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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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Danburite from Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Danburite is a calcium borosilicate mineral that is sometimes cut as a gemstone. Like many minerals, when found in its pure form it is...
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...
Smithsonite, El Refugio mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
The El Refugio mine, located in Choix, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, is a notable source of beautiful specimens of the zinc carbonate...
Adamite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
This is an interesting specimen of adamite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico. As is the case with many fluorescent minerals,...
Hemimorphite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico
Light-colored crystals of hemimorphite on a red/brown limonitic gossan matrix, collected from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico. ...
Snowball Geode from Trancas, Chihuahua, Mexico
Geodes are great fun. They're much better than Easter Eggs during an egg hunt, and this one was found during such an escapade. Momma...
Red Phantoms in Mariposa (Butterfly) Calcite from Santa Eulalia, Mexico
(English version) This specimen could be classified as an “common Mariposa Calcite” from Mexico (Buena Tierra Mine, Santra Eulalia). And...
Coral-Like Formation of Aragonite, from Mexico
This is a bright white, branching coral-like formation of pristine aragonite that shows a beautiful multi-wave fluorescent response under...
Selenite, Baja California, Mexico
This is a cluster of white, bladed, intergrown crystals of selenite from an interesting location in Baja California, Mexico. Located at...
Radiating Calcite Crystals, Irai, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil
A radiating cluster of translucent gray-white calcite crystals aesthetically perched on a dark matrix, from Irai, Rio Grande Do Sul,...
Hyalite Opal Geode from Mexico
This is a hollow, rhyolitic, geode nodule half containing a botryoidal, bubbly mass of colorless hyalite opal and small quartz flowers,...
Aragonite - Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
This is a large (25cm x 15cm x 15 xm) coralloid formation of Aragonite from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. I don't know if coralloid...
Escherlike crystals of Adamite
This is a nice little gemmy Adamite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapami, Durango, Mexico. It is pretty small (4.2 cm x 3.1 cm x 1.6 cm, 28.3...
Manganocalcite, Huaron Mine, Peru
This is a unique mixed-mineral specimen, that due to its manganocalcite content, is of interest as a fluorescent specimen. It consists...
Rare Red Fluorescent Fluorite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico
A small percentage of purple fluorite from the Ojuela Mine in Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, shows a beautiful, rich, red fluorescence under UV....
Calcite Cleavage Rhomb, Challenger Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
A brightly fluorescent and phosphorescent calcite cleavage rhomb from Challenger Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. This specimen shows classic...
Terlingua-Type Calcite, San Vicente Mine, Coahuila, Mexico
Terlingua-type calcite shows a similar response to UV light compared to true Terlingua calcite, from the Terlingua, Texas, area. True...
Adamite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico
This is an exceptionally bright fluorescent adamite specimen from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Under visible light,...
Rare Red Fluorescent Fluorite, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Mexico
A small percentage of purple fluorite from the Ojuela Mine in Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, shows a beautiful, rich, red fluorescence under...
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