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Converting a Transilluminator into a Short Wave Lamp
This article was originally published by Dennis Michael on Nature's Rainbow. My small hand-held short wave lamp is useful, but has its limitations. I was interested in a much more powerful light for display and photography. After some research and talking to...
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The Fluorescent Mineral Society The Fluorescent Mineral Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit member driven organization of folks who love fluorescent minerals. We have members from around the world and include all types of enthusiasts from professional mineralogists to...
News
NewsUV Waves vol. 55 num. 5&6 January 2nd, 2026 Gentle Readers, Season’s Greetings and Happy New Year! Hot off the presses! This double issue of UV Waves is ready for your enlightenment. We’re sure you’ll enjoy our coverage of fluorescent minerals from the Bancroft...
Topaz from the Zapot pegmatite, Nevada, USA
A broken piece of a topaz crystal, bluish in daylight, with a surprisingly bright yellow fluorescence under longwave UV light. From: Zapot pegmatite, Gillis Range, Fitting Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA.A miniature piece: 4 x 3 x 2 cm, 49 g.MinID:...
Willemite, Calcite & Dioptase from Gotala, Republic of the Congo
A streak of light green willemite crystal on a calcite matrix with a few, deep green, gemmy dioptase crystals as special guests. The willemite crystals are quite small, between 1 and 2 mm, but are all well formed, translucent, light green in color and there are scores...
Scheelite from Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Little cluster of well formed scheelite crystals. Dark colored in daylight, they fluoresce the typical bright blue under shortwave UV light and a quite nice orange/red under midwave UV light (a bit overexposed in the photo…). The blue shortwave fluorescence is...
Books
Books One may argue the second best way to study fluorescent minerals is via a well written book. Here is a list of books dedicated to fluorescent minerals and famous localities producing fluorescent minerals. Unfortunately, the list is not that long!General books on...
The Henkel Glossary of Fluorescent Minerals
The Henkel Glossary of Mineral Species Special issue of the Journal of the Fluorescent Mineral Society, volume 15 (1988-89)The Henkel Glossary of Fluorescent Minerals, edited by Dr. Earl Verbeek and Dr. Peter Modreski, was published as a 1988-89 as a special issue of...
31st Annual Ultraviolation 2021
Dennis Michaels (from our Fluorescent Minerals Facebook group) attended his first Ultraviolation show in Oct 2021. He took some amazing photos which really illustrate what this shindig is all about. Every rock is fluorescent. The room is filled with dealer and...