Pocket Guide
of
luminescent minerals
Gérard BARMARIN
Short list of all luminescent minerals and varieties listed in the fluomin.org database ("Henkel style")
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There are 1152 minerals and varieties listed (in UPPERCASE, minerals recognized by the IMA and in lower case the names not recognized by the IMA)
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- ABERNATHYITE K2(UO2)2(AsO4)2 6H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Riviéral, Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France;
- Fuemrol No.2 mine (Fuemrole mine), Temple Mountain, San Rafael District (San Rafael Swell), Emery Co., Utah, USA (type locality);
- Riviéral, Le Bosc, Hérault, Occitanie, France;
- Mina el Descuido, Los Baños de Sierra Alhamilla, Pechina, Almería, Andalucía, Spain;
- achroite
LW: Blue
MW: Yellow
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Grotta d'Oggi near San Piero, Island of Elba, Italy;
- ACTINOLITE Ca2(Mg,Fe+2)5Si8O22(OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Urals Mt, Russia;
- Johns-Manville mine, Quebec, Canada (Byssolite fluo dim orange-brown LW & SW);
- ADAMITE Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Municipio Mapimi, Durango County, Mexico (Green SW+LW);
- Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Municipio Mapimi, Durango County, Mexico (dark green var cupro-adamite, intense green SW+LW);
- Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Municipio Mapimi, Durango County, Mexico (pinkish-purple var manganoan-adamite, green SW+LW);
- El Potosí Mine, Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico;
- Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine], Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece (var. cupro-adamite);
- Dachang Sn-polymetallic ore field, Nandan Co, Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China;
- Pinggui District, Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China (cupro-adamite, green LW, minor fluorescence SW);
- Gold Hill, Gold Hill District, Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA;
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia (minor fluorescence, Jordi Fabre ex Desmond Sacco collection))
- adipocerite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities: - ADOLFPATERAITE K(UO2)(SO4)(OH)(H2O)
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Svornost Mine (Einigkeit Mine), Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District, Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic;
- adularia
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan ;
- Mount Malosa¸ Zombat District¸ Malawi ;
- AFGHANITE (Na,Ca,K)8 (Si,Al)12O24 (SO4,Cl,CO3)3 H2O
LW: Yellow
MW: Orange Red
SW: Orange
Main Activator: S2-
Best Localities:- Sar-e-Sang District, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan;
- AFWILLITE Ca3Si2O4(OH)6
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California, USA ;
- agalmatolite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- China;
- Slovakia;
- agate
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Graham County, Arizona, USA (Fire agate, green SW);
- Sierra Santa Lucia, Ejido Benito Juarez, Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico (green SW);
- Ojo Laguna, Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico (green SW);
- Barstow, CA, USA ( Siam agate fluo green SW, a mixture of agate and jasper);
- Cubuk, Ankara Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey (LW green, orange or white);
- AGRELLITE NaCa2Si4O10F
LW: Pink
MW: Violet Pink
SW: Violet Pink
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Mt Kipawa Complex, Kipawa River, Sheffield Lake, Villedieu Township, Québec, Canada;
- Darai-Pioz (Dara-i-Pioz) Glacier, Alai (Alayskiy) Range, Tien Shan Mts, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan;
- Kedrovyi alkaline Massif, Murunskii Massif, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia;
- Wausau Complex in Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA
- AGRICOLAITE K4(UO2)(CO3)3
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Rovnost Mine (Werner Mine), Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District, Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic;
- aquamarine
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - alabaster
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - ALBITE NaAlSi3O8
LW: Red
MW: Red
SW: Red
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Exilles, Susa Valley, near Torino, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy;
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Crestmore Quarry, Crestmore, Riverside County, California, USA (var. Orthoclase, dull blue-white SW);
- Orchard Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford Co., Maine, USA (red SW associated with apatite orange-yellow SW);
- Middle Moat Mountain locality, Hale Location, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA (red SW);
- Chamberlain Lane, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA (var cleavelandite, red SW);
- Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA (Magenta-pink SW fluorescing cleavelandite +lavender fluorescing albite overgrowth on pale blue fluorescing microcline!);
- Dennis Hill locality, Litchfield, Kennebec Co., Maine, USA (weak SW but associated with cancrinite, fluorapatite & nepheline);
- Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA (albite white SW associated with chlorophane green SW);
- Glen Wills, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia (green SW);
- Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Gilgit-Skardu Road, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;
- Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;
- Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;
- Sar-e-Sang River, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan;
- Manakana pegmatite, Manakana Commune, Tsaratanàna District, Betsiboka Region, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (blue albite with minor fluorescence SW, coming on the market in Tucson 2015);
- Cap de Creus, Cadaqués, Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain (Green SW);
- ALBRECHTSCHRAUFITE Ca4 Mg (UO2)2 (CO3)6 F2 17H2 O
LW: Bluish Green
MW:
SW: Bluish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic;
- ALDERMANITE Mg5Al12(PO4)8(OH)22 32H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Moculta Phosphate Quarry, Angaston, Barossa Valley, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia;
- ALEKSANDROVITE KCa7Sn2Li3Si12O36F2
LW: Not fluorescent
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Dara-i-Pioz Massif, Districts of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan.
- alexandrite
LW: Red
MW: Red
SW: Red
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities:- Magara Mine, Manyara Lake, Arusha Region, Tanzania ;
- Izumrudnye Kopi area, Malyshevo, Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovskaya Oblast, Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia ;
- allingite
LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Les Allinges, Haute-Savoie, France;
- ALLOPHANE Al2SiO5 nH2O
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Resin Hollow, Mammoth Cave, Ky, USA (cream white + phosphorescence);
- Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz), Banská Štiavnica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (var. collyrite, pale brown);
- Jihocesky Kraj, Czech Rep. (var. malthacite, bright blue);
- Grafenthal, Germany (light blue SW (De Ment));
- Etienne mine, Schemnitz, Hungary (var. collyrite, white-brown, SW) (actual name: Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz)?);
- Steindorfel, Czechoslovakia (?) (var. Malthacite, bright blue SW);
- Montevecchio, Sardinia, Italy (var. plumballophane, bright blue, SW);
- ALLUAIVITE Na19(Ca,Mn+2)6(Ti,Nb)3Si26O74Cl 2H2O
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- ALSTONITE BaCa(CO3)2
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Minerva N°1 Mine, Cave in Rock, Illinois, USA;
- Alston Moor, Cumberland, England;
- ALUMINITE Al2SO4(OH)4 7H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- New Haven, Sussex, England;
- Saxony, Germany;
- ALUNITE K2Al6(SO4)4(OH)12
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Marysville, Utah, USA (light blue LW, nothing SW (De Ment));
- Tolfa, Italy (white SW);
- ALUNOGEN Al2(SO4)3 17H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - alvite
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - ALWILKINSITE-(Y) Y(UO2)3(SO4)2O(OH)3(H2O)7·7H2O
LW: Greenish
MW:
SW: Greenish
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA;
- Val Daone Mine, Limes, Daone Valley, Daone, Chiese Valley, Giudicarie Valleys, Trento, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy;
- amazonite
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA;
- Teller County, Colorado, USA;
- Konso, Sidamo-Borana Region, Ethiopia;
- Kenticha, Negele area, Sidamo Ethiopia (2002);
- Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia (bluish white SW);
- Minas Gerais, Brazil (Many places/Divers gisements)
- ambatoarinite Sr5(Ce,La,Dy)10(CO3)17O3 ?
LW: Not fluorescent
MW: Not fluorescent
SW: Not fluorescent
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Ambatoarina, Ambositra District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar;
- AMBLYGONITE LiAl(PO4)(F,OH)
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA;
- Harding Mine (Harding pegmatite), Picuris District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA;
- Etta Mine, Keystone, Keystone District, Pennington Co., South Dakota, USA (phosph. Light Blue);
- AMBER C12H20O
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland;
- KlaipÄ—da County, Lithuania;
- Beach of the Baltic Sea, especially between LiepÄja city and Lithuania border, Kurzeme Region, Latvia;
- Sabana de la Mar, Hato Mayor Province, Dominican Republic;
- La Cumbre mine, Cordillera Septentrional, Santiago Province, Dominican Republic (Blue amber);
- Bukit Barisan (Barisan Mountain Range) coal deposit, Sumatra Island, Indonesia (black amber);
- Merit Pila Coal Mine, Sarawak, Borneo Island, Malaysia;
- Anna Amber mine, Primorskoe amber deposit, Yantarny, Kaliningradskaya Oblast, North-Western Region, Russia;
- Severn River, Md, USA (fluo Green LW);
- ambrite
LW: Blue
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Motupipi coal Mine, New Zealand;
- Drury coal Mine, New Zealand;
- AMEGHINITE NaB3O3(OH)4
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Tincalayu Mine, Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Tincalayu borax deposit, Salta Province, Argentina;
- AMESITE-2A Mg2Al(SiAl)O5(OH)4
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities:- Chromium deposit, Saranovskoye, Urals, Russia;
- amethyst
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Kedon, Magadanskaya Oblast, Far-Eastern Region, Russia;
- AMINOFFITE Ca3(BeOH)2Si3O10
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden ;
- ammolite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Alberta, Canada;
- AMMONIOMATHESIUSITE (NH4)5(UO2)4(SO4)4(VO5)·4H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Burro Mine, Slick Rock District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA;
- AMMONIOZIPPEITE (NH4)2[(UO2)2(SO4)O2]·H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA;
- Burro Mine, Slick Rock District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA;
- ANALCIME Na[Al Si2O6] H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: S2-
Best Localities:- Poudrette Quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall England, United Kingdom (SW + weak LW);
- North Table Mountain, Stage 2 Lava Flow, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA (cream LW);
- ANAPAITE Ca2Fe+2(PO4)2 4H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - ANCYLITE-(Ce) Sr(Ce,La)(CO3)2(OH) H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Khibina Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia;
- ANDALUSITE Al2SiO5
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Greenish
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Madera county, California, USA;
- Keivy Mountains, Murmansk Oblast, Kola, Russia (red LW);
- Bailey Island, Harpswell, Maine, USA (greenish white SW);
- ANDERSONITE Na2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3 6H2O
LW: Bluish Green
MW: Bluish Green
SW: Bluish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Monti Cristo mine near Moab, Utah, USA;
- Atomic King n°2 mine, near Moab, Utah, USA;
- Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida province, Spain;
- Ambrosia Lake area, McKinley County, New Mexico, USA;
- ANDESINE (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)4O8
LW:
MW: Violet
SW: Red
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Monts Estérel, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d Azur, France;
- Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA (albite dim white LW);
- Szklary (Gläsendorf), ZÄ…bkowice (Frankenstein), ZÄ…bkowice District, Lower Silesia (DolnoÅ›lÄ…skie), Poland (albite, yellow-brown SW);
- ANGLESITE PbSO4
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator: Pb2+
Best Localities:- Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco;
- Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA (Very strong yellow in both LW and SW, strong enough to be detected in daylight);
- Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia;
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia (dull yellow-white LW, pale white SW);
- Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardegna Italy (intense LW+SW);
- ANHYDRITE CaSO4
LW: Pink
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Sm2+
Best Localities:- Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico (weak white SW and LW, sometime blue SW with calcite red SW);
- Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany (red LW);
- ANKERITE Ca(Fe+2,Mg,Mn)(CO3)2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - ANORTHITE CaAl2Si2O8
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Mustio quarry, Raasepori, Southern Finland Region, Finland ;
- ANORTHOCLASE (Na,K)AlSi3O8
LW: Orange
MW: Violet
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Franklin, New Jersey, USA (blue SW, De Ment 1946, weak pale yellow or weak red) ;
- Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada (cherry red SW, violet MW&LW);
- ANTHOINITE AlWO3(OH)3
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Gifurwe Mines, Gifurwe sector, Cyeru Commune, Northern Province, Rwanda;
- ANTHOPHYLLITE XMg7Si8O22(OH)2
LW: Violet Pink
MW: Violet Pink
SW: Violet Pink
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- International Talc Company Mine (Reynolds Mine), Talcville, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA;
- Balmat Mine, Sylvia Lake, Fowler, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA;
- ANTIGORITE (Mg,Fe+2)3Si2O5(OH)4
LW:
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA;
- anyolite
LW: Red
MW: Red
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Mundarara Mine, Longido District, Arusha Region, Tanzania;
- apatite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - APHTHITALITE (K,Na)3Na(SO4)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;
- apophyllite
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA;
- Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA;
- AQUALITE (H3O)8(Na,K,Sr)5Ca6Zr3Si26O66(OH)9Cl
LW: Pale Yellow
MW:
SW: Not fluorescent
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Inagli Massif, 30km ESE of Aldan, Sakha Republic (former yakutsk), Russia;
- ARAGONITE CaCO3
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Pink
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Strontio-aragonite: red SW and LW, Boccheggiano mines, Montieri, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy;
- Aragonite fluo pink/salmon LW, white SW : Sulphur Mine near Agrigento, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy;
- Giumentaro Mine (Capodarso Mine), Capodarso, Enna (Castrogiovanni), Enna Province, Sicily, Italy;
- Cozzo Disi Mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy;
- Nicholsonite: fluo and phospho white SW & cream LW, Zinc Mine Friedenville, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA
- Tarnowitzite:yellowish-white, strongest SW or red SW: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia;
- Tarnowitzite: Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco ( Straw-yellow fluorescence SW+LW);
- Aragon de Molina, Spain (Twinned xls agregated in balls);
- Tazouta, Sefrou, Sefrou Province, Fès-Boulemane Region, Morocco (Twinned xls agregated in balls, dull green SW);
- Chihuahua, Mexico (bright green SW);
- Gallo river, Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (dull white SW);
- Pantoja, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (Acicular Aragonite bright blue-white LW);
- Great Southern Mine, Red Picacho District, Wickenburg area, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA;
- Copper Canyon, Camp Verde, Camp Verde District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA (aragonite pseudomorph after glauberite, cream-yellow LW, MW & SW);
- Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA (Patches of bright green fluorescence under SW & patches of bright creamy white fluo LW);
- Long Lake Zinc Mine, Olden Township, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada (fluo blue SW in red fluo calcite);
- ARCTITE Na5Ca7Ba(PO4)6F3
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator: Eu2+
Best Localities:- Vuonnemiok River Valley, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- Koashva Open Pit, Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia;
- ARFVEDSONITE Na Na2 (Fe4 +2 Fe+3) Si8 O22 (OH)2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- ARISTARAINITE Na2MgB12O20 8H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW: Yellowish Green
SW: Tawn
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - ARSENURANOSPATHITE HAl(UO2)4(AsO4)4 40H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ;
- ARSENURANYLITE Ca(UO2)4(AsO4)2(OH)4 6H2O (?)
