. selenite from the Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba,...

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

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

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

Nice three colors combo from the famous Kipawa alkaline complex in Western Quebec, Canada. I like how well balanced the colors are on...

Shown here is a nice cabinet-sized specimen of dark green scapolite Var. "wernerite", from Grenville-Sur-La-Rouge, Quebec, Canada. It is...

The now inaccessible Chenail quarry (Formerly Marcil quarry), in Sainte-Clotilde-de-Châteauguay, Montérégie, Québec, Canada, is a classic...

This is one of many specimens I recovered from a boulder in the quarry in Mont Saint-Hilaire in 2018. While it's far from being the best...

This specimen consists of a combination of scapolite, with an unidentified mineral that glows very bright light blue under longwave UV....

Nice small cabinet specimen, consisting of two successive generations of calcite, from the world-renowned Poudrette Quarry in Mont...

As all experienced fluorescent minerals collectors know, shortwave UV is the wavelength under which there's the greatest variety of...

Small calcite cleavage from a now depleted small occurrence near Gatineau, in Outaouais, Quebec, Canada. Fluoresces pretty nicely under...

In daylight, this specimen is something most collectors would not even bother looking at; but since I knew calcite from this locale,...

Fluorite specimens from this locale are quite popular, especially in Canada, among collectors of "white light minerals", but rarely...

Last year, one of my partners and I found lots of SW UV reactive phlogopite in the Lower Laurentians, Quebec, Canada, often associated...