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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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Barite Crystals, Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa
This is a large cluster of intergrown, prismatic, light golden/smoky colored barite crystals, on a minimal limestone matrix. It was...
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Sulfur from Michigan, Maybee it’s fluorescent, Maybee not…
It has been reported that crystals of sulfur from Maybee, Michigan, occasionally show weak yellow fluorescence under UV (Robbins,...
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Fluorescent/Phosphorescent Celestine and Strontianite, Lime City, Ohio
Blocky, white, celestine crystals, partially altered to strontianite, sit on a light-colored limestone matrix, from the Stoneco Quarry,...
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Wispy Hydrocarbon Inclusions in Fluorite from Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
This pair of yellow fluorite cubes from Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, show a very interesting multi-wave fluorescent response due t
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Fluorescent/Phosphorescent Calcite from a Little Known Midwestern Location- Bedford, Indiana
This milky white calcite cleavage fragment was collected in 2016 from a roadcut along Indiana State Route 37 in Bedford, Indiana, very...
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Green Phosphorescent Fluorite from a Limited Occurrence in Bedford, Indiana
Cubic yellow fluorite crystals on limestone matrix, collected in 2016 from a roadcut in Bedford, Indiana. This fluorite shows a very...
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Blue Phosphorescent Fluorite from a Limited Occurrence in Bedford, Indiana
Cubic yellow fluorite crystals on limestone matrix, collected in 2016 from a roadcut in Bedford, Indiana. This fluorite shows a very...
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Fluorescent and Phosphorescent Calcite, Annabel Lee Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
This is a subtle, but beautiful fluorescent specimen from a classic Cave-In-Rock, IL, location- the Annabel Lee Mine. Comprised of a...
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Brightly Fluorescent Hydrozincite and Calcite from the Historic Columbia Mine, Marion, Kentucky
Brightly fluorescent hydrozincite and calcite from the historic Columbia Mine, Marion, Kentucky. Under short wave UV (254nm) the...
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Terlingua-Type Calcite from an Uncommon Midwestern Location- Indianapolis, Indiana
This is an unusual specimen of pink to white colored cleavage rhombs of calcite on limestone matrix, that show a Terlingua-type...
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Calcite from Eminence, MO
MW and SW UV Exposure
Date Shot: 2016/09/17 20:31:38.00
Nikon D3200 Lens: VR 18-55mm f/3.5-5
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Multi-Wave Calcite from the Heart of America’s Dairyland
Wisconsin is famous for its dairy production and badgers, but is not generally known as a source of fluorescent minerals. In 1826, lead...
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Fluorescent Halite, Detroit Salt Company Mine, Detroit, Michigan
Many people don't realize that located 1200 feet below the city of Detriot, Michigan, lies a massive, active, underground salt mine. The...
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A Midwestern Beauty: Multi-Wave Calcite Crystals, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri
This is a cluster of milky white calcite crystals from the Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri,...
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Popcorn Barite, Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa
A plate of off-white barite crystals on a limestone matrix, from the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa. This particular material is...
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Fluorite Cubes on Calcite, Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Iowa
Scalenohedral calcite crystals with minor marcasite and small, brown/amber, cubic fluorite crystals, on limestone matrix. From Pint's...
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Calcite Crystals with Internal Phantoms, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri
This spectacular fluorescent specimen, from a classic midwestern location, consists of a large cluster of light tan/yellow colored, waxy...
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Fluorite with Hydrocarbon Inclusions, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
Cluster of purple cubic fluorite crystals, from Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois. These fluorite cubes show a blue fluorescent...
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Terlingua-Type Calcite, Cave Stone Co. Quarry, Norristown, Indiana
Pink to white cleavage rhombs of Terlingua-type calcite on a limestone matrix, from the Cave Stone Co. Quarry, Norristown, Indiana. This...
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Calcite, Fluorite and Sphalerite- Rosiclare, Illinois
This is a mixed specimen containing calcite, fluorite, sphalerite and likely other minerals. It was self-collected in 2015 at the...
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