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida province, Spain; - ARTINITE Mg2(CO3)(OH)2 3H2O
LW: Bluish White
MW: Orange
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Staten Island, New York, USA;
- Montjovet, Aosta Valley Italy (weak LW+SW);
- Artinite pit, Clear Creek area, Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA;
- ascharite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - ASHOVERITE Zn(OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:On fluorite in a limestone, Milltown, near Ashover and Mattlock, Derbyshire, England
- attapulgite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - AUGITE (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al,Ti)(Si,Al)2O6
LW:
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities: - AUSTINITE CaZn(AsO4)(OH)
LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Gold hill, Tooele County, Utah, USA;
- Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico;
- AUTUNITE Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 11H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne uranium deposit, Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne, Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France;
- Margnac II Mine, Compreignac, Bellac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France;
- Daybreak mine (Dahl lease), Mount Kit Carson, near Mt Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA;
- Cunha Baixa Mine, Beira Alta Province, Portugal;
- Assunção Mine, Aldeia Nova, Ferreira de Aves, Sátão, Viseu (Sao Vicente), Portugal;
- Krunkelbach Valley Uranium deposit, Menzenschwand, St Blasien, Waldshut, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany;
- Menzenschwand, St Blasien, Waldshut, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany;
- axinite
LW:
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Main Activator:
Best Localities: - AXINITE-(Mg) Ca2MgAl2BSi4O15(OH)
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities:- Nandagala, Tanzania (blue-pink gemmy material);
- Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania (Strong red LW);
- Australia;
- AXINITE-(Mn) Ca2Mn+2Al2BSi4O15(OH)
LW: Red
MW: Red
SW: Red
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Parker Shaft, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (red SW);
- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (red SW);
- bacillarite
LW:
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Main Activator:
Best Localities: - BADDELEYITE ZrO2
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: n[TiO6] cluster
Best Localities:- California State Gem Mine (Dallas Gem Mine; Benitoite Gem Mine), Santa Rita Peak, New Idria Mining District, San Benito Co., California, USA;
- carbonatite at Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Northern Karelia, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- Khanneshin complex, Dushan District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan;
- BAGHDADITE Ca12(Zr,Ti)4(Si2O7)4(O,F)8
LW:
MW:
SW: Pale Yellow
Main Activator: Ti4+
Best Localities:- Fuka mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan;
- BAKERITE Ca4B5Si3O15(OH)5
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - BANALSITE BaNa2Al4Si4O16
LW: Yellowish Green
MW: Yellowish Green
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Benallt Mine (Tyddyn Meirion mine; Ty Canol mine), Rhiw, Llanfaelrhys, Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, (Caernavonshire) Wales, UK (SW red)
- Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden (associated with cymrit SW green & Celsian SW blue);
- BARATOVITE KCa7(Ti,Zr)2Li3Si12O36(OH,F)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Ce3+
Best Localities:- Dara-I-Poiz Massif, Alayskiy Range, Tien Shan, region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan (sometime associated with baratovite blue-white SW);
- Khodzhaachkan Massif, Sokh Valley, Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan (Bluish-white SW, associated with miserite, aegirine, albite);
- BARIO-OLGITE (Ba,Na,Sr,TR)2 Na (PO4)2
LW: Pinkish White
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Palitra pegmatite, Karnasurt mine, Kedykverpakhk Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia;
- BARRERITE Na2[Al2Si7O18] 6H2O
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Best Localities: - Barsanovit
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Main Activator:
Best Localities: - BARYLITE BaBe2Si2O7
LW:
MW:
SW: Violet Pink
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA;
- Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Jakobsberg Mine (?), Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden;
- Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia
- BARYSILITE Pb8Mn(Si2O7)3
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden;
- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- BARYTE BaSO4
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey, USA (Baryte fluo yellow in massive calcite fluo red SW);
- 700 Level, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA (Baryte fluo yellow in massive calcite fluo red SW);
- Edison Tunnel, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA (Baryte fl. yellow LW and sphalerite fl.orange LW within willemite fl. Green SW, franklinite and massive calcite fl. red SW);
- Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden (fluo blue due to 1% Pb);
- Moscona Mine, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Asturias, Spain (yellowish white LW)
- Book Cliffs area, Grand Junction, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA (white LW due to oil hydrocarbons + phosphor.);
- Silver Cliff Mining District, Custer Co., Colorado, USA (orange SW+MW+LW)
- Cerro Warihuyn (Huarihuyn), Miraflores, Huamalíes Province, Huánuco Department, Peru;
- Chengkou Co., Chongqing, China;
- barytine
LW:
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Main Activator:
Best Localities: - BARYTOCALCITE BaCa(CO3)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Tawn
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Langban, Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden;
- Rampgill Mine, Cumbria, United Kingdom (fluo Pink SW, associated with Witherite fluo White SW and Phosphorescent);
- Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, United Kingdom (fluo Pink or white SW, associated with Witherite fluo White SW+LW and Phosphorescent or calcite fluo red);
- Fistas Rake, Blagill, Alston, Cumbria, United Kingdom (fl. red SW) ;
- Tisnov, Brno-Country District, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic (fluo yellow/white SW & PHOS.);
- basaluminite
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Weymouth, Dorset, England;
- BASSANITE 2CaSO4 H2O
LW: Violet
MW:
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA (Sterling Mine?);
- BASSETITE Fe+2(UO2)2(PO4)2 8H2O
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Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic (Not really Bassetite but a mix of Meta-Autunite and Fe hydroxydes) ;
- BASTNAESITE-(Ce) (Ce,La)(CO3)F
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator: Sm3+
Best Localities:- Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan ;
- BAVENITE Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26(OH)2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Bustarviejo, Madrid, Spain (strong fluorescence) ;
- Venero 1 Quarry, Veneros claim, Cadalso de los Vidrios, Community of Madrid, Spain (non fluo bavenite with opal and laumontite fluorescence);
- BAYLEYITE Mg2(UO2)(CO3)3 18H2O
LW: Bluish Green
MW: Bluish Green
SW: Bluish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Hillside mine, Arizona, USA;
- Hideout #1 mine, White Canyon district, San Juan County, Utah, USA;
- Mi Vida Mine, Big Indian Mining District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA;
- Poison Canyon Mine, Poison Canyon area, McKinley Co., New Mexico, USA;
- Plavno mine, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic;
- Lichtenberg open cast, Ronneburg U deposit, Thuringia, Germany;
- Paliokamariza Mine No. 18, Paliokamariza Mines, Plaka, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece;
- Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida province, Spain;
- Gerstenegg-Grimsel cable tunnel, Gerstenegg, Guttannen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland;
- Azegour Mine, Azgour, Tata Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco;
- Ambrosia Lake Sub-district, Grants District, McKinley Co., New Mexico, USA;
- BAZIRITE BaZrSi3O9
LW: Not fluorescent
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Ti - O
Best Localities:- Rockall Island, Scotland, United-Kingdom;
- Esquire No. 8 claim (Lander s Gillespite locality), Big Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA (bluish-white SW associated with walstromite orange red SW & celsian blue-white SW);
- Esquire No. 7 claim (Lander s Gillespite locality), Big Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA (bluish-white SW associated with walstromite orange red SW & celsian blue-white SW);
- Darai-Pioz Glacier (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz), Alai Range (Alayskiy), Tien Shan Mtn, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan;
- Rockall Island, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK (pale withish-blue SW);
- BECQUERELITE Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6 8H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Shinkolobwe mine, Tantara, Shaba, Dem. Repub. Congo;
- beekite
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Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Devon, England, UK;
- BELAKOVSKIITE Na7(UO2)(SO4)4(SO3OH)(H2O)3
LW: Bluish Green
MW:
SW: Bluish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Blue Lizard mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA;
- BEMENTITE Mn7Si6O15(OH)8
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin mining district, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (specimen studied by de Ment)
- BENITOITE BaTiSi3O9
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: TiO6
Best Localities:- Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito County, California, USA;
- Big Creek and Rush Creek junction, Fresno County, California, USA;
- Esquire #1 Claim, Rush Creek, Fresno County, California, USA;
- Victor Mine, San Benito County, California, USA;
- Kinzandani, Hashidate, Ohmi, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan;
- BENSTONITE (Ba,Sr)6 (Ca,Mn)6 Mg (CO3 )13
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Minerva No. 1 Mine Ozark-Mahoning Group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA;
- Barold Mine near Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USA (fluo pink-red SW and LW);
- Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;
- BEREZANSKITE KLi3Ti2Si12O30
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Ti - O
Best Localities:- Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikhistan
- BERGENITE Ca2Ba4[(UO2)3O2(PO4)2]3 16H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Greenish
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Bergen U deposit, Zobes-Bergen District, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany ;
- BERGSLAGITE CaBe(AsO4)(OH)
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Langban mine, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden;
- BERTRANDITE Be4Si2O7(OH)2
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Brush Beryllium Mine, Juab County, Utah, USA;
- Machadão pegmatite, Pegmatita Golconda, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais Brazil (2010, SW+weaker LW);
- BERYL Be3Al2Si6O18
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities:- Lavra Chia, Minas Gerais, Brazil;
- Pingwu beryl mine, Huya township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China (var. goshenite bluish-white SW);
- Weeks Quarry, East WakefieldNH, USA (faint peach color LW);
- Newry, Maine, USA (weak yellow LW, nothing SW)
- Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA (var. morganite fluo blue-white SW);
- Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA (blue SW);
- Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA (blue SW with fluorapatite yellow);
- Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA (blue SW);
- Laghman Province, Afghanistan (var. morganite, blue SW);
- Konar Province, Afghanistan (var. morganite, blue SW);
- Mawi Pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum Pegmatite Field, Du Ab District, Nuristan, Afghanistan (var morganite blue-white SW)
- BERYLLITE Be3SiO4(OH)2 H2O
LW: Bluish
MW: Bluish White
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Kvanefjeld Mt, Kuannersuit Plateau, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland;
- BERYLLONITE NaBePO4
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Greenish white
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Chhappu, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;
- Dara-e-Pech, Louristan, Pakistan;
- Paprok, Kunar Province, Afghanistan;
- BERZELIITE NaCa2(Mg,Mn+2)2(AsO4)3
LW: Not fluorescent
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Langban, Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden (seldom fluorescent in bright blue SW);
- BESHTAUITE (NH4)2(UO2)(SO4)2*2H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW: Yellowish Green
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Gremuchka ore zone, Mine no. 1, Beshtau Mountain, Lermontovskoe U Deposit, Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai, Russia;
- beta-uranophane
LW:
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Main Activator:
Best Localities: - beta-uranopilite
LW: Yellowish Green
MW: Yellowish Green
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - beta-uranotile
LW:
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Main Activator:
Best Localities: - beta-willemite
LW:
MW: Orange
SW: Yellow
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Andover mine, Andover, Sussex county, New Jersey, USA;
- Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
- Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Portugal (yellowish-white fluorescence SW);
- BIANCHITE (Zn,Fe+2)(SO4) 6H2O
LW: Bluish White
MW: Bluish White
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA;
- BICCHULITE Ca2Al2SiO6(OH)2
LW:
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Main Activator:
Best Localities: - BIKITAITE Li[AlSi2O6] H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Bikita pegmatite, Bikita area, Masvingo, Zimbabwe;
- BILLIETITE Ba(UO2)6O4(OH6)4-8H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Greenish
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Shinkolobwe, Shaba, Congo;
- Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida province, Spain;
- BIPHOSPHAMMITE (NH4,K)H2PO4
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities: Bat cave, Mason County, Texas, USA; - BITYITE CaLiAl2BeAlSi2O10(OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Harding mine, Taos county, New Mexico, USA;
- BLATONITE UO2CO3 H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Jomac mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA;
- blende
LW:
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Main Activator:
Best Localities: - BLOEDITE Na2Mg(SO4)2 4H2O
LW: Greenish
MW:
SW: Greenish
Main Activator:
Best Localities:Soda Lake, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA;
- BLUELIZARDITE Na7(UO2)(SO4)4Cl(H2O)2
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Blue Lizard Mine, Chocolate Drop, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA ;
- BOBCOOKITE NaAl(UO2)2(SO4)4 18H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Blue Lizard Mine, Chocolate Drop, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA ;
- bobdownsite
LW: Violet red
MW:
SW: Not fluorescent
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - Big Fish River, Yukon, Canada
- BOEHMITE AlO(OH)
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities: - opalized wood (fossil)
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- West of Bozeman, Gallatin County, MT, USA;
- BOLIVARITE Al2(PO4)(OH)3 4H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Kobokobo pegmatite, Shabunda Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo (light green SW);
- Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain (white-green, SW+LW);
- BOLTWOODITE (K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH) 1,5H2O
LW: Dark Orange /Tawn
MW:
SW: Tawn
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Rössing Mine, Arandis, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia;
- New Method Mine, San Bernardino County, California, USA (dull green SW associated with fluoborite cream SW);
- BORAX Na2B4O5(OH)4 8H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA;
- boronatrocalcite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - BOTRYOGEN MgFe+3(SO4)2(OH) 7H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Idria Mine (Idrija Mine), Idrija (Idria), Slovenia (var. idrizite, green SW);
- bowenite
LW:
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Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Smithfield, RI, USA;
- BRANCHITE C20H34
LW: Bluish White
MW: Bluish White
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Bílina coal mine, Bílina (Bilin), Ústí Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic;
- brandisite
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Glendale, Ca, USA;
- BRANDTITE Ca2(Mn+2,Mg)(AsO4)2 2H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- BRANNOCKITE KLi3Sn2Si12O30
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Lithium-Tin pegmatite, Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA (blue SW);
- BRAUNITE Mn+2Mn6+3SiO12
LW: Orange
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Aktas, Kazakhstan;
- BREWSTERITE-Ba (Ba,Sr)2(Al4Si12O32) 10H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, North West Highlands (formerly Argyllshire) , Scotland, UK (strontian-brewsterite, light blue LW);
- BRITHOLITE-(Ce) (Ce,Ca)5(SiO4,PO4)3(OH,F)
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- BROCKITE (Ca,Th,Ce) (PO4) H2 O
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Morefield Mine, Winterham, Amelia Co., Virginia, USA;
- BROMELLITE BeO
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Saga 1 Larvikite Quarry, Sagåsen (Strandåsen), Mørje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, langesundfjord district, Larvik Plutonic complex, Norway (SW Cream);
- bromlite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - BRUCITE Mg(OH)2
LW: Bluish White
MW: Bluish White
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Wood s Chrome Mine, Texas, Little Britain Township, State Line Chromite District, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA (fluo bluish white or red);
- Cedar Hill Quarry, Fulton Township, State Line Chromite District, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
- Yngshytte ore field, Persberg district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden (?) (fluo red)
- brunckite
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia ;
- Pomorzany mine, Olkusz, Małopolska Province, Poland (schalenblende);
- BRUSHITE Ca(HPO4) 2H2O
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - Buchite
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Emmelberg, Eifel Mts., Germany;
- BURBANKITE (Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5
LW: Orange Red
MW: Bluish White
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada (SW&MW Bluish white);
- Murunskii Massif, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia;
- Cerro Sapo, Ayopaya Province, Cochabamba, Bolivia;
- BURKEITE Na6(CO3)(SO4)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;
- burmite
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Hukawng Valley, northern Kachin State, Myanmar (Burma);
- Maingkwan, Myitkyina-Mogaung District, Kachin State, Myanmar (Burma);
- Amber diggings, Tanai, Tanai Township (Tanaing Township), Myitkyina District, Kachin State, Burma (Myanmar);
- BURPALITE Na8Ca4Zr4(Si2O7)4F8
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Burpala alkaline Massif, Maigunda River, Mama River Basin, Buriatia, Prebaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia ;
- BURTITE CaSn+4(OH)6
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:Associated with Nordenskioldine, URSS, unkknown locality;
- BURYATITE Ca3(Si,Fe+3,Al)[SO4][B(OH)4](OH,O)6 12H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia;
- BUSTAMITE (Mn+2,Ca)3Si3O9
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Violet red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- Langban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden;
- Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa;
- byssolite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Johns-Manville mine, Quebec, Canada (Byssolite fluo dim orange-brown LW & SW);
- cacholong
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Siberia, Russia;
- CAHNITE Ca2B(AsO4)(OH)4
