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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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Norbergite, Sterling Mine
Grains of brown/yellow Norbergite on white Franklin marble, from the Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey. ...
Willemite Lightning in a Hardystonite Sky
Spectacular under short wave UV, green fluorescent willemite lightning bolts flash in a blue hardystonite sky in this specimen from the...
Crazy Calcite, Franklin, New Jersey
Crazy calcite is an unofficial local name applied to a type of rock containing dolomite in calcite from Franklin, New Jersey, that...
Apatite, Hydrozincite, Microcline, Calcite - Sterling Hill NJ
A large specimen from Sterling Hill measuring 6 x 3 x 2" weighing 1lb 13oz.
Fluorescent Concrete, Franklin, New Jersey
This specimen is an excellent example of building with the materials at hand. It is a piece of concrete, collected from the Trotter...
Brilliant Green Fluorescent Willemite from the Sterling Mine
A red/brown, somewhat rhombohedral, piece of nearly pure willemite, with minor calcite. This red variety of willemite contains manganese...
Beautiful 3-Color Rock from Franklin, New Jersey
This is a truly classic 3-color fluorescent rock from the Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey. This technicolor specimen provides a...
Willemite, Calcite and Hydrozincite, Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, New Jersey
This insane swirl of fluorescent colors is from the Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, New Jersey. The unusual and interesting pattern of...
Salmon Calcite Veins in Calcite, Franklin Mine, New Jersey, USA
Salmon calcite looks like fresh, raw salmon. For the sushi aficionados and fisherman alike, you understand. This piece has veins of...
Salmon Calcite, Sterling Hill Mine, New Jersey, USA
Salmon calcite matches its namesake—raw salmon. This piece is composed of beautiful crystals of the pink colored calcite and weighs in at...
Wollastonite, Sterling Hill Mine, New Jersey, USA
Wollastonite is a relatively common, but still sought after fluorescent material from the Sterling Hill Mine. This specimen, weighing in...
Happy Holidays! Christmas Calcite from the Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, New Jersey
This is a classic specimen of "Christmas Calcite" from the Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, New Jersey. This material contains...
Brick Red Willemite (troostite) and Calcite, Franklin, New Jersey
This specimen, from Franklin, New Jersey, is of mixed composition and contains brick-red willemite (troostite), white and greenish/white...
A Fluorescent Classic- Calcite and Willemite from the Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey
This is a classic fluorescent specimen from the Franklin Mine, in Franklin, New Jersey- the self-proclaimed "Fluorescent Mineral Capital...
Sterling Hill Fluorescent Zincite
As I've posted before, I am a big fan of powerful, true 365nm UV light from LED flashlights. It allows me to find stuff that is...
Not exactly rare but rarely seen yellow-fluorescing Calcite from Sterling Hill, NJ
At Sterling Hill, most collectors highly favor searching with short wave UV, ignoring long wave almost entirely. That's too bad because...
Sphalerite & Willemite - Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, NJ
Sphalerite & Willemite from the Sterling Hill Mine in Ogdensburg, NJ. Long wave, short wave & white light
Sphalerite, var. Cleiophane & Willemite - Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, NJ
Sphalerite, var. Cleiophane & Willemite from the Sterling Hill Mine in Ogdensburg, NJ. Shown under long wave, short wave & white light. ...
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