Peru fluorescent minerals

      The specimens shown at right are from the Winac Mine, Ancash Dept., Peru.  The specimens are manganocalcite on a matrix of quartz and rhodocrosite with a backing of pyrite crystals.   The manganocalcite is clear to opaque in normal lighting, the quartz is clear to milky white, the rhodocrosite is a light pink.    The manganocalcite specimens in  the middle column fluoresce pink when exposed to long wave ultraviolet light.  The photos at the far right show pink with a touch of orange fluorescence under short wave ultraviolet light.  Under both fluorescent lights the blue is the reflection of the lamp off the light colored rhodocrosite matrix.

       The fluorite on quartz specimen at right is from the Huayllapon Mine, Ancash Dept., Peru.  The light lavender fluorescing fluorite (center of specimen) fluoresces best under both lighting conditions at the same time.  The other crystals (quartz) are reflecting the lights off the clear to light colored minerals and are not fluorescing.

       This nice cluster of crystals to the right is quartz from Huanzala, Peru.  You get a nice pink fluorescence under long wave ultraviolet lighting and a reddish pink under short wave ultraviolet lighting.  Under normal lighting the crystals are clear to milky white.

Regular lighting

Regular lighting

Regular lighting

Regular lighting

Long wave ultraviolet light

Long wave ultraviolet light

Long & short wave ultraviolet lights.

Long wave ultraviolet light

Short wave ultraviolet light

Short wave ultraviolet light

Short wave ultraviolet light