A very partial list of mineral species that show some kind of luminescence (mostly fluorescence)...
Mineral Labels Archive
When adding specimens to my collection I always like to keep track of their history. I believe a...
Fluorescent Minerals by Species
Agrellite
The best midwave mineral: agrellite! Very typical, bright pink fluorescence under shortwave and...
Albite
AlbiteFluorescence under midwave and shortwave UV light.Normal light.Fluorescent albite in my...
Analcime
AnalcimeFluorescence under midwave and shortwave UV light.Normal light.Fluorescent analcime in my...
Anthophyllite
Anthophyllite.SC301 – Anthophyllite, Clino-suenoite, and Tremolite from the International Talc...
Aragonite
AragoniteSC343 – Aragonite from Sant’Agostino di Coli, Emilia-Romagna, ItalyFluorescence under...
Axinite
Axinite -- group with Axinite-Mn, or manganaxinite, axinite-Mg, and axinite-Fe.Fluorescence under...
My Mineral Collection
SC1354 – Agrellite & Baratovite from Dara-i-Pioz, Tajikistan
A nice specimen of agrellite and baratovite from the second best agrellite locality: the...
SC1353 – Nasonite & Prehnite from the Franklin Mine, NJ
A soup of Franklin minerals. Mostly nasonite and prehnite, I think mixed together, fluorescent...
SC1352 – Roeblingite nodule from the Franklin Mine, NJ
A fragment of a roeblingite nodule, showing its characteristic porcelaneous, or coconut-like,...
SC1347 – Margasonite & Axinite-Mn from the Franklin Mine, NJ
A “Parker Shaft Soup” mix of minerals — without the rare ones. Mostly present in this sample are...
SC1346 – Nasonite, Prehnite, Margarosanite, et al. from the Franklin Mine, NJ
A nice example of “Parker Shaft Soup” mix of minerals. The two most obvious minerals are...
SC1340 – Carpathite from the Picacho Mine, California, USA
Large matrix piece of carphatite in quartz. The long acicular carpathite crystals are protected...













