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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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Mid Wave UV Fluorescent Calcite, Logansport, Indiana

The Midwestern US is not generally thought of as being a prolific source for fluorescent minerals. With the recent development of...

Calcite, Rensselaer Quarry, Rensselaer, Indiana

This is a unique fluorescent calcite specimen from the Rensselaer Quarry, Pleasant Ridge, Jasper County, Indiana, that shows an unusual...

Stepped Calcite, Rensselaer Quarry, Rennselaer, Indiana

This is a rare and unique fluorescent calcite specimen from the Rensselaer Quarry, Pleasant Ridge, Jasper County, Indiana that shows a...

Calcite, Pendleton Quarry, Anderson, Indiana

This specimen consists of complex intergrown golden calcite crystals perched on a limestone matrix, from the Irving Materials Quarry in...

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....

Beautiful Mid Wave UV Fluorescent Calcite from Putnam Co., Indiana

White to tan-colored, bladed calcite crystals on a matrix of solid granular calcite. This specimen was collected from an unknown...

Calcite Cleavage Rhomb, Cave Stone Co. Quarry, Norristown, Indiana

Although this is not one of my more brightly-fluorescent specimens, it nonetheless shows a beautiful response under UV. It is a...

Strange Fluorescent Aragonite Cave Formation, Shoals, Indiana

This is a very peculiar and interesting specimen of aragonite dripstone, collected in an unnamed cave in a limestone quarry in Shoals,...

Fluorescent Fossil Clams, Pipe Creek Jr. Quarry, Marion, Indiana

And now for something a little different! This is a fossil comprised of bivalve mollusk shells in limestone, from the Pipe Creek Jr....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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