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Brightly fluorescent crystal of fluorapatite from Cochabamba, Bolivia (possibly the Kami Mine). This specimen shows an unusual, bright,...

A palm-sized plate of brightly fluorescent fluorapatite crystals on a matrix of unknown identity. As shown in the photograph below, the...

Fluorescent Condor agate from the Los Noquis deposit, San Rafael Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina. This agate specimen consists of...

This is a multi-color longwave fluorescent rock from the Huanzala Mine, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru. The specimen has red-orange...

This unique fluorescent specimen comes from the Palmarejo Mine, in Chínipas, Chihuahua, Mexico, and consists of a brightly fluorescent...

Very nice sample of Smithsonite. It consists of an agglomerate of small crystals having the shape of pine cones. Some of them resemble...

The Electric Opal Claim in Zacatecas, Mexico produced specimens of hyalite opal that were notable for having brilliant green fluorescence...

The El Refugio Mine, located in Choix, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, is a notable source of beautiful specimens of the zinc carbonate...

The El Refugio mine, located in Choix, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, is a notable source of beautiful specimens of the zinc carbonate...

This is a large, spectacular, plate of brightly fluorescent, plumose and needle-like calcite scalenohedrons from the San Antonio Mine,...

This is a brightly fluorescent and phosphorescent rosette of flat, bladed, selenite crystals from Las Salinas de Otuma, Paracas, Pisco,...

This specimen of Mariposa calcite shows bright orange fluorescence under short wave UV on the underside of the base of the piece. Note...

Mariposa calcite specimens are produced by several mines in the West Camp area of the Santa Eulalia Mining District in the Mexican State...

Dumortierite is an aluminum iron borosilicate mineral that doesn't get much attention in the world of fluorescence, but is a lovely...

Colorless to greenish, transparent, glassy bubbles of hyalite opal (Opal-AN) covering an unknown brown/grey colored matrix, from Electric...

Danburite is a calcium borosilicate mineral that is sometimes cut as a gemstone. Like many minerals, when found in its pure form it is...

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

The El Refugio mine, located in Choix, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, is a notable source of beautiful specimens of the zinc carbonate...

This is an interesting specimen of adamite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico. As is the case with many fluorescent minerals,...

Light-colored crystals of hemimorphite on a red/brown limonitic gossan matrix, collected from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico. ...