Fluorescent Mineral Database

Fluorite - Bluffton Quarry, Ohio

Contributed by: FMS Admin
Date: Feb 21st, 2026
Locality: Bluffton Stone Company Quarry, Bluffton, Richland Township, Allen County, Ohio, USA (See on Mindat)
Size: 38 x 26 x 58 mm

Description:
Massive translucent brown fluorite exhibiting two-tone fluorescence of white and violet in LW.

Originally posted by Dennis Michael on Nature's Rainbows.

Fluorescence under longwave UV light.
Fluorescence under longwave UV light.
Normal light.
Normal light.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Fluorite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

  • Fluorescence under Longwave (365nm LED) UV light: Violet
  • Fluorescence under Longwave (365nm LED) UV light: White