Fluorescent Minerals by Species
Gypsum
Gypsum and his crystal clear variety selenite.Fluorescence under longwave UV light.Normal...
Glauberite
GlauberiteSC1116 – Glauberite from the Salton Sea, California, USAFluorescence under shortwave UV...
Gonnardite
Fluorescence under midwave and longwave UV light.Normal light.Fluorescent gonnardite in my...
Grossular
Grossular garnet is not often fluorescent. Only a few localities come to my mind: the Sierra de...
Halite
Halite typically fluoresces bright orange under shortwave UV light. Might also fluoresce...
Hardystonite
HardystoniteSC1238 – Cuspidine and Hardystonite from the Franklin Mine, NJ, USAFluorescence under...
My Mineral Collection
SC1203 – Halite & Selenite from Lubin, Poland
Halite & Gypsum var selenite. Nice association, in particular under UV light: the halite...
SC1174 – Meliphanite from Larvik, Norway
Yellow meliphanite on matrix. Unfortunately, this does not show the typical fluorescence for...
SC1168 – Carpathite from the Picacho Mine, California, USA
Yellow carpathite crystals coated by quartz. Quite nice how some crystals are fully exposed, some...
SC1165 – Tugtupite from the Ilímaussaq complex, Greenland
Tenebrescent tugtupite: normally pink, it changes color to a darker red upon exposure to UV light....
SC1163 – Kyanite from the Willis Mountain Mine, Virginia, USA
Kyanite blades in matrix. Lot's of them! In daylight they are essentially colorless, white or...
SC1117 – Rhodochrosite from the N’Chwaning II Mine, South Africa
Little plate of pink rhodochrosite crystals, all packed together. Contrary to every guess, the...