Fluorescent Minerals by Species
Hokkaidoite
HokkaidoideSC1207 – Hokkaidoite from the Shikaribetsu Lake, Hokkaidō Prefecture, JapanFluorescence...
Holtite
HoltiteFluorescence under midwave and shortwave UV light.Normal light.Fluorescent holtite in my...
Hyalite
Hyalite, the "bubbly" variety of opal. Typical fluorescence us bright green due to uranyl UO22+...
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...
My Mineral Collection
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...
SC1116 – Glauberite from the Salton Sea, California, USA
Glauberite crystal, fluorescent light blue under shortwave UV light, pink under longwave...
SC1115 – Cinnabar and Idrialite from the Culver-Baer Mine, California, USA
A very rich piece of yellow idrialite and red cinnabar. Some nice little crystals are visible with...
SC1114 – Celestine on Aragonite from Serradifalco, Sicily, Italy
Aesthetic crystals of celestine on a crystalized aragonite base. Under longwave UV light the...