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- CAIRNCROSSITE SrCa3Na(Si4O10)2(OH)(H2O)7
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa;
- calamine
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Good Springs, Nevada, USA;
- Adelanto, Ca, USA;
- limestone
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - chalcedony
LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Yankee Dog Field, Hidalgo county, New Mexico, USA;
- Potts Canyon, Near Superior, Arizona, USA;
- Imilchil, Morocco (yellow-orange LW, weak yellowish SW);
- Tampa Bay, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., Florida, USA (agatized coral);
- CALCIOHILAIRITE Ca Zr Si3 O9 3H2 O
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Bluish White
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- calciothomsonite
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin mine, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
- CALCIOURSILITE Ca4(UO2)4(Si2O5)5,5(OH)5 13H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Dara-i-Pioz Glacier, Alai Range, Tien Shan Mtn, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan;
- CALCITE CaCO3
LW: Pink
MW: Red
SW: Blue
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Baelo-Claudia San Bartolome quarry, Tarifa, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain (unusual green LW);
- Calcite pseudomorph after glauberite, Camp verde, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA (fluo SW bluish white);
- Terlingua-type: San Vicente Mine, Boquillas Del Carmen, Ocampo Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico;
- Little 38 Mine, Terlingua Mercury Mines Zone, Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA;
- Buckwheat dump mineral collecting site, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (fluo red SW a classical from Franklin);
- Iraí, Alto Uruguai region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil ;
- Calcite in fossilized clamshell (Mercenaria Permanga), Ruck s Pit, Fort Drum, Okeechobee County, Florida, USA;
- Challenger Cave, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (Double refraction clivage rhomboedra);
- Ajax Mine, Near Superior, Arizona, USA (Calcite + hydrozincite);
- Near Silver Bell Mine, Pima County, Arizona, USA (calcite + fluorite);
- locality near Lovington, New Mexico, USA (green SW);
- Idarado Mine, Telluride, Ouray District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA (bright orange);
- Woodward Ranch, Alpine, Brewster Co., Texas, USA (red SW);
- Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA (LW red but not spectacular)
- Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico (red SW);
- Guanajuato, Mun. de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico (red SW);
- Melchor Múzquiz, Mun. de Melchor Múzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico (pink LW, blue SW);
- Aghbar Mine, Aghbar, Bou Azer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco (pink-violet calcite with Intense fluorescence red-orange SW & LW);
- Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (red-orange);
- N Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (red, red-orange);
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
- Dal negorsk, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (pink, orange, red-orange);
- Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru (red);
- Boldut Mine, Cavnic, MaramureÈ™ Co., Romania (SW+LW);
- Droujba Mine, Djurkovo Complex, Laki, Laki Obshtina, Rhodope Mts, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria (red);
- Mogilata deposit, Septemvri mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria (red);
- Knolle mine, Åmål, Dalsland, Sweden (deep red SW);
- Fuzichong Pb-Zn-Ag ore field, Cenxi Co., Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China (pink-red);
- Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China (red);
- Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China (pink);
- Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China (red-orange);
- La Serrata (Maria de Cerrate), Lorca, Murcia, Spain (pink LW, white SW+phospho);
- Langban, Filipstads Kommun, Värmlands län, Sweden (Mn bearing calcite);
- Äußerer Knorrkogel, Gschlöss valley, Tauern valley, East Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria (calcite crystals showing a red fluorescence due to a phorphyrine complex content);
- CALCIUM CATAPLEIITE CaZrSi3O9 2H2O
LW: Greenish
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Smaland, Sweden;
- calcium edingtonite
LW: Not fluorescent
MW: Not fluorescent
SW: Not fluorescent
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - calcium larsenite
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
- calcozincite
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;
- CALCURMOLITE Ca(UO2)3(MoO4)3(OH)2 11H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Rabejac, Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France;
- Paulding Uranium prospect, Watersmeet, Gogebic Co., Michigan, USA
- Californite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Pulga deposit, Pulga, Butte Co., California, USA;
- CALOMEL alpha Hg2Cl2
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Alsenz-Obermoschel, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany;
- Mariposa mine, Terlingua District, Brewster county, Texas, USA;
- Redwood City, San Mateo Co., California, USA;
- camsellite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Lake Douglas, BC, Canada;
- CANASITE K3NaCa(Na,Ca)6Si12O30F3(OH) H2O
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Nadym river, Krasnoyarsk territory, Russia;
- Murun, North-West Aldan Plateau, Yakutia, Russia;
- CANAVESITE Mg2(CO3)(HBO3) 5H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Ivrea, Canavese, Italy;
- Franklin, New jersey, USA;
- CANCRINITE Na6Ca2Al6Si6O24(CO3)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Alluaiv region, Lovozero massif, Russia;
- Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (Bright yellow);
- Flat Rapids, Bigwood, Ontario, Canada (dull brown SW);
- Dennis Hill locality, Litchfield, Kennebec Co., Maine, USA (albite weak SW associated with cancrinite SW green, zircon SW yellow);
- Point of Rocks Quarry, Point of Rocks Mesa, Springer, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA (orange SW);
- CANCRISILITE Na7Al5Si7O24(CO3) 3H2O
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (SW bright yellow);
- CARACOLITE Na3Pb2(SO4)3Cl
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Lolon Mine, Challacollo, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile;
- CARBOBORITE Ca2Mg(CO3)2B2(OH)8 4H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Da Qaidam salt lake (Dachaidan salt lake), Da Qaidam Co. (Dachaidan Co.), Haixi Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China;
- CARBONATE-FLUORAPATITE Ca5(PO4,CO3)3F
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (White aggregates showing a bright yellow luminescence);
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada ( SW strong yellowish with strong REE absorption, embedded in massive sodalite with a LW orange luminescence;
- CARBONATE-HYDROXYLAPATITE Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(OH)
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Black Ridge fossil beds, Mesa, CO, USA;
- CARLETONITE KNa4Ca4Si8O18(CO3)4(OH,F) H2O
LW: Not fluorescent
MW: Violet
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada.
- CARNALLITE KMgCl3 6H2O
LW: Dark Orange /Tawn
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Douglas Lake, British Columbia, Canada (peach LW, no response to SW);
- Strassfurt, Upper Slesia, Germany (strong phosphorescence caused by SW);
- CARNOTITE K2(UO2)2(V2O8) 1-3H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- uranium deposit, Uch-Kuduk, Uzbeckistan;
- CARPATHITE C24H12
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Picacho Mine, Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA ;
- 4th of July Mine, Flint group, Hernandez, Clear Creek area, Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA ;
- Alpine Mine, Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA ;
- Tamvatnei Hg deposit, Tamvatnei massif, Koryakskoe plateau, Chukotskii Autonomous Okrug, Far-Eastern Region, Russia ;
- Olenevo, Svalyavskyi Raion, Zakarpats'ka Oblast', Ukraine ;
- CARYINITE (Ca,Na)(Ca,Mn+2)2(AsO4)3
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;
- caryopilite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden;
- CASSITERITE SnO2
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator: Sn2+
Best Localities:- Aberfoyle Mine (Aberfoyle Tin Mine; Rossarden Tin Mine), Rossarden district, Tasmania, Australia (SW weak yellow);
- Viloco Mine (Araca mine), Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia (yellow-brown);
- CATAPLEIITE Na2ZrSi3O9 2H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: n[TiO6] cluster
Best Localities:- Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Småland, Sweden;
- Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (only colorless xls are fluorescent SW green);
- cedarite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Cedar Lake, Mannitoba, Canada;
- CEJKAITE Na4(UO2)(CO3)3
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Svornost Mine, Jachymov, Northwestern Bohemia, Czech Republic;
- “Mina Eureka” término de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, provincia de Lérida, Spain;
- celestine
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - CELESTITE SrSO4
LW: Bluish White
MW: Bluish White
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Pb2+
Best Localities:- Floristella Mine, Enna, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy (fluo blue-white);
- La Grasta mine, Delia, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy (fluo blue-white);
- Agrigento district, Sicily, Italy (fluo blue-white);
- Racalmuto Mine, Racalmuto, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy (fluo blue-white);
- Machów mine, Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie, Poland (fluo blue-white LW+SW);
- Kelly Island Stone Co. Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa Co., Ohio, USA (fluo orange);
- Clay Center, Ottawa Co., Ohio, USA (white LW+SW);
- CELSIAN BaAl2Si2O8
LW: Blue
MW: Blue
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Sanbornite deposit, Fresno county, California, USA;
- Esquire No. 8 claim, Big Creek, California, USA;
- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- CERUSSITE PbCO3
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Yellow
SW: Yellow
Main Activator: Pb2+
Best Localities:- Mibladen Mining District, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco ;
- Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco ;
- Bou Zegger, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco ;
- Ressas Touireuf Mine, Ressas Touireuf, Tunisia (fluo LW);
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia (minor fluorescence);
- Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy ;
- Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China (very fluo SW+LW);
- Handlebar Hill Open Cut, Hilton deposits, Mount Isa district, Mount Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia (yellow SW);
- White Rake, Tideswell, Derbyshire, England, UK ;
- Nakhlak Mine, Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province, Iran (SW, 2016);
- Magnet Mine, Magnet, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia (Chrome-cerussite, fluo yellowish white)
- Lescure Mine, Mayres, Thueyts, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (SW + LW);
- Chaillac Mine, Chaillac, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France (SW);
- Rubtsovskoe Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, South Siberia. Russia;
- CERVANTITE Sb+3 Sb+5 O4
LW: Bluish White
MW: Bluish White
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Tarumita mine, Caracollo, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia;
- CESSTIBTANTITE Cs(Sb+3,Na)(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH,F)7
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Kola Peninsula, Russia;
- Tanco Mine (Bernic Lake Mine), Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada ;
- CHABAZITE-Ca (Ca0,5,K,Na)4[Al4Si8O24] 12H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, USA (green SW+LW);
- Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Franklin, New jersey, USA;
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada (fluo green);
- Vadrec da l'Albigna, Albigna Valley, Bregaglia Valley (Bergell), Grischun (Grisons), Switzerland (SW strong green);
- CHADWICKITE (UO2) H (AsO3)
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Mine No. 18, Paliokamariza Mines Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece;
- Sophia Mine, Böckelsbach valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Baden-Württemberg, Germany;
- chapinite
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Barstow, CA, USA (variety of chalcedony fluo green SW also called Siam agate or chapinite, a mixture of agate and jasper not the mineral crawfordite);
- CHARLESITE Ca6(Al,Si)2(SO4)2B(OH)4(OH,O)12 26H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin-Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;
- CHAROITE (K,Na)5(Ca,Ba,Sr)8(Si12O30)(Si6O16)(OH) 4H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Nadym river, Krasnoyarsk territory, Russia;
- CHELYABINSKITE (Ca,Mg)3(SO4,CO3)2[Si(OH)6] · 9H2O (?)
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Chelyabinsk coal basin, Urals Region, Russia;
- chemawinite
LW: Bluish
MW:
SW: Not fluorescent
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Cedar Lake, Manitoba, USA;
- CHERNIKOVITE (H3O)2(UO2)2(PO4)2 6H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Perus, São Paulo, São Paulo, Southeast Region, Brazil;
- Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre);
- chert
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities: - chiastolite
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Madera county, California,USA;
- Pestsovye Keivy, Keivy Mountains, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation;
- chillagite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Teresita Mine, Montcada i Reixac, Vallès Occidental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (Jordi Fabre);
- CHISTYAKOVAITE Al(UO2)2(AsO4)2(F,OH) 6,5H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Bota-Burum U deposit, Alakol, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan;
- CHKALOVITE Na2BeSi2O6
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Alluaiv, Lovozero Massif, Kola peninsula, Russia;
- CHLORAPATITE Ca5(PO4)3Cl
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Taylorville, California, USA;
- Odegardens Verk, Bamble, Langesundfjord, Norway;
- CHLORARGYRITE AgCl
LW: Blue
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Ag+
Best Localities:- Maikain, Kazakhstan;
- Kasmanchi, Uzbeckistan;
- chlorophane
LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Blue Bird Mine, Cochise County, Arizona, USA;
- Petaca District, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA;
- Long Hill district, Trumbull, Connec., USA;
- CHONDRODITE (Mg,Fe+2)5(SiO4)2(F,OH)2
LW: Yellowish
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;
- Skräbböle quarry, Pargas (Parainen), Southwestern Finland Region, Finland (bright yellow SW);
- Edison-Bodnar Quarries, Franklin Marble Belt, Rudeville, Hardyston Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- Fowler Quarry (Nicoll Quarry; Nicols Quarry; Cellate Quarry), Franklin Marble, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- Lime Crest Quarry, Franklin Marble, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
- Atlas Quarry (Empire Quarry), Pine Island, Town of Warwick, Orange Co., New York, USA;
- South Central Patagonia Mountains, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA;
- Long Lake Zinc Mine, Olden Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada;
- Gouverneur Talc Company No. 4 Quarry, Diana Township, Lewis Co., New York, USA;
- Johnson Mine, Johnson Camp, Cochise Mining District, Little Dragoon Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA:
- chrome-cerussite
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Pb2+
Best Localities:- Magnet Mine, Magnet, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia (Chrome-cerussite, fluo yellowish white)
- chrome-tremolite {Ca2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania;
- chromepidote Ca2(Al,Fe3+,Cr)3(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Tawmaw, Hpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township, Mohnyin District, Kachin State, Burma (Var. Tawmawite, epidote containing Cr);
- CHRYSOBERYL BeAl2O4
LW: Red
MW: Red
SW: Red
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities:- Takovaja River, Ural Mountains, Russia (var. Alexandrite fluo red);
- Izumrudnye Kopi area, Malyshevo, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural, Russia;
- Santa Teresa, Espirito Santo, Brazil (yellow SW);
- Haddam, Connecticut, USA (SW yellow green);
- CHURCHITE-(Y) YPO4 2H2O
LW: Dark Orange /Tawn
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - cleavelandite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Pink
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA ;
- cleiophane
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - CLINOBISVANITE BiVO4
LW: Not fluorescent
MW: Not fluorescent
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Linka Mine, Spencer Hot Springs, Lander County, Nevada USA (2000, associated with NF Pottsite);
- CLINOCHLORE (Mg,Fe+2)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8
LW: Pink
MW:
SW: Pink
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Korshunovskoye Iron mine, Zheleznogorsk, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (var. seraphinite, lighter areas fluoresce pink under shortwave UV);
- Bare Hills, Baltimore Co., Maryland, USA (cream-yellow LW);
- CLINOCHRYSOTILE Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- A skarn at Kukhi-Lal, in the Pamirs, Tadjikistan (Fluo orange);
- Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
- CLINOHEDRITE CaZnSiO4 H2O
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Parker Shaft, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- CLINOHUMITE (Mg,Fe+2)9(SiO4)4(F,OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Pamir Mountains, Tadzhikistan;
- Lake Albano (south of Rome), Italy;
- CLINOPTILOLITE-Ca (Ca0,5,Na,K)6[Al6Si30O72) 20H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
- CLINOZOISITE Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH)
LW: White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Buck creek, Clay Co., NC, USA (pink LW, nothing SW);
- CLINTONITE Ca(Mg,Al)3(Al3SiO10)(OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities: - COBALT-ZIPPEITE Co2(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10 16H2O
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - cobaltocalcite
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco;
- COLEMANITE Ca2B6O11 5H2O
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Boraxo Mine (Kern Borate Mine; Boraxo deposit; Boraxo No. 1 and No. 2; Clara claim; Thompson Mine; Tenneco Mine), Ryan, Furnace Creek Borate District ( Death Valley Area Borate Deposits), Inyo Co., California, USA;
- Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA;
- Bandırma (Panderma), Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey;
- Kestelek Mine, Mustafakemalpascha, Bandirma Turkey (2005, LW+SW intense zoned);
- Bigadiç, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey;
- Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Borate District (Death Valley Area Borate Deposits), Inyo Co., California, USA;
- COLERAINITE 4MgO Al2O3 2SiO2 5H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Tawn
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Sylmar, West Nottingham Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
- COLLINSITE Ca2(Mg,Fe+2) (PO4)2 2H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: ST (Singlet-triplet)-Matière organique en impureté
Best Localities:- Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia;
- Burns Lake, British Columbia, Canada (?);
- Francois Lake phosphate occurrence, Francois Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada (yellow-orange LW);
- collophane
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - collyrite
LW:
MW:
SW: Tawn
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia (var. collyrite, pale brown);
- COMPREIGNACITE K2(UO2)6O4(OH)6 7H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - “Mina Eureka†término de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, provincia de Lérida, Spain;
- confolensite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - COOKEITE LiAl4(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Mt Mica, near South Paris, Maine, USA;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- copal / (Resine fossile / fossil resin )
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities: - CORDEROITE Hg3S2Cl2
