UV Waves is the FMS bi-monthly e-magazine, featuring scientific, educational, and informative articles on fluorescence and the effects of the electromagnetic spectrum on minerals. Topics range from fluorescent minerals and historic localities to luminescence, illumination, photography, collecting trips, and FMS Chapter activities.
Most articles are written by FMS members, but anyone may submit material. The magazine is richly illustrated with photographs, graphs, and tables. Regular features include Query Quarry, with expert answers to readers’ questions, and Every Fluorescent Tells a Story (EFTAS), featuring fascinating fluorescent rocks and their stories. Extended articles may appear as separate supplements.
Send submissions, questions, or comments to uvwaves@uvminerals.org.
All issues from Volume 50 (2020) onward are freely available. Older issues are currently available only to FMS members. We are working to make the complete archive publicly accessible.
Latest issues, publicly available to everyone:
| Vol. 56 (2026) | v56n1 · v56n2-3 |
| Vol. 55 (2025) | v55n1 · v55n2-3-part1 · v55n2-3-part2 · v55n4 · v55n5-n6 |
| Vol. 54 (2024) | v54n1 · v54n2 · v54n3 · v54n4 · v54n5 · v54n6 |
| Vol. 53 (2023) | v53n1 · v53n2 · v53n3 · v53n4 · v53n5 · v53n6 |
| Vol. 52 (2022) | v52n1 · v52n2 · v52n3 · v52n4 · v52n5 · v52n6 |
| Vol. 51 (2021) | v51n1 · v51n2 · v51n3 · v51n3s1 · v51n4 · v51n5 · v51n6 |
| Vol. 50 (2020) | v50n1 · v50n2 · v50n3 · v50n4 · v50n5 · v50n6 |
Older issues, available to FMS members only: