Fluorescent Minerals by Species
Baratovite
Baratovite: a rare mineral, fluorescence bright blue under shortwave UV light.Fluorescence under...
Baryte
BaryteSC1112 – Baryte from the Meikle Mine, Nevada, USAFluorescence under longwave UV light.Normal...
Bityite
BityiteFluorescence under midwave and shortwave UV light.Normal light.Fluorescent bityite in my...
Calcite
Calcite is, perhaps, one of the most colorful mineral under UV light. It can fluoresce virtually...
Caracolite
CaracoliteFluorescence under midwave and shortwave UV light.Normal light.Fluorescent caracolite in...
Carpathite
Carpathite, also known as Karpatite, is one of the few organic minerals. It is chemically...
My Mineral Collection
SC1327 – Fluorapatite and Calcite in Magnetite from Utah
Fluorapatite crystals in magnetite. The fluorapatite crystals are elongated and all aligned in the...
SC1326 – Fluorapatite and Calcite in Magnetite from Utah
Fluorapatite crystals in magnetite. The fluorapatite crystals are elongated and all aligned in the...
SC1320 – Pabstite from the Kalkar Quarry, California
Perhaps not the most impressive fluorescent rock, but quite interesting: tiny grains of pabstite...
SC1317 – Natisite and Vitusite-(Ce) from Khibiny, Russia
A "rischorrite" rock with some interesting fluorescent minerals. In what I call the front, there...
SC1316 – Holtite and Polylithionite from Vasin-Myl’k Mt, Russia
A rich specimen of holtite blades and polilithionite flakes. Under shortwave UV light the holtite...
SC1315 – Yellow Calcite from the Sterling Mine, NJ
A common mix of calcite, sphalerite, and willemite from the Sterling Mine, but with an unusual...