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - CORDIERITE (Mg,Fe)2Al(Al3Si5O18) x(H2O,CO2)
LW:
MW:
SW: Violet Pink
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Tongul, Altaï;
- Katun-Chuya Massif, Altaï;
- Richmond, NH, USA (cited by De Ment 1947);
- El Hoyazo, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain;
- CORUNDUM Al2O3
LW: Red
MW: Red
SW: Red
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities:- Mysore District, Karnataka, India;
- Limecrest Quarry at Sparta, New jersey, USA;
- Limestone quarries around Franklin, Franklin Marble, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- Kleggåsen Ruby Quarry, Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway;
- Fiskenæsset (Fiskenaesset; Qeqertarsuatsiaat), Nuuk (Godthåb), Sermersooq, Greenland;
- Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Surobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan;
- Zazafotsy Quarry, Zazafotsy Commune, Ihosy District, Horombe Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar;
- Ampanihy District, Southwestern Region, Tuléar Province, Madagascar;
- Ali Abad, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;
- Hassanabad Nala (Hasanabad), Hunza Valley (near Ali Abad), Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan;
- Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam;
- Ketito, Arusha Region, Tanzania;
- Longido, Mt Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania (in green chrome-zoisite (anyolite));
- Mundarara Mine, Arusha Region, Tanzania (in green chrome-zoisite (anyolite));
- Khit Ostrov, Northern Karelia, Karelia Republic, Northern Region, Russia;
- Ganesh Himal deposit, Somdang, Rasuwa District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal;
- Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma;
- COSKRENITE-(Ce) (Ce,Nd,La)2(SO4)2(C2O4) 8H2O
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sevier Co., Tennessee, USA ;
- COTUNNITE PbCl2
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy;
- Slags of the Laurion district, Attica, Greece (artificial);
- COWLESITE Ca[Al2Si3O10] 5,3H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Found in cavities of a volcanic rock at Beech Creek Quarry, Mount Vernon, Grant Co., Oregon, USA;
- CRANDALLITE CaAl3(PO4)2(OH)5 H2O
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Richelle (Visé), Prov. de Liège, Belgium (green SW);
- Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarre, Spain (1998, weak SW+LW);
- Zauralovo, Chelyabinskaya Oblast, Russia;
- CRAWFORDITE Na3Sr(PO4)(CO3)
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Koashva Open Pit, Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (Bright greenish-yellow);
- Barstow, CA, USA (variety of chalcedony fluo green SW also called Siam agate or chapinite, a mixture of agate and jasper not the mineral crawfordite);
- CREEDITE Ca3Al2(SO4)(F,OH)10 2H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Hall Molybdenum Mine (Anaconda Mine; Liberty Mine; Cyprus Tonopah Mine; Nevada Moly project; Equatorial Copper Mine; Tonopah Copper Mine; San Antonio Mine), San Antone District, San Antonio Mts, Nye Co., Nevada, USA;
- Colquiri mine, Colquiri, Inquisivi Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia;
- Colorado Fluorspar Co. Mine, Wagon Wheel Gap, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA (yellowish-white LW);
- Cresson mine, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, USA (?);
- Navidad Mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Rodeo Municipality, Durango, Mexico (bright purple fluo);
- Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong County, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China (cream & blue-white);
- crestmoreite un mélange de / a mixture of TOBERMORITE et/and WILKEITE
LW: Pinkish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- White Mountain, Inyo, CA, USA (altered specimen, pinkish white LW, nothing SW);
- CRISTOBALITE alpha SiO2
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- In obsidian, Mono county, California, USA;
- CRYOLITE Na3AlF6
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Pink
Main Activator: Eu2+
Best Localities:- Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Sermersooq, Kitaa Province (West Greenland), Greenland (red-orange SW, violet red LW;
- Shomiokitovoe pegmatite, Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (SW whitish-blue with gaidonnayite SW strong green);
- Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia (blue-white SW);
- Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- CRYOLITHIONITE Na3 Li3 Al2 F12
LW: Bluish
MW:
SW: Bluish Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Zapot Pegmatite, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA;
- CUMMINGTONITE XMg7Si8O22(OH)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Homestake Mine, South Dakota, USA (pinkish white LW, nothing SW);
- cupro austinite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico; - cupro-adamite
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango Co, Mexico (var cupro-adamite, intense green SW+LW);
- Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine], Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece:
- cuproartinite
LW:
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - cuprohydromagnesite
LW:
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - cuproscheelite /(mixed with an undefined Ca-Cu tungstate)
LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator: WO42-
Best Localities:- Sinoloa, Sonora, Mexico;
- Milford, UT, USA;
- CUPROTUNGSTITE Cu+23(WO4)2(OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Mun. de Tonichi, Sonora, Mexico (white-yellow, green SW);
- Choix, Mun. de Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico (bright yellow SW);
- Crital Peak, Verdi, Sierra Co, California, USA;
- curtisite
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities: Skaggs Springs, Sonoma county, California, USA; - CUSPIDINE Ca16(Si2O7)4(F,OH)8
LW: Yellow
MW: Salmon pink
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Buckwheat dump, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
- Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy;
- CYANITE Al2SiO5
LW: Red
MW: Red
SW: Red
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities:- Pfitsch, Tyrol, Austria (colorless cyanite luminescent in red);
- Transvaal, South Africa (red fluorescing);
- Keyvi, Kola peninsula (orange under LW);
- Borisovskie Sopki, Plast, Plastovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Ural, Russia;
- Kukhi Lal Pamir mountains Tadjikisatsn (yellow-green fluorescence LW);
- Willis Mountains, Dillwyn, Virginia, USA (Gray cyanite fl. bright creamy white SW);
- Khit Ostrov, Northern Karelia, Karelia Republic, Northern Region, Russia ;
- PJ Keating Quarry, Lunenburg, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA (deep orange LW);
- Zimbabwe;
- CYMRITE BaAl2Si2(O,OH)8 H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Langban (Långban), Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden;
- Pacheco Pass, California, USA (Green SW, tiny specks disseminated through the jadeite metagraywacke matrix);
- cyrtolite
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA;
- dahllite
LW: Dark Orange /Tawn
MW:
SW: Not fluorescent
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Black Ridge Fossil Beds, Mesa Co, Colorado, USA;
- dakeite
LW: Yellowish Green
MW: Yellowish Green
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - DALYITE K2ZrSi6O15
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Gjerdingselva, Nordmarka, Lunner, Oppland, Norway;
- DANBURITE CaB2(SiO4)2
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator: Eu2+
Best Localities:- Aurora Mine, Charcas Mineral District, Mun. de Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico (bright yellow green or bright violet-blue LW+SW);
- Japan, locality unknown (bright blue LW);
- Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (bright green-blue LW);
- Hormuz Island, Hormozgan Province, Iran (modest yellow-green SW and purple LW);
- DARAPSKITE Na3(SO4)(NO3) H2O
LW:
MW: Greenish Blue
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Flower Cave, one of a group of caves located at the southern end of Big Bend National Park, Texas, U.S.A (darapskite+halite, green phosphorescence SW);
- DATOLITE Ca2B2Si2O8(OH)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Pale Yellow
Main Activator: Eu2+
Best Localities:- Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA;
- Ca de Giannasi, Frassinoro, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy;
- Mendicino County, California, USA (SW+LW bright lemon yellow);
- Skaggs Springs, Warm Springs Dam, Coast Range, Sonoma Co., California, USA;
- Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- DAWSONITE NaAl(CO3)(OH)2
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Francon Quarry, Montreal, Canada;
- Santo Fioro, Tuscany, Italy;
- delatynite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Delyatyn, Ukraine;
- delawarite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Crump's Quarry, Mineral Hill, Elwyn, Middletown Township, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA ;
- DELHAYELITE (Na,K)10Ca5Al6Si32O80(Cl2,F2,SO4)3 18H2O
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator: S2-
Best Localities:- Kirovskii apatite mine, Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia;
- Koashva Open Pit, Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia;
- Rasvumchorr Mine, Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia;
- desmine
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - deweylite / (mixture of LIZARDITE and STEVENSITE)
LW: Bluish White
MW: Bluish White
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Hunting Hill Quarry, Rockville, Maryland, USA (deweylite + hydromagnesite);
- Cedar Hill Quarry, Fulton Township, State Line Chromite District, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA (deweylite + magnesite);
- Chester Co, Pa, USA (light blue phosphorescence SW (De Ment 1947));
- DEWINDTITE H2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4 12H2O
LW: Brownish Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Wölsendorf, Bavaria, Germany;
- Kasolo mine, Shaba, Congo;
- DIAMOND C
LW: Blue
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: N (Azote)
Best Localities:- Mbuji Mayi, Kasaï-Oriental, DR Congo
- DIASPORE AlO(OH)
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities:- Chester, Massachusets, USA (SW, pâle yellow);
- diatomite (roche sedimentaire silicifere / siliceous sedimentary rock)
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - DICKITE Al2Si2O5(OH)4
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Saint Clair, Pennsylvania, USA;
- diderichite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - DINITE C20H36
LW: Blue
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Serchio Valley, Tuscany, Italy;
- DIOPSIDE CaMgSi2O6
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator: n[TiO6] cluster
Best Localities:- Franklin Quarry, Franklin Marble, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- Farber Quarry, Franklin, New jersey, USA; Sparta, New Jersey, USA;
- Limecrest Quarry, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- Lake Valhalla Quarry, Montville Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USA;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Zinc Corp. of America, mine 4, Balmat, St Lawrence County, New York, USA;
- State Route 28N roadcut, Newcomb Township, Essex Co., New York, USA;
- Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange Co., New York, USA (bright white SW);
- Fort Ann, Washington Co., New York, USA;
- Edwards, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA;
- H.T. Campbell Quarry, Texas, Baltimore Co., Maryland, USA;
- Long Lake Zinc Mine, Parham, Ontario, Canada (Diopside fl. SW cream to blue-white + calcite fl. SW red + humite fl. SW yellow + chondrodite fl. SW yellow);
- Jeffrey Mine (Johns-Manville Mine), Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada (intense fluo SW+LW, associated with yellow-green to violet Vesuvianite);
- Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania (Fluo SW, dull fluo LW);
- Gföhl, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria (blue SW);
- dipyre
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - disthene
LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - DOLOMITE CaMg(CO3)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Horn Silver Mine, Beaver County, Utah, USA;
- Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden (red SW);
- San Bernardo Quarry, Zandobbio, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy (pink);
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia (fluo orange);
- DONNAYITE-(Y) Sr3NaCaY(CO3)6 3H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Kirovskii apatite mine, Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- DOYLEITE Al(OH)3
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Baoshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China (2006, intense SW, weaker LW,associated with gibbsite);
- DRAVITE NaMg3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
LW:
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Crevola, Italy;
- Moshi, Tanzania;
- Yinniethara, Western Australia, Australia (weak yellow-orange luminescence);
- Kohistan District, Pakistan;
- Jajarkot District, Bheri Zone, Nepal ;
- Pajaru, Jajarkot District, Karnali Pradesh, Nepal;
- Morogoro region of Tanzania (cutted stone moderate to strong yellowish white UV fluorescence);
- DRESSERITE BaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4 H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Francon Quarry, Montreal, Canada;
- DUMONTITE Pb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 5H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Shinkolobwe mine, Tantara, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo;
- DUMORTIERITE (Al,Fe3+)7(SiO4)3(BO3)O3
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: TiO6
Best Localities:- Magadanskaya Oblast, Far-Eastern Region (Siberia), Russia;
- Dehesa Dumortierite deposit, Alpine, Laguna Mts, San Diego Co., California, USA;
- Vaca Morta quarry, Serra da Vereda, Boquira, Bahia, Brazil;
- DUNDASITE PbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4 H2O
LW: Greenish Yellow
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Greenish
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- West Comet Mine and Kapi Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia;
- duxite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Usti, Region (Ústecký kraj), Tschechien;
- Dux (Duchcov), Erzgebirge;
- Bílina coal mine, Bílina, Ústí Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic;
- Vršany, Most, North Bohemia, Czech Republic;
- DYPINGITE Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 5H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Dypingdal Serpentine-magnesite deposit, Snarum, Modum, Buskerud, Norway;
- Yoshikawa mine, Yoshikawa, Shinshiro city, Aichi Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan;
- Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- Near Gem Mine in San Benito County, California, USA;
- Dysodile
LW: Tawn
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Melili, Sicily, Italy;
- ECDEMITE Pb6As2+3O7Cl4
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Laurion District, Attica, Greece;
- EDENITE NaCa2Mg5Si7AlO22(OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Dy3+
Best Localities:- Goosebury Dump, Franklin marble, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co.,New jersey, USA;
- Fowler Quarry (Nicoll Quarry; Nicols Quarry; Cellate Quarry), Franklin Marble, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- Limecrest Quarry, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- Lake Baïkal, Siberia, Russia;
- EFREMOVITE (NH4)2Mg2(SO4)3
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - EKANITE ThCa2Si8O20
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Murunski Massif, near Aldon, south of the Lena River, Siberia, Russia;
- EKATERINITE Ca2B4O7(Cl,OH)2 2H2O
LW: Bluish
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - elaterite
LW: Dark Orange /Tawn
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Windy Knoll Quarry, Castleton, Derbyshire, England, UK
- Utah, USA;
- ELBAITE Na(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
LW: Blue
MW: Yellow
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA;
- Stak Nala, Skardu District, Pakistan;
- Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan;
- Grotta Oggi near San Piero, Island of Elba, Italy;
- eleolite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - ellestadite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - ellweilerite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - ELPIDITE Na2ZrSi6O15 3H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW: Yellowish Green
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia
- embolite Ag(Cl,Br)
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Ag+
Best Localities:- Kasmanchi, Uzbeckistan;
- emerald
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities:- Muzo Mine, Mun. de Muzo, Vasquez-Yacopí Mining District, Boyacá Department, Colombia;
- Brumado, Bahia, Brazil (red LW);
- endlichite / (Arsenic rich variety of VANADINITE)
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico;
- ENSTATITE Mg2Si2O6
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: TiO6
Best Localities: - EOSPHORITE Mn+2Al(PO4)(OH)2 H2O
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities: - epi-ianthinite
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - EPIDOTE Ca2(Fe+3,Al)3(SiO4)3(OH)
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities:- Tawmaw, Hpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township, Mohnyin District, Kachin State, Burma (Var. Tawmawite, epidote containing Cr originally reported from Tawmaw, Myitkyina-Mogaung District, Kachin State, Myanmar);
- EPISTILBITE (Ca,Na2)[Al2Si4O12] 4H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Berufjördhur, Iceland;
- EPISTOLITE Na4Nb2Ti+4(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2 4H2O
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Ti3+
Best Localities:- Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
- EPSOMITE MgSO4 7H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Death Valley, CA, USA;
- Vale, Oregon, USA (orange to yellow-white LW, nothing SW);
- Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;
- Erzbergite
LW: Bluish White
MW: Bluish White
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: ST (Singlet-triplet)-Matière organique en impureté
Best Localities:- Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Leoben District, Styria, Austria;
- esctropite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - ESPERITE PbCa3Zn4(SiO4)4
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
- El Dragón mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia (microcrystals);
- ETTRINGITE Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12 26H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA;
- EUCLASE BeAlSiO4(OH)
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Pale Yellow
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Vila Rica (Vila Rica de Albuquerque was renamed to Ouro Preto in 1823), Minas Gerais, Brazil;
- eucolite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Skutesundskjær (Skudesundskjær), Barkevik area, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway ;
- île Rouma, Archipel de Los, Guinée Française (A Lacroix, 1931);
- EUCRYPTITE LiAlSiO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Midnight (Midnite?) Howl Mine, White Picacho district, Maricopa county, Arizona, USA;
- Midnight Owl Mine, Independence Gulch, White Picacho District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA;
- Bikita, Masvingo Distrikt, Zimbabwe;
- Harding Mine, Picuris District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA;
- Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA;
- Parker Mountain Mine, Parker Mountain, Strafford, Strafford Co., New Hampshire, USA;
- Tanco Mine, Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada (medium red SW);
- Londonderry Li deposit, Nepean, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia (pink LW, red SW);
- Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China;
- Yichun Mine (Mine No. 414), Yichun complex (Yashan batholith), Yuanzhou District, Yichun Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China;
- EUDIALYTE Na15Ca6(Fe+2,Mn+2)3Zr3(Si,Nb)(Si25 O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Shkatulka pegmatite, Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia;
- Diamond Jo Quarry and Jones Mill quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USA (pink pseudomorphoses fluo blue SW associated with apophyllite);
- EUDIDYMITE Na2Be2Si6O15 .H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Machinga, Machinga District Malawi (found in 02/2017 seen in Sainte-Marie -aux-Mines in june 2017)
- EVANSITE Al3(PO4)(OH)6 6H2O (?)
