One of the themes of the 2022 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show® was fluorescent minerals. In order to see the glow of fluorescent minerals, they need to be lit with an ultraviolet light in a dark room. This was accomplished in a side room off the main show floor with many displays filled with brightly glowing minerals shining under ultraviolet lamps.
The number of minerals and displays was impressive, and we were able to get photographs of some of the minerals and displays exhibiting the bright fluorescent colors. (Photographing ultraviolet minerals under a UV light is complex without a tripod, and we are glad these came out well.)
Fluorescent Minerals from SwedenDouglas & Justin Bank
Esperite & Friends from Franklin, NJRichard Bostwick & Tema Hecht
Fluorescent Minerals from the Land of EnchantmentNew Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources
Green Willemite and Red Calcite from the Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, NJCollection of Robert Fendrich
Fluorescent Minerals of the Southwest US & MexicoCollection of Paul Gilliam, Albuquerque, NM
Fluorescent Green Chalcedony from the Green Fire Prospect, Cochise Co., ArizonaCollection of Collection of Erin Delventhal & Philip Simmons
Fluorescence Zoning in ApatiteCollection of John Rakovan
Esperite, from the Franklin Mine, Franklin NJGeorge V. Polman Collection
Various Fluorescent MineralsMines Museum of Earth Science, Colorado School of Mines
Various Fluorescent MineralsKevin Witts Collection
Various Fluorescent MineralsUnknown
