Fluorescent Minerals by Species
Hydrozincite
Hydrozincite is secondary zinc mineral. Usually powdery white, it fluoresces bright light blue...
Idrialite
Idrialite is an organic mineral usually found in mercury mines. It shows a very bright green...
Kyanite
Kyanite often shows a dim red fluorescence under longwave UV light. This fluorescence is usually...
Nosean
Nosean, a sodalite-group mineral. Bright orange fluorescence under longwave UV light.SC262 –...
Olmiite
OlmiiteSC1110 – Olmiite from N’Chwaning II Mine, South AfricaFluorescence under longwave UV...
Orthoclase
Orthoclase.SC262 – Nosean on Sanidine and Orthoclase from In den Dellen quarries, Mendig,...
My Mineral Collection
SC1000 – Scapolite and Gonnardite on Calcite from Afghanistan
Large scapolite crystals, possibly marialite, intermixed with calcite. The scapolite fluoresces...
SC999 – Scapolite on Calcite from Afghanistan
A single, large scapolite crystal, likely marialite, on calcite matrix. The crystal measures about...
SC998 – Diopside and Phlogopite from Afghanistan
Large matrix piece of blockly green dioside crystals embedded in white calcite with a coating of...
SC997 – Selenite from the Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Canada
A classical specimen from a classical locality. Very clear and transparent, lightly amber colored,...
SC996 – Halite from the Rudna Mine, Lubin, Poland
A very aesthetic cluster of halite crystals. Clear and translucent in daylight, it shows the...
SC995 – Celestine from the Machów Mine, Poland
Cluster of clear celestine crystals, with a little yellow sulphur at the base. The celestine...