LW: Greenish white
MW: Greenish white
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Richelle, Visé, Liège Province, Belgium (yellowish-white SW+LW labeled as evansite but in fact most samples are mainly calcite without the presence of evansite);
- Argenteau, Visé, Liège Province, Belgium (yellowish-white SW+LW labeled as evansite but in fact most samples are mainly calcite without the presence of evansite);
- Železník (Vashegy), Sirk, Revúca Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (ex Gomor, Hungary LT);
- Porto, Porto District, Portugal (green SW);
- EVENKITE C23H48
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Bucnik quarry near Komna, eastern Moravia, former Czechoslovakia;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Khavokiperskiye Rocks polymetallic occurrence, Nizhnyaya Tunguska River Basin (Lower Tunguska River), Evenkia (Evenkiyskiy Autonomous okrug), Krasnoyarsk Territory, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia;
- Slávik adit, Dubník, ÄŒervenica, Prešov Co., Prešov Region, Slovakia;
- EWALDITE Ba(Ca,Na,Y,Ce,K)(CO3)2 2.6H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Kirovskii apatite mine, Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (SW Bright Yellow);
- Exotzamite
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Emmelberg, Eifel Mts., Germany;
- EYLETTERSITE (Th,Pb)1-xAl3(PO4,SiO4)2(OH)6 (?)
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Zaïre;
- EZCURRITE Na4B10O17 7H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Tincalayu borate deposit, Salta Province, Argentina;
- FABIANITE CaB3O5(OH)
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Drill core at Rehden near Dienholz, Germany ;
- FAIZIEVITE K2Na(Ca6Na)Ti4Li6Si24O66F2
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Dar-i-Pioz glacier, Tadjikistan;
- FAUJASITE-Ca (Ca0,5,Na,Mg0,5,K)3-4 [Al3-4 Si9-8O24] 16H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Sasach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany;
- FEDORITE (Na,K)2-3(Ca,Na)7(Si,Al)16O38F2 3,5H2O
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Murun, Aldan plateau, Yakutia, Russia;
- feldspar /Group of minerals: ALBITE, MICROCLINE, SANIDINE
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Mount Malosa¸ Zombat District¸ Malawi;
- FELSOBANYAITE Al4(SO4)(OH)10 4H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Chickerell brick pit, Chickerell, Dorset, England, UK;
- Weymouth, Dorset, England, UK;
- FERMIITE Na4(UO2)(SO4)3 .3H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Blue Lizard mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon district, San Juan County, Utah, USA ;
- FERRIERITE-K (K,Na,Mg0,5,Ca0,5)6 [Al6Si30O72] 18H2O
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Agoura Hills, Los Angeles Co, California, USA (bright blue SW + strong blue long lasting phospho);
- Kamloops Lake, British Columbia, Canada (bright blue SW+LW or yellowish white LW+SW);
- FERROKENTBROOKSITE Na15Ca6(Fe,Mn)3Zr3NbSi25O73(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,F,OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Barkevik, Langesundsfjord, Vestfold, Norway;
- FERSMANITE Ca4(Na,Ca)4(Ti+4,Nb)4(Si2O7)2O8F3
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator: Ti3+
Best Localities: - FERSMITE (Ca,Ce,Na)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2(O,OH,F)6
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, California, USA;
- FEYNMANITE Na(UO2)(SO4)(OH)·3.5H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Markey Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA;
- Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA;
- FICHTELITE C19H34
LW: Greenish Blue
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Near Redwitz, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany;
- FLAGSTAFFITE C10H20O2 H2O
LW: Blue
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- San Francisco Mountains, near Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona, USA;
- FLORENCITE-(Ce) (Ce,La)Al3(PO4)2(OH)6
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - flos ferri
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - FLUELLITE Al2(PO4)F2(OH) 7H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Richelle, Visé, Liège Province, Belgium (yellowish-green SW+LW);
- Argenteau, Visé, Liège Province, Belgium (yellowish-green SW+LW);
- Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarre, Spain (1998, weak LW+SW);
- FLUOBORITE Mg3(BO3)(F,OH)3
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Edison-Bodnar Quarries (Bodner Quarry), Franklin Marble, Rudeville, Hardyston Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- Franklin Quarry (Moses Bigelow Quarry; Farber Quarry), Franklin Marble, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (900 level);
- Crystal Lake fluoborite occurrence, Galway Township, Peterborough Co., Ontario, Canada (fluoborite fluo bright white SW associated with norbergite fluo dull orange);
- Palabora Mine, Palabora, South Africa;
- New method Mine, Bristol Mountains of San Bernerdino County, California, USA;
- Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA;
- Ludlow, San Bernardino Co., California, USA (weak yellowish-white SW);
- Nordmark Odal Field, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden;
- Crystal Lake fluoborite occurrence, Galway Township, Peterborough Co., Ontario, Canada (bright white SW);
- FLUOR-UVITE Ca(Mg3)MgAl5(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F
LW: Pale Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Bush Farm, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA;
- Reese farm, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA;
- Furnace Quarry, Franklin Marble, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- Franklin Quarry, Franklin Marble, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- Nangarhar, Afghanistan;
- FLUORAPATITE Ca5(PO4)3F
LW: Pale Yellow
MW: Violet
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;
- Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Pakistan (bright yellow SW);
- Bulochi, Astor valley, Astor District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (orange SW + yellow SW);
- Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (bright yellow SW);
- Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (bright yellow SW);
- Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (bright yellow SW);
- Niaslo, Basha Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (orange LW+SW)
- Paprook, Kunar Province, Afghanistan;
- Dara-i-Pech pegmatite field, Chapa Dara District, Konar Province, Afghanistan (bright yellow SW);
- Mawi pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum pegmatite field, Du Ab District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan (weak zoned yellow SW);
- Laghman Province, Afghanistan (strong yellow SW);
- Panasqueira Mine - Couto Mineiro da Panasqueira, Panasqueira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal;
- Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico;
- Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada (purple MW);
- Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil (zoned fluorescence SW+LW);
- Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Cerro de los Remedios, Mun. de Durango, Durango, Mexico (weak blue SW);
- Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco (weak pink, SW)
- Calumet Orebody, Iron County, Utah, USA (pink SW);
- FLUORAPOPHYLLITE KCa4Si8O20(F,OH) 8H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Blue
SW: Greenish
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Palmer shaft, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA;
- Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA;
- Budore Quarry, Co. Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK;
- Talisker Bay, Talisker, Carbost, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Highlands Scotland / United Kingdom (Jordi Fabre);
- FLUORELLESTADITE Ca5(SiO4,PO4,SO4)3(F,OH,Cl)
LW: White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA ;
- fluorine
LW: Blue
MW: Blue
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - FLUORITE CaF2
LW: Blue
MW: Blue
SW: Blue
Main Activator: Eu2+
Best Localities:- Rogerley Mine, Weardale, County Durham, England;
- Alston Moore, England;
- Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia;
- Seilles, Andenne, Prov. de Namur, Belgium (LW fluo red);
- Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Pakistan;
- Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (green SW+LW+Phospho);
- Yuno, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (green SW with fluorapatite in quartz and microcline);
- Mapimi, Durango, Mexico (SW dull red, LW red);
- Hammam-Zriba Mine, Zriba-Village, Zaghouan Governorate, Tunisia (buish-white LW);
- Rosiclare, Illinois, USA;
- Clay Center, Ohio, USA (yellow-white LW + phosphorescence);
- Yuma County, Arizona, USA;
- Fourmile Creek Area, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA (LW blue + SW & MW green)
- Berta Mine, El Papiol, Barcelona, Spain;
- Villabona Mine, Llanera, Asturias, Spain;
- Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China (blue + red fluo LW);
- Sanming, Fujian, China (blue LW with temporary red fluorescence disappearing after a few seconds);
- Taourirt, Taourirt Province, Oriental Region, Morocco (temporary LW red fluorescence disappearing after a few seconds and comming back after a few minutes without UV);
- Aouli, Upper Moulouya mining district, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco (yellow cubes SW white, LW blue)
- Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan (fluo red LW).
- FLUORO-EDENITE NaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22F2
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Rhein property, Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange Co., New York, USA ;
- Edison-Bodnar Quarries, Franklin Marble Belt, Rudeville, Hardyston Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (;
- FOGGITE CaAl(PO4)(OH)2 H2O
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Milgun Station, Western Australia, Australia (cream, LW better than SW);
- FONTANITE Ca(UO2)3(CO3)2O2 6H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Rabejac uranium deposit, Lodève, France;
- FORMICAITE Ca(HCO2)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Buryatia, Russian Federation;
- FORSTERITE Mg2SiO4
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA (?);
- Crestmore Quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA;
- ZCA No. 4 Mine (St Joe Mine), Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA (?);
- Limekiln Canyon, Pacoima, CA, USA (?) (blue, SW+LW);
- Cascade Canyon, San Gabriel Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA;
- FOSHAGITE Ca4Si3O9(OH)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Crestmore Quarry, Cretmore, Riverside Co, California, USA (yellowish-white, bluish-white SW);
- fossils
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: ST (Singlet-triplet)-Matière organique en impureté
Best Localities: - FOWLERITE (Mn2+,Zn,Ca)SiO3
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin mining district, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- FRAIPONTITE (Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Greenish
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - francolite
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities: - FRANCONITE Na2Nb4O11 9H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- FREITALITE C14H10
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Königin Carola shaft (Paul Berndt Mine), Döhlen, Freital, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany;
- FRESNOITE Ba2TiSi2O8
LW: Not fluorescent
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Ti4+
Best Localities:- Victor claim, Clear Creek area, Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA (yellow green SW);
- Big Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA (yellow green SW);
- Junnila Mine, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA;
- Esquire #1 Claim, Rush Creek, Fresno County, California, USA;
- fundylite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- fundylite - from "Bay of Fundy", Canada ;
- FURONGITE Al2(UO2)(PO4)2(OH)2 8H2O
LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Furong Lin, Ling Wu, Western Hunan Province, China;
- GAGEITE (Mn+2,Mg,Zn)42Si16O54(OH)40
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - GAIDONNAYITE Na2ZrSi3O9 2H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Bronnebukta on Siktesoya, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
- Vardasen Quarry, Larvik, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
- Ostkogen Quarry, Tvedalen, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
- Shomiokitovoe pegmatite, Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (SW strong green);
- Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- GANOMALITE Pb9Ca5Mn+2Si9O33
LW:
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
- GASPEITE (Ni,Mg,Fe+2) CO3
LW: Bluish White
MW: Bluish White
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - gastunite
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - GAULTITE Na4[Zn2Si7O18] 5H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- GAYLUSSITE Na2Ca(CO3)2 5H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Pink
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA (fluo weak orange or pink);
- Lake Ambosseli, Kenya (fluo weak yellow-white SW);
- Washington State, USA (pink LW and MW);
- GEARKSUTITE CaAl(OH)F4 H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Nevada Molybdenum Mine near Tonopah, Nevada, USA (Pale yellow fluo SW and LW);
- Colorado Fluorspar Company Mine, Wagon Wheel Gap, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA (Yellow or white SW);
- St Peters Dome, Cheyenne District, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA (red LW);
- gedanite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Gdansk (Danzig), Pomorskie, Poland;
- gedano-succinite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities: - GENTHELVITE Zn4Be3(SiO4)3S
LW: Green
MW: Pink
SW: Green
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Bratthagen, Lågendalen (lagendalen), Hedrum, Larvik, Vestfold, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
- Wisconsin, USA (Blue-white SW);
- Nakalak Mt (Nakalaq; Nakkaalaaq), Taseq area, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland;
- Motzfeldt Centre, Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland;
- Passaic pit, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- GERSTMANNITE (Mg,Mn+2)2ZnSiO4(OH)2
LW: Greenish
MW: Not fluorescent
SW: Not fluorescent
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- GESCHIEBERITE K2(UO2)(SO4)2·2H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Svornost Mine (Einigkeit Mine), Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic;
- geyserite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - GIBBSITE gamma Al(OH)3
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Baoshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China (SW green);
- Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA;
- Chester, PA, USA;
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- giobertite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - GIORGIOSITE Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 5-6H2O (?)
