Explore: Fluorescent Minerals

Jameson Excitation and emission spectra of various fluorescent dyes Database of fluorescent minerals with pictures, activators and spectra (fluomin.org)

locale produced more species of minerals (over 300) and more different fluorescent minerals than any other location. The mineral association (assemblage) from

A fluorescent lamp, or fluorescent tube, is a low-pressure mercury-vapor gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light. An electric

phenomenon “fluorescence” after the mineral fluorite. Lamps used to visualise seams of fluorite and other fluorescent minerals are commonly used in mines but

as the "Fluorescent Mineral Capital of the World," is located over a rich ore body containing more than 150 minerals, many of them fluorescent and 25 of

Sterling Hill Mines in New Jersey, an area also famed for its many fluorescent minerals. It has a hexagonal crystal structure and a color that depends on

collections of minerals in the world. It includes important ore minerals, pegmatite, volcanic rocks, and others. Fluorescent minerals room – here one

particular geological formation, such as minerals found in pegmatites. Fluorescent minerals. Radioactive minerals. Twinned crystals. A particular size range

but it can be identified under ultraviolet light due to its bright green fluorescence. Mindat data Explanation from Fluorescent Mineral Society v t e

the nearby Franklin Mine, it is known for its variety of minerals, especially the fluorescent varieties. It was added to the National Register of Historic