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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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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...
 
 


Sphalerite and Fluorite, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado
To mineral collectors, the Sweet Home Mine in Alma, Colorado is best known as a producer of some of the finest rhodochrosite specimens in...
 
 


Root Beer Fluorite from Clay Center, Ohio; A Midwest Fluorescent Classic
Lustrous root beer-colored fluorite cubes on a light grey limestone matrix, from the Stoneco White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa Co.,...
 
 


Fluorite, May Stone Quarry, Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Large plate of water-clear, honey-colored fluorite crystals on a light grey limestone matrix.  From the May Stone and Sand Quarry in Ft....
 
 


Fluorite and Willemite from the Red Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona
Located in the Trigo Mountains of La Paz County, Arizona, the Red Cloud mine is a location famous for producing some of the best...
 
 


Calcite, Fluorite, Willemite, Smithsonite, Aragonite from Arizona
This specimen was mined during a trip with Bill Gardner in the 2005 and comes from Hogan Claim site. Nothing to say about the calcite...
 
 


Fluorite Barite with coating from Moscona mine. Spain.
Fluorite and Barite of pale fluorescence with a coating of rare sand give it a contrast that makes it really aesthetic. 90x 60 mm Under...
 
 


Calcite, Fluorite, Pyrite from Moscona Mine.
Moscona mine. More known for its fluorites of unusual white fluorescence with long phosphorescence in some samples being more common in...
 
 


Fluorite, Calcite, Willemite; the Hull Mine, Castle Dome Mountains, Arizona
Arizona is home to some great fluorescent rock collecting (as well as some of the best birding in North America). Great mines are...
 
 


Multi-Wavelength Fluorite from Aouli, Morocco
This gemmy cluster of yellow fluorite cubes from Aouli, Morocco makes a nice display specimen under normal light.  Under UV, however, it...
 
 


Fluorite Cubes, Walworth Quarry, Walworth, New York
The Walworth Quarry has been a productive source of highly desirable fluorite specimens for many years.  The Walworth fluorites are...
 
 


Fluorite from Bluffton, Ohio
The Midwest is host to a variety of locations that have produced unique fluorite specimens that do not show the typical deep blue...
 
 


Non-Root Beer Fluorite from Clay Center, Ohio
This is lovely and somewhat unusual fluorite from a classic Midwest location.  This specimen originated from the White Rock Quarry in...
 
 


Fluorite with Phantoms, Cady Mountains, California
Somewhere between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, lie the Cady Mountains. At least there is some treasure between the two cities, here's a...
 
 


Fluorite with Phantoms, Moscona Mine, Spain
Here's a beautiful fluorite with phantoms from the Moscona Mine in Asturias, Spain. Not the typical blue, but instead a very soft cream...
 
 


Red Fluorescent Fluorite - Mexico
At Tucson 2017 I had my deathray longwave LED flashlight (as did one other fellow).  We came across a vendor selling Mapami fluorite...
 
 


Fluorite, Rampgill mine, Cumbria, England
Numerous mines in Northern England have produced beautiful fluorite specimens.  Of interest to fluorescent mineral collectors is that...
 
 


Fluorite and Calcite, Pure Potential Mine, Arizona
Calcite and Fluorite combinations rarely get boring. This one has a very unique fluorite pattern within the primarily calcite matrix....
 
 


Rare Green Fluorescent Fluorite, Fourmile Creek, Colorado
Fluorite is a mineral that occurs in many different colors and habits, and is often fluorescent under UV.  Most commonly, fluorite shows...
 
 


Willemite, Calcite and Fluorite from the Southwest: Hogan Claim, Arizona
Under normal daylight, this is a rather nondescript looking rock, but when viewed under UV it explodes with color in a spectacular...
 
 
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