LW: Violet
MW:
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - GISMONDINE Ca[Al2Si2O8] 4,5H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - GITTINSITE CaZrSi2O7
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Kipawa Alkaline Complex, Sheffield Lake, Villedieu Township Témiscamingue Co., Québec, Canada;
- GJERDINGENITE-Na [np+] (K,Na)2 Na (Nb,Ti)4 (Si4 O12)2 (OH,O)4 5H2 O
LW: Not fluorescent
MW: Dark Orange /Tawn
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- glaserite
LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA;
- GLAUBERITE Na2Ca(SO4)2
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Boron, California, USA;
- El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile ;
- Camp Verde, Camp Verde District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA (pseudomorph in gypsum);
- glendonite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Camp Verde, Yavapai County Arizona;
- Grays Harbor Co., Washington, USA;
- Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- Grays Harbor Co., Washington, USA;
- GMELINITE-Ca (Ca0,5,Sr0,5,Na,K)4[Al8 Si16O48] 22H2O
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Iceland;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- GOBBINSITE Na5 [Al5 Si11 O32] 12H2 O
LW: Not fluorescent
MW: Not fluorescent
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- GONNARDITE (Na,Ca)6-8[(Al,Si)20O40] 12H2O
LW: Pinkish White
MW: Pinkish White
SW: Pinkish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- GORGEYITE K2Ca5(SO4)6 H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Inder Lake borate deposit, Kazakhstan;
- goshenite
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China (var. goshenite bluish-white SW);
- GOTZENITE Na4Ca10Ti2(Si2O7)4F8
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Barkevik, Langesundfjord, Norway;
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- GOWERITE CaB6O8(OH)4 3H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Mott prospect, Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek District, Inyo Co., California, USA;
- GREENOCKITE CdS
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia;
- Ecton mine, Aubudon, Pennsylvania, USA (LW,jaune/yellow);
- Ueberroth dump, Friedensville, PA, USA (orange/yellow SW+LW)
- garnet
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities: - GRICEITE LiF
LW: Pale Yellow
MW: Pale Yellow
SW: Pale Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- GRIMSELITE Na(UO2)(CO3)3 · H2O
LW: Bluish Green
MW:
SW: Bluish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Rovnost Mine, Jáchymov, Jáchymov District, Krušné Hory Mts, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic;
- GROSSULAR Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
LW: Red
MW: Red
SW: Red
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities:- Lake Jaco, Chihuahua Mexico;
- Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada (pink under LW);
- Lelatema Mountains, near Arusha, Tanzania (colorless crystal luminescent in strong apricot color under SW);
- variety hessonite from Beaver Mine, Thetford Mine, Quebec, Canada (bright orange under SW);
- King mine, Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada (orange SW);
- Sierra de Cruces, Mun. de Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico;
- GRUMANTITE NaHSi2O5 H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
- GUERINITE Ca5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2 9H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- GUILLEMINITE Ba(UO2)3(SeO3)2O2 3H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - gummite /(terme gén. pour désigner les oxydes secondaires d'U) /
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - GURZHIITE Al(UO2)(SO4)2F⋅10H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Bykogorskoe U deposit, Northern Caucasus, Russia;
- gymnite
LW: Pink
MW:
SW: Not fluorescent
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Bare Hills Serpentine Quarry East, Bare Hills, Baltimore Co., Maryland, USA (cited by de Ment as gymnite, fluo bright flesh color LW, nothing SW)
- GYPSUM CaSO4 2H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: ST (Singlet-triplet)-Matière organique en impureté
Best Localities:- Hourglass figure: Willow creek, Nanton, Alberta, Canada;
- Alabaster Quarries, Patillas Hill, Fuentes de Ebro, Delimitación Comarcal de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragon Spain (2004);
- Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ;
- Guerrero Negro, Mun. de Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico (zoned blue+orange-pink LW);
- Camp Verde, Camp Verde District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA (pseudomorph after glauberite);
- Salinas de Otuma, Otuma village, Paracas, Pisco, Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru;
- Dämmelwald clay pit, Wiesloch, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- GYROLITE NaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)5 15H2O
LW: White
MW: White
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA;
- Radzein, near Teplitz, Bohemia, Czech Republic;
- Pune District, Maharashtra, India (SW+LW);
- hackmanite
LW: Orange
MW: Orange
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator: S2-
Best Localities:- The Ilímaussaq Complex, Greenland;
- Svintsovyi Ruchei (Lead Creek), Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- Tawa valley, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (type locality);
- Davis Quarry, Dungannon Township, Bancroft District, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada;
- Poudrette quarry (or Demix or Uni-Mix or Desourdy quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Princess Sodalite quarry and Cancrinite Hill, Bancroft, Canada;
- Ladjuar Medam, Sar e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan;
- Kiran, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
- Pein-Pyit, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (fluo+strong tenebrescence);
- Saga I Quarry Morje Porsgrunn, Sagasen Quarry and Ostskogen Quarry in Tvedalen, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
- Cancrinite Hill, Dungannon Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada (dark blue sodalite dull red fluorescing with yellow cancrinite);
- Tashmarine (diopside) mine, Tien Shan Mountains, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China;
- HAIWEEITE Ca[(UO2)2Si5O12(OH)2] 3H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Haiwee Reservoir, Coso Mountains, California, USA;
- Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brésil;
- HALITE NaCl
LW: Orange Red
MW: Red
SW: Red
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Zuni Dry Lake, New Mexico, USA (fluo white);
- Great Salt Lake, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA (white fluo);
- Camp Verde Salt Deposit, Arizona (fluo yellow);
- Salton Sea, California, USA (fluo orange-red);
- Solno mine, Inowrocław, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland (fluo orange-red SW and yellow-orange SW);
- Salar de Antofalla, Antofalla, Antofagasta de la Sierra department, Catamarca, Argentina (orange-red SW);
- Wieliczka Mine, Wieliczka, Małopolskie, Poland (pink orange SW or white SW);
- Salton Sea, Imperial Co., California, USA (orange-red SW);
- Lubin, Lubin District, Legnica, Lower Silesia, Poland (pink-orange SW);
- PCS mine, Rocanville, Saskatchewan, Canada (blue-white LW);
- Dead Sea, Jordan (dull pink SW);
- Sigmundshall mine, Bokeloh, Wunstorf, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany (orange red SW);
- HALLOYSITE Al2Si2O5(OH)4 2H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Vardasen Quarry near Larvik, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Beez, Belgium;
- HALOTRICHITE Fe+2 Al2 (SO4)4 22H2 O
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Antler Mine, Hualupai Mountains, Mohave County, ARIZONA, USA;
- HAMBERGITE Be2BO3(OH,F)
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Anjanabonoina pegmatites, Ambohimanambola Commune, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar;
- Salbutangen, Helgeroa, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway;
- HANKSITE KNa22(SO4)9(CO3)2Cl
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA;
- HARDYSTONITE Ca2ZnSi2O7
LW: Violet blue
MW: Violet blue
SW: Violet blue
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Franklin mine, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
- Desert View Mine, Fawnskin (Grout), Bear Valley District, San Bernardino Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA;
- HARKERITE Ca24Mg8Al2(SiO4)8(BO3)6(CO3)10 2H2O
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA;
- Cascade Slide, Cascade Mountain, Keene, Essex Co., New York, USA;
- HARMOTOME (Ba0,5,Ca0,5,K,Na)5[Al5Si11O32] 12H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Harz, Germany;
- HARSTIGITE Ca6(Mn+2,Mg)Be4(SiO4)2(Si2O7)2(OH)2
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Langban, Sweden;
- HARTITE C20H34
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Bílina coal mine, Bílina (Bilin), Ústí Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic;
- hatchettite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Charbonnage de Winterslag, Genk, Belgium;
- HAUSMANNITE Mn+2Mn2+3O4
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities: - HAUYNE (Na,Ca)4-8Al6Si6(O,S)24(SO4,Cl)1-2
LW: Orange Red
MW: Pink
SW: Red
Main Activator: S2-
Best Localities:- In den Dellen quarries, Niedermendig, Mendig, Laach lake (Laacher See) volcanic complex, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany;
- Punta Camello, Arucas, Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain;
- Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy;
- Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan;
- Sacrofano, Sacrofano Caldera, Rome Province, Latium, Italy (light pink LW);
- Fosso Attici, Magliano Romano, Latium, Italy;
- HAWLEITE alpha CdS
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Glory Hole mine, Central City, Colorado, USA;
- HAYNESITE (UO2)3(Se+4O3)2(OH)2 5H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Repete mine, San Juan county, Utah, USA;
- HECTORITE Na0,3(Mg,Li)3Si4O10(F,OH)2
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Hector mine near Hector, San Bernardino County, Mojave Desert, California, USA;
- HEDYPHANE Pb3Ca2(AsO4)3Cl
LW: Orange
MW: Red
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (red to orange, MW best);
- Langban (Långban), Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden (pink LW, pale orange MW, bright orange SW);
- Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden (very pale yellow-brown SW mimetite?);
- VranÄice, PÅ™íbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic (pale orange MW);
- HEINRICHITE Ba(UO2)2(AsO4)2 10-12 H2O
LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Schmiedestollen dump, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany;
- Krunkelbach Valley Uranium deposit, Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany;
- White King Mine, Lakeview, Lake Co., Oregon, USA;
- Fuemrol No. 2 mine (Fuemrole mine), Temple Mountain, San Rafael District (San Rafael Swell), Emery Co., Utah, USA;
- ina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida province, Spain;
- HELVITE Mn4+2Be3(SiO4)3S
LW: Red
MW: Red
SW: Red
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Sandoya, Porsgrund, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada (red SW);
- Saga 1 Quarry, Sagåsen, Mørje, Porsgrunn, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Telemark, Norway (SW & LW Red);
- Navegadora claim, Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil (weak fluo SW+LW);
- HEMIMORPHITE Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Hill Top Mine, Cochise county, Arizona, USA;
- Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (white or green SW);
- Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango Mexico (weak LW+SW);
- HERDERITE CaBe(PO4)F
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Eu2+
Best Localities:- Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Pakistan;
- Sassi, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu, Baltistan Pakistan (2007);
- herkimer diamond
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: ST (Singlet-triplet)-Matière organique en impureté
Best Localities: - hessonite
LW: Salmon pink
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada ;
- HEULANDITE-Ca (Ca0,5,Na,K)9[Al9Si27O72] 24H2O
LW: Greenish Blue
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA (yellow-white LW);
- Green Mountain, Golden, Golden District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA (blue-white LW);
- Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India (very weak, SW+LW);
- HEULANDITE-Na (Na,Ca0,5,K)9[Al9Si27O72] 24H2O
LW: Greenish Yellow
MW: Not fluorescent
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Traun river dam, Pucking, Traun, Linz-Land, Upper Austria, Austria (yellow-green fluorescence);
- hexagonite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Edwards, NY, USA;
- HEXAHYDRITE Mg SO4 6H2 O
LW: White
MW: White
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- HIBSCHITE Ca3Al2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x (x=0,2-1,5)
LW: Bluish White
MW: Bluish White
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Mosjoen, Nordland, Norway;
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- hiddenite
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities: - HILAIRITE Na2ZrSi3O9 3H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Bratthagen farm in Lagendalen ( yellowish white SW and LW), Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
- Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (SW pale green);
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- HILLEBRANDITE Ca2SiO3(OH)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - HILLITE Ca2(Zn,Mg)(PO4)2 2H2 O
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Reaphook Hill, South Australia, Australia ;
- HINSDALITE PbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - HIORTDAHLITE Na2Ca4(Ca0.5Zr0.5)Zr(Si2O7)2OF3
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Langesundfjord, Norway;
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- HODGKINSONITE Mn+2Zn2(SiO4)(OH)2
LW: Red
MW: Red
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (dull red LW but not all specimens);
- HOELITE C14H8O2
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Eliška dump (Jan Šverma Mine), ŽacléÅ™, Trutnov, Hradec Králové Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic;
- Kladno Mine (Schöller Mine), Libušín, Kladno, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic;
- HOKKAIDOITE C22H12
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - Shikaribetsu Lake, Shikaoi (Shikaoi-Chō), Kato District, Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan Known synthetic analogue. (Shikaribetsu lake fluorescent opal occurrence)
- Aibetsu mercury mine, Asahiyama quarter, Aibetsu-chō, Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
- hokutolite (Ba,Pb)SO4
LW: Greenish
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Beitou, Taipei Co., Taiwan Province, Taiwan;
- HOLDENITE (Mn+2,Mg)6Zn3(AsO4)2(SiO4)(OH)8
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- HOLTITE Al6(Al,Ta)(Si,Sb)3BO15(O,OH)2
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Greenfields district, Western Australia, Australia;
- Vasin-Myl k massif, Voron i Tundry (Voronya Tundra), Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia (fluo pale blue SW);
- HOPEITE Zn3(PO4)2 4H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - HOWLITE Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator: Eu2+
Best Localities:- Lang Mine, Tick Canyon Borate deposit, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles Co., California, USA (orange LW, nothing SW or blu LW, weaker SW);
- HUANZALAITE MgWO4
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator: WO42-
Best Localities:- Huanzala mine, Huallanca district, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru;
- HUBNERITE Mn+2WO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - HUMITE (Mg,Fe+2)7(SiO4)3(F,OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Long Lake Zinc Mine, near Parham, Ontario, Canada; Franklin, New jersey, USA;
- HUNTITE CaMg3(CO3)4
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Cimarron Mts, Cimarron District (Salt Well District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mts, Tohono O odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA;
- Currant District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA (yellow-pink LW);
- Kokšín, Švihov, Klatovy, Plzeň Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic (SW Blue mixed with aragonite);
- HUTTONITE ThSiO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Pinkish White
Main Activator: Pas de données
Best Localities:- Harihari, Saltwater Creek, Okirito, Five Mile Beach, Bruce Bay, north and south of the mouth of the Waikukupa River, and Gillespie Beach, South Westland, New Zealand (dull white with a pink tinge SW);
- hyalite
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Valec (Waltsch), Doupov, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic ;
- Tarcal, Eperjes-Tokaj Mts., Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary (coming on the market in Munchen in 2014, fluo strong green SW, moderate green LW);
- Kopasz Hill, Tállya, Zemplén Mountians, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary
- Monok, Zemplén Mts, Hungary ;
- Bárdos Hill, Gyöngyössolymos, Heves County, Mátra, Hungary ;
- Chalk Mountain Mine, Spruce Pine, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA ;
- Erongo Mountains, Namibia ;
- Lesbos Island, Lésvos Prefecture, Aegean Islands Department, Greece (very similar to samples of Czech Republic);
- Squaretop Mountain, Kaimkillenbun, Wambo Shire, Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia (similar to samples of Czech Republic but moderate lime-green fluo SW);
- Zacatecas, Mexico (coming on the market in 2014 in Tucson, very strong green fluo even in daylight!);
- HYALOPHANE (K,Ba)Al(Si,Al)3O8
LW:
MW:
SW: Violet red
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden (Blue SW);
- Old Mill Site, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (fluo red SW);
- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (blue fluo SW due to inclusions of margarosanite? and also Pale red SW);
- Langban, Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden;
- Zagradski Potok Mine, Zagradski Creek, BusovaÄa, Central Bosnia Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina (weak red SW);
- HYALOTEKITE (Ba,Pb,Ca,K)6(B,Si,Al)2(Si,Be)10O28(F,Cl)
LW:
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator: Dy3+
Best Localities:- Darai-Pioz Glacier, Alai Range, Tien Shan Mtn, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan (SW + LW);
- Långban, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden;
- hydro-herderite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - HYDROBORACITE CaMgB6O8(OH)6 3H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Thomson Mine, Death Valley, San Bernardino Co., California, USA (blue-white to cream, LW+SW);
- Bigadiç Mine, Bigadiç, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey (pink Fluo SW and LW);
- hydrocarbon
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: ST (Singlet-triplet)-Matière organique en impureté
Best Localities:- Hydrocarbone in milky quartz from Ilwaco, Washington, USA (Robbins);
- Hydrocarbone in milky quartz, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA (Robbins);
- HYDROCERUSITE Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Upper Roughton Gill, Cumberland, England;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- MINE HENRY GORMAN, BUCKINGHAM, QUEBEC, CANADA.
- hydrodolomite
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy (white-blue LW);
- hydrogen autunite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - HYDROGLAUBERITE Na10Ca3(SO4)8 6H2O
LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Bertram Siding, Imperial Co., California, USA;
- hydrogrossular
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Halsøy Marble Quarry, Mosjøen, Vefsn, Nordland, Norway (orange SW, no fluo LW);
- hydroherderite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - HYDROMAGNESITE Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 4H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Staten Island, New york, USA (fluo green);
- Gustine, CA, USA (light blue LW,greenish SW+phospho white-blue);
- Alameda County, California, USA;
- St Vincenti, Italy (Fluo white SW and LW);
- Hunting Hill Quarry, Rockville, Maryland, USA (deweylite + hydromagnesite);
- hydromagnocalcite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - hydrophane
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - HYDROTALCITE Mg6Al2(CO3)(OH)16 4H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Snarum, Norway;
- Franklin, New jersey, USA;
- HYDROXYAPOPHYLLITE KCa4Si8O20(OH,F) 8H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin, New jersey, USA;
- Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China (green LW);
- HYDROXYKENOMICROLITE (Na,Sb3+)2Ta2O6(OH)
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Vasin-Myl k Mt, Voroni Tundry, Murmanskaya Oblast, Northern Region, Russia
- HYDROXYLAPATITE Ca5(PO4)3(OH)
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais Brazil (2005, Zoned fluorescence LW +SW);
- HYDROXYLBORITE Mg3(BO3)(OH)3
LW:
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Titovskoe deposit, Chersky Ridge, Dogdo River basin, Sakha Republic (former Yakutsk), Russia;
- HYDROXYLHERDERITE CaBe(PO4)(OH)
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Violet-pink SW: Golconda district, Minas Gerais, Brazil (possible activator: RRE);
- Bennett quarry, Buckfield, Oxford county, Maine, USA (pale yellow SW);
- HYDROZINCITE Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Pb2+
Best Localities:- Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico;
- Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA;
- Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia;
- Callahan Mine, Brooksville, Hancock Co., Maine, USA;
- Senora Mine, Haack Mine group, Castle Dome Mine group, Kofa Game Range, Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA;
- Yellow Pine Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA;
- Middletown lead mines, Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA;
- Purple Passion Mine, Amazon Wash area, Constellation Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA;
- Darreh Zanjir Mine, Taft County, Yazd Province, Iran;
- Mehdi Abad Mine, Bafq County, Yazd Province, Iran
- Texas Arizona Mine, Dragoon, Gunnison Hills, Cochise Mining District, Little Dragoon Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA;
- IANTHINITE (U+4)2(UO2)4O6(OH)4 9H2 O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - iddingsite / (melange de silicates / a mixture of silicate)
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Conejos, CO, USA (dim yellow LW);
- idocrase
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - IDRIALITE C22H14
LW: Bluish White
MW: Greenish white
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Skaggs Springs Mine, Skaggs Springs, Warm Springs Dam, Coast Range, Sonoma Co., California, USA;
- Hg deposit, Idria, Kraina, Slovenia, former Yugoslavia;
- Culver-Baer Mine, North Fork Little Sulphur Creek, Cloverdale, West Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts, Sonoma Co., California, USA;
- Great Western Mine, Great Western-Mirabel group, Middletown, East Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts, Lake Co., California, USA;
- Merník, Vranov nad Topľou Co., Prešov Region, Slovakia;
- idrizite (Mg,Fe)(Al,Fe)2(SO4)3(OH)2 15H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Idria Mine (Idrija Mine), Idrija (Idria), Slovenia (green SW);
- INDERBORITE CaMg[B3O3(OH)5]2 6H2O
LW: Pale Yellow
MW:
SW: Pale Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Inder Lake, Inder B deposit and salt dome, Atyrau (Gur yev), Atyrau Province (tyrau Oblast), Kazakhstan;
- INDIGIRITE Mg2Al2(CO3)4(OH)2 15H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Sarylakh deposit, Indigirski River basin, Yakutia, former Soviet Union;
- INESITE Ca2Mn7+2Si10O28(OH)2 5H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa ;
- INYOITE Ca2B6O6(OH)10 8H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: ST (Singlet-triplet)-Matière organique en impureté
Best Localities:- Bigadiç Mine, Bigadiç, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey;
- Death Valley, CA, USA (cited by De Ment, 1949);
- Inder B deposit and salt dome (Inder Lake), Atyrau, Atyrau Province (Atyrau Oblast'), Kazakhstan;
- IRANITE Pb10Cu(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(F,OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - ISOKITE CaMg(PO4)F
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Nkumbwa Hill Carbonatite (Nkombwa Hill Carbonatite), Isoka, Isoka District, Muchinga Mts., Northern Province, Zambia (blue LW);
- ivory
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities: - JACHYMOVITE (UO2)8(SO4)(OH)14 13H2O
LW: Yellow
MW: Yellow
SW: Yellow
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Jachymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic ;
- JADARITE LiNaSiB3O7(OH)
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Jadar Valley, Loznica, MaÄva District, Central Serbia, Serbia;
- JADEITE Na(Al,Fe+3)Si2O6
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities: - JAGOWERITE BaAl2(PO4)2(OH)2
LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Hess River, Mayo Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada (greenish-white, LW);
- jarrowite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- jarrowite - from Jarrow, United Kingdom (Browell, 1860);
- Jasper
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - JENNITE Ca9Si6O18(OH)6 8H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, california, USA;
- JEREMEJEVITE Al6(BO3)5(F,OH)3
LW: White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - JEZEKITE Na8[(UO2)(CO3)3](SO4)2·3H2O
LW: Bluish Green
MW:
SW: Bluish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Geschieber vein, Svornost Mine, Jáchymov, Jáchymov District, Krušné Hory Mts, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
- JOHACHIDOLITE CaAlB3O7
LW:
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Johachido district, Kankyo Prefecture, Korea ((Johachidolite was named for the Japanese colonial-era name for the type locality see MINDAT);
- Sangpal-tong, Changbaeng-myon, Kilchu-gun, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea (actual name of the type locality, bright blue SW+LW);
- Pein-Pyit, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (fluo SW+LW, sometime associated with hackmanite, world class xls came out from a small pocket found in 2006-2007 and came on the market in 2009 at Sainte-Marie);
- JOHANNITE Cu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2 8H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Svornost Mine, Jáchymov, Jáchymov District, Krušné Hory Mts, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic;
- JOHANNSENITE CaMn+2Si2O6
LW: Dark Orange /Tawn
MW: Not fluorescent
SW: Not fluorescent
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- JOHNBAUMITE Ca5(AsO4)3(OH,F)
LW:
MW:
SW: Dark Orange /Tawn
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Parker Shaft, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (yellow SW);
- Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (orange SW);
- Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (weak orange SW);
- Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden (pink-violet SW);
- Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden (?) (Johnbaumite is not supposed to have been found in Langban);
- JOLIOTITE (UO2)(CO3) nH2O (n=2)
LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Krunkelbach Valley Uranium deposit, Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany;
- JONESITE Ba2(K,Na)[Ti2(Si5Al)O18 nH2O
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- California State Gem Mine (Benitoite Gem Mine), Dallas Gem Mine area, San Benito River headwaters area, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA (very dull orange SW & LW);
- JUNITOITE CaZn2Si2O7 H2O
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
- jurupaite (magnesian xonotlite)
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - KALINITE KAl(SO4)2 11-12H2O (?)
LW: White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Las Vegas, NV, USA;
- KAMOTOITE-(Y) Y2U4+6(CO3)3O12 14,5H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Kamoto East mine, Shaba province, Congo;
- KAOLINITE Al2Si2O5(OH)4
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Confolens, Charente, France (?)(cited as var. confolensite wich is a variety of Halloysite polymorphe de kaolinite, yellowish-white SW);
- Banat, Hungary (white-brown LW);
- KAPITSAITE-(Y) (Ba,K)4(Y,Ca)2Si8(B,Si)4O28F
LW:
MW:
SW: Pink
Main Activator: Dy3+
Best Localities:- The moraine of the Dara-i-Pioz glacier, Garm region, Tajikistan ;
- KARIBIBITE Fe2+3As4+3(O,OH)9
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Karibib pegmatite, Namibia;
- karpatite
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Picacho Mine, Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA;
- 4th of July Mine, Flint group, Hernandez, Clear Creek area, Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA;
- Alpine Mine, Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA;
- Tamvatnei Hg deposit, Tamvatnei massif, Koryakskoe plateau, Chukotskii Autonomous Okrug, Far-Eastern Region, Russia;
- Olenevo, Svalyavskyi Raion, Zakarpats ka Oblast, Ukraine
- KATAYAMALITE KCa7Li3Ti2(Si6O18)2(OH,F)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Iwagi Island, Inland Sea, Ehime Prefecture, Japan;
- Hodzha-Achkan massif, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan;
- KATOITE Ca3 Al2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x (x=1.5-3)
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - KELDYSHITE Na2-xHxZrSi2O7 nH2O
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: n[TiO6] cluster
Best Localities:- Bratthagen, Lagendalen, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
- Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
- Mt Rasvumchorr, Khibiny massif, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia (light blue);
- Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia;
- KENHSUITE gamma Hg3S2Cl2
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Mac Dermitt Mercury Mine, North Central Nevada, USA (associated with cinabre and corderoite);
- KENYAITE Na2Si22O41(OH)8 6H2O
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Point of Rocks, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA;
- KERNITE Na2B4O6(OH)2 3H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Boron, California, USA;
- kerolite / (mél./mix. de/of LIZARDITE & STEVENSITE)
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Bluemont, MD, USA;
- KHIBINSKITE K2ZrSi2O7
LW:
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator: n[TiO6] cluster
Best Localities:- Hackman Valley, Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- KIMURAITE-(Y) CaY2(CO3)4 6H2O
LW: Violet
MW:
SW: Violet red
Main Activator: Eu3+
Best Localities:- Kirigo, Hizen-cho, Higashi-Matsuura-gun, Saga, Kyushu Island, Japan ;
- KINGITE Al3(PO4)2(F,OH)2 8(H2O,OH)
LW: White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Tom's Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia;
- KLADNOITE C6H4(CO)2NH
LW: Bluish White
MW: Bluish White
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Kladno Mine (ZdenÄ›k Nejedlý Mine; Schoeller Mine;), Libušin, Kladno, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic;
- KLAPROTHITE Na6(UO2)(SO4)4·4H2O
LW: Bluish Green
MW:
SW: Bluish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA;
- Markey Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA;
- KLEINITE Hg2N(Cl,SO4) nH2O
LW: Dark Orange /Tawn
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - KOGARKOITE Na3(SO4)F
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada (very bright pale blue);
- KORNERUPINE (X,Mg,Fe+2)(Al,Mg,Fe)9(Si,Al)4(Si,Al,B)O21(OH,F)
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Kwale district, Kenya (emerald green variety, yellow SW+LW);
- Mogok, Burma ;
- KOSTYLEVITE K2ZrSi3O9 H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Koashva Mine, Khibiny, Kola Pen., Russia ;
- KRATOCHVILITE C13H10
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Freital near Dresden, Saxony, Germany;
- Kladno Mine, Libušin, Kladno, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic;
- Anna Mine, Alsdorf, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany;
- KRAUSKOPFITE BaSi2O4(OH)2 2H2O
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - ktypeite
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Karlovy Vary (carlsbad), Czech Republic;
- KUKISVUMITE Na6ZnTi4[Si2O6]4 4H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (dirty yellow);
- KUKSITE Pb3Zn3Te+6O6(PO4)2
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Gold mine in Central Aldan, Siberia, Russia;
- kunzite
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Salmon pink
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Nuristan Province, Afghanistan;
- Laghman Province, Afghanistan;
- Dara-i-Pech pegmatite field, Chapa Dara District, Konar Province, Afghanistan;
- Gilgit, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;
- Mt Apatite, Maine, USA (phosphorescent);
- Newry, Maine, USA (phosphorescent);
- KURCHATOVITE-M CaMg[B2O5]
LW: Violet
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic, Transbaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia;
- KURNAKOVITE MgB3O3(OH)5 5H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Boron, California, USA;
- Inder Lake, Kazakhstan;
- kutnahorite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - KUTNOHORITE Ca(Mn+2,Mg,Fe+2)(CO3)2
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (but the fluorescence may result from intermixed manganoan calcite);
- N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa ;
- Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA ;
- kyanite
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Celo Mines, Burnsville, NC, USA (whitish LW);
- Squaw Peak, AZ, USA ('flesh' color LW);
- KYANOXALITE Na7(Al6-xSi6+xO24)(C2O4)0.5+x · 5H2O (0 < x < 0.5)
LW: Orange
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia;
- LABRADORITE Na0,5-0,3Ca0,5-0,7Al1,5-1,7Si2,5-2,3O8
LW: Violet
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - LABYRINTHITE [np+] (Na,K,Sr)35Ca12Fe3Zr6TiSi51O144(O,OH,H2O)9Cl3
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - LALONDEITE [np+] (Na,Ca)6(Ca,Na)3Si16O38(F,OH)2 3H2O
LW:
MW: Violet blue
SW: Violet blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Poudrette Quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
- LANARKITE Pb2O(SO4)
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK (yellow SW+LW);
- Langban (Långban), Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden (SW Yellow);
- LANGBEINITE K2Mg2(SO4)3
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy and Lea Counties, New Mexico, USA;
- LANSFORDITE MgCO3 5H2 O
LW: Violet
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - LANTHANITE-(Ce) (Ce,La,Nd)2(CO3)3 8H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Pink
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - Lapis-lazuli
LW: Dark Orange /Tawn
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan;
- Cazadero river, Ovalle, Limarí Province, Coquimbo, Chile (phosphorescent and thermoluminescent cited by de Ment (calcite?));
- larimar
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Filipinas Larimar Mine, Los Checheses, Sierra de Baoruco, Barahona Province, Dominican Republic;
- LARISAITE Na(H3O)(UO2)3(SeO3)2O2 4H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Repete mine, San Juan county, Utah, USA;
- LARSENITE PbZnSiO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA;
- LAUMONTITE Ca4[Al8Si16O48] 18H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA (weak white SW+LW);
- LAURIONITE PbCl(OH)
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Furnace slags, Laurion district, Attica, Greece;
- LAZURITE Na6Ca2Al6Si6O24[(SO4),S,Cl,(OH)]2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator: S2-
Best Localities:- Lyadjvar, Pamir Mountains, Tadjikistan (bluish LW);
- Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan;
- Tultui lazurite deposit, Malaya Bystraya River Valley, Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia (red SW);
- LEADHILLITE Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Leadhill, Scotland, UK;
- Beer Cellar Mine, Granby Field, Tri-State District, Newton Co., Missouri, USA (bright yellow LW, weaker SW);
- LEGRANDITE Zn2(AsO4)(OH) H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico;
- LEIFITE (Na, H2O)Na6[Be2Al3Si15O39F2]
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Eveslogchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (white);
- lennilite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Lenni, near Media, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, USA ;
- leonhardite (partially deshydrated)
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - LEONITE K2Mg(SO4)2 4H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Wunsdorf, Hanover, Germany;
- Neuhof, Germany;
- LEOSZILARDITE Na6Mg(UO2)2(CO3)6·6H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Markey Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA;
- Lepastrum
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Warden Point, Isle of Sheppey, Swale, Kent, United Kingdom;
- lepidolite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan ;
- LEUCITE K[AlSi2O6]
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Ariccia, Alban Hills, Rome Province, Latium, Italy (bright orange/pink LW);
- LEUCOPHANITE (Ca,RRE)CaNa2Be2Si4O12(F,O)2
LW: Violet Pink
MW: Violet Pink
SW: Pink
Main Activator: Ce3+
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada (strong fluo SW);
- Bjorndalen Quarry, Sagasen Quarry and Saga I Quarry, Morge, Strandasen, Porsgrunn, east side of Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway (strong fluo MW);
- Saga 1 Quarry, Sagåsen, Mørje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway (strong fluo MW);
- Ilimaussaq complex, Nakalaq, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Leucophanite occurrence, Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland;
- Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia
- LEUCOSPHENITE BaNa4Ti2B2Si10O30
LW:
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: TiO6
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada (yellowish-white SW);
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- leverrierite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Saint-Etienne, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France;
- LEVINSONITE-(Y) (Y,Nd,Ce,Sm)Al(SO4)2(C2O4) 12H2O
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities: - LEVYNE-Ca (Ca0,5,Na,K)6[Al6Si12O36] 17H2O
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Beach Creek, Oregon, USA;
- LIBBYITE (NH4)2(Na2◻)[(UO2)2(SO4)3(H2O)]2 · 7H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA;
- LIBERITE Li2BeSiO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China;
- LIEBIGITE Ca2(UO2)(CO3)3 11H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Bluish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic;
- Schwartzwalder Mine, Ralston Buttes District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA;
- Pitch Mine, Marshall Pass District, Saguache Co., Colorado, USA;
- Les Mares III, Saint-Martin-du-Bosc, Le Bosc, Lodève, Hérault, Occitanie, France;
- Lignite
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - LINEKITE K2Ca3[(UO2)(CO3)3]2 7H2O
LW: Bluish Green
MW: Bluish Green
SW: Bluish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Geschieber vein, Svornost Mine (Einigkeit Mine), Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District, Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic ;
- LINTISITE Na3LiTi2Si4O14 2H2O
LW: Not fluorescent
MW: Not fluorescent
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- LISITSYNITE KBSi2O6
LW:
MW:
SW: Pink
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Koashva quarry, Khibina alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia
- LITHIOPHILITE Li(Mn+2,Fe+2)PO4
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Vishniakovskoye, East Siberia, Russia;
- lithomarge / (mix de/of KAOLINITE & HALLOYSITE)
LW: Tawn
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - LITVINSKITE Na2(X,Na,Mn+2)Zr[Si6O12(OH,O)6]
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- LIZARDITE Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - lizardite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - LONDONITE (Cs,K,Rb)Al4Be4(B,Be)12O28
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Antandrokomby granitic pegmatite, near Mt. Ibity, south of the Sahatany Valley, Madagascar ;
- LORENZENITE Na2Ti2Si2O9
LW: Greenish white
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: TiO6
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Jones Mill Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USA (pale yellow MW very similar to Mont Saint-Hilaire samples);
- Bratthagen 1 road cut pegmatites, Lågendalen, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Hedrum, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway;
- Tvedalen, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
- Lysebo near Farris, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Hedrum, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway;
- Selsurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (yellowish LW+SW);
- Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (green SW);
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Burpala, Patom plateau, East Siberia, Russia;
- LOVDARITE K4Na12[Be8Si28O72] 18H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Point of Rocks, Colfax county, New Mexico, USA;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Ludus Helmontii
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: ST (Singlet-triplet)-Matière organique en impureté
Best Localities:- Warden Point, Isle of Sheppey, Swale, Kent, United Kingdom;
- LUESHITE NaNbO3
LW: Orange
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Eu3+
Best Localities:- Salanlatva, Kola peninsula, Russia;
- LUSERNAITE-(Y) Y4Al(CO3)2(OH)10F · 6H2O
LW: No data
MW: No data
SW: No data
Main Activator: Dy3+
Best Localities:- Seccarezze Quarries, Luserna Stone Quarries, Luserna Valley, Pellice Valley, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy;
- lussatite
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Lussat, near Pont-du-Chateau, Puy-de-Dome, France ;
- LUSSIERITE Na10[(UO2)(SO4)4](SO4)2 · 3(H2O)
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA;
- MACDONALDITE BaCa4Si16O36(OH)2 1OH2O
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - MACPHERSONITE Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland, England;
- MAGADIITE NaSi7O13(OH)3 4H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Trinity Lake, Trinity county, California, USA;
- magnesioaxinite
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - MAGNESIOHASTINGSITE Na Ca2 (Mg4 Fe+3) Si6 Al2 O22 (OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Pale Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE XCa2[Mg4(Al,Fe+3)]Si7AlO22(OH)2
LW: Greenish Blue
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin marble, Franklin, New jersey, USA;
- Sparta, new Jersey, USA;
- MAGNESIORIEBECKITE XNa2(Mg3Fe+32)Si8O22(OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Old Mill Site, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
- MAGNESIOTAAFFEITE-2N'2S Mg3Al8BeO16
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - MAGNESIOURSILITE (Mg)4(UO2)4(Si2O5)5,5(OH)5 13H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - MAGNESIOZIPPEITE Mg(UO2)2(SO4)O2 3,5H2O
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - MAGNESITE MgCO3
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: O*
Best Localities:- Sonoma County, California, USA;
- Kern, California, USA;
- Bare Hills, Baltimore Co., Maryland, USA (pale white LW);
- Near Cedar Hill Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (deweylite + magnesite);
- Haines & Kibblehouse Penn-Maryland Materials Quarry, Fulton Township, State Line Chromite District, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA (strong white LW+SW);
- Muntodi, Greece (Phosphorescence blue-white SW);
- Baumgarten, Germany (green-white fluorescence and phosphorescence);
- Pomba pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil (weak luminescence SW+LW);
- Wiry, GogoÅ‚ów-Jordanów Massif, Lower Silesia, Poland (blue LW+SW);
- magnesium-zippeite
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Svornost Mine, Jáchymov, Jáchymov District, Krušné Hory Mts, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic;
- MAKATITE Na2Si4O8(OH)2 4H2O
LW: Bluish White
MW: Bluish White
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada ;
- Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada (weak to moderate whitish SW and LW);
- malacon (altered zircon)
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Langesund fjord area, Norway;
- MALAYAITE CaSnSiO5
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: TiO6
Best Localities:- Red-A-Venn mine in Meldon (Meldon Quarry), dartmoor Forest, Okehampton area, Devon, England, UK;
- Scew creek, Cassier Mountains, British columbia, Canada;
- Ak-Djilga, Pamirs, Tadjikistan;
- Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Sachsen, Germany (former DDR);
- MALEEVITE BaB2Si2O8
LW:
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Dara-i-Pioz glacier, Alai mountain range, Tien Shan, northern Tajikistan;
- MALINKOITE NaBSiO4
LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Mount Karnasurt, Lovozero alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia ;
- malthacite
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Steindorfel, Czechoslovakia (?) (var. Malthacite, bright blue SW);
- MAMMOTHITE Pb6Cu4+2AlSb+5(SO4)2Cl4O2(OH)16
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Furnace slags of the Laurion Region, Attica, Greece;
- manganoan-adamite (Zn,Mn)2(AsO4)(OH)
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico;
- manganapatite
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Bennett Mine, Buckfield, Maine, USA (SW dull orange-yellow);
- manganaxinite
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - manganocalcite
LW: Pink
MW: Red
SW: Red
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Peru;
- Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru;
- Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru;
- Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, MaramureÈ™ Co., Romania;
- Cavnic Mine, Cavnic, MaramureÈ™ Co., Romania;
- Sasar Mine, Baia Mare (Nagybánya), MaramureÈ™ Co., Romania
- Mine Krushev dol, Madan, Bulgaria;
- TrepÄa complex, TrepÄa valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, District of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo;
- Dal negorsk, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia;
- Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa;
- Manaoshan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Suxian District, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China;
- Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China;
- Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico;
- Langban, Filipstads Kommun, Värmlands län, Sweden;
- MANGANOCUMMINGTONITE X Mn2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2
LW: Violet Pink
MW:
SW: Violet red
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- International Talc Company Mine (Reynolds Mine), Talcville, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA ;
- MANGANONORDITE-(Ce) Na3SrCeMn+2Si6O17
LW:
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
- marble / (calcaire métamorphique / Metamorphised carbonate rock)
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: ST (Singlet-triplet)-Matière organique en impureté
Best Localities: - MARGARITE CaAl2XAl2Si2O10(OH)2
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin Quarry, Franklin Marble, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (sky blue LW, weaker SW);
- Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA (green LW, nothing SW (De Ment 1947));
- MARGAROSANITE Pb(Ca,Mn+2)2Si3O9
LW: Violet red
MW: Red
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Parker Shaft (Parker Mine), Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- Langban, Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden;
- Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden;
- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (blue SW + red MW);
- MARIALITE Na4Al3Si9O24Cl
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Bancroft, Ontario, Canada (wernerite);
- Gooderham area, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada (weak red SW);
- Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada (wernerite) (bright yellow-orange LW, weaker SW);
- Franklin, New jersey, USA;
- Karur, Tamilnadu, India (red SW);
- Old Mine Park, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA (pink-lavender SW);
- Pitwak Mine, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan (pseodomorph after orthoclase, bright yellow LW);
- MARKEYITE Ca9(UO2)4(CO3)13·28H2O
LW: Bluish Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Markey Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA;
- MARSHITE CuI
LW: Red
MW: Red
SW: Red
Main Activator: Cu+
Best Localities:- Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia (red SW);
- Chuquicamata, Chile;
- Rubtsovskoe Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia;
- MASCAGNITE (NH4)2SO4
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Zeravshan, Tadzikhistan;
- MASSICOT PbO
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Durango, Popocatepetl, Mexico;
- Silver King Mine, Pinal, AZ, USA;
- MASUYITE Pb[(UO2)3O3(OH)2] 3H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Aue, former DDR;
- MATHESIUSITE K5(UO2)4(SO4)4(VO5)·4H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Geschieber vein, Svornost Mine, Jáchymov, Jáchymov District, Krušné Hory Mts, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic;
- MATLOCKITE PbFCl
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Mattlock, Derbyshire, England;
- Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA (bright yellow SW+LW);
- MATTHEDDLEITE Pb2O(SiO4)7(SO4)4Cl4
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Leadhills, Scotland, England;
- MCALLISTERITE Mg2B12O14(OH)12 9H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;
- MCKELVEYITE-(Y) Na(Ca,U)Ba3Y(CO3)6 3H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Kirovskii apatite mine, Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (bright orange SW + pale yellow LW);
- MCNEARITE NaCa5(AsO4)(AsO3OH)4 4H2O
LW: Violet
MW:
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Gabe Gottes Mine, Sankt Jakob vein, Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France ;
- MEGAKALSILITE KAlSiO4
LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Koashva Open Pit (Vostochnyi Mine), Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- MEIONITE 3CaAl2Si2O8CaCO3
LW: Yellow
MW: Orangy yellow
SW: Yellow
Main Activator: S2-
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Old Mill Site, Franklin, New jersey, USA (orange SW associated with amazonite);
- Skräbböle quarry, Pargas, Southwestern Finland Region, Finland (dim white-blue SW);
- Ahvensaari, Pargas, Southwestern Finland Region, Finland (red SW);
- Webster prospects, Sanford, York Co., Maine, USA (red SW);
- Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada (var. wernerite orange-yellow LW);
- Marble Quarry, Grand Forks, Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada (strong orange SW);
- Six Hundred Meter Locality, Sanford, York Co., Maine, USA (microxls, dim orange SW);
- Passaic pit, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (red SW);
- Lead Hill Mines, Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga Township, Essex Co., New York, USA (deep dark magenta-red SW);
- Hazen quarry, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA (pink SW);
- MEISSERITE Na5(UO2)(SO4)3(SO3OH)(H2O)
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Blue Lizard Mine, Chocolate Drop, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA ;
- MEITNERITE (NH4)(UO2)(SO4)(OH)·2H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Green Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA;
- MELANOPHLOGITE (SiO2)46(CO2,N2)6(CH4,N2)2
LW: White
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara county, California, USA;
- Racalmuto, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy;
- Fortullino, Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy;
- MELANOTEKITE Pb2Fe2+3Si2O9
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - MELIPHANITE Ca4(Na,Ca)4Be4AlSi7O24(F,O)4
LW: Violet Pink
MW:
SW: Violet Pink
Main Activator: Eu2+
Best Localities:- Båtbukta, Stokkøya, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway;
- MELLITE Al2[C6(COO)6] 16H2O
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Maleevka, Bogorodetsk District, Tula Oblast, Russia;
- Csordakúti Mine, Bicske-Csordakút, Bicske-Zsámbéki Basin, Fejér Co., Hungary;
- Csordakut Mine, Tatabanya, Hungary;
- Tatabánya, Gerecse Mts, Komárom-Esztergom Co., Hungary;
- Dorog, Komárom-Esztergom County, Hungary
- Lužice, Most District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic;
- Bílina coal mine, Bílina, Teplice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic;
- Artern, Kyffhäuser District, Thuringia, Germany;
- Voigstedt, Germay;
- Nibbiaia, Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
- MERWINITE Ca3Mg(SiO4)2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Commercial quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA;
- Velardeña, Velardeña District, Mun. de Cuencamé, Durango, Mexico (pale orange LW, cited by De Ment & Sterling Gleason, but no merwinite cited there in Mindat!);
- MESOLITE Na16Ca16[Al48Si72O240] 64H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Pune (Poona) District, Maharashtra, India;
- Challis, Bay Horse District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA (bright reddish-pink LW, nothing SW, cited by De Ment);
- Southeast Quarry, North Table Mountain, Golden, Golden District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA (yellowish white LW);
- Roadcut near Montresta, Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy (LW white + SW green);
- MESSELITE Ca2(Fe+2,Mn+2)(PO4)2 2H2O
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - META-ANKOLEITE K2(UO2)2(PO4)2 6H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Mongenyi pegmatite, Ankole district, Uganda;
- Franklin, New jersey, USA;
- META-AUTUNITE Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 2-6H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Autun, France;
- Daybreak mine (Dahl lease), Mount Kit Carson, near Mt Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA;
- Cunha Baixa Mine, Beira Alta Province,Portugal;
- Assunção Mine, Sátão, Sao Vicente (Vizeu) District, Portugal;
- META-URANOCIRCITE (I) Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2 8H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Davier Mine, Black Hills, South Dakota, USA;
- META-URANOCIRCITE II (?) Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2 6H2O
LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - META-URANOPILITE (UO2)6(SO4)(OH)10 5H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Rabejac, Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France ;
- META-URANOSPINITE Ca(UO2)2(AsO4)2 8H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - METAHAIWEEITE (?) Ca(UO2)2Si6O15 nH2O (n<5)
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Haiwee Reservoir, Coso District (New Coso District), Coso Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA;
- METAHEINRICHITE Ba(UO2)2(AsO4)2 8H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Schmiedestollen Halde, Wittichen, Schwarzwald, Germany;
- White King Mine, Lakeview, Lake Co., Oregon, USA;
- METAKIRCHHEIMERITE Co(UO2)2(AsO4)2 8H2O
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - METALODEVITE Zn(UO2)2(AsO4)2 10H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Riviéral, Le Bosc, Hérault, Occitanie, France;
- Franklin, New jersey, USA;
- METAMUNIRITE NaVO3
LW: Pink
MW: Pink
SW: Pink
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- San Miguel County, Colorado, USA;
- D Day Mine, Yellow Cat, Grand County, Utah, USA;
- METANATRO-AUTUNITE Na2(UO2)2(PO4)2 6-8H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia;
- Kuruk U Deposit, Khodzhent, Sughd, Tajikistan;
- METANOVACEKITE Mg(UO2)2(AsO4)2 4-8H2O
LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - METASALEEITE Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2 8H2O
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - METASCHODERITE Al2(PO4)(VO4) 6H2O
LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - METASCHOEPITE UO3 nH2O (n=0,75-1)
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Musonoi, Shaba province, Congo; Shinkolobwe, Congo;
- METASTUDTITE UO4 2H2O
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - METATYUYAMUNITE Ca(UO2)2(V2O8) 3H2O
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - METAUROXITE (UO2)2(C2O4)(OH)2(H2O)2
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Burro Mine (Burro tunnel; C-SR-13 Mesa), Slick Rock Mining District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA;
- METAVANDENDRIESSCHEITE PbU7O22 nH2O (n< 12)
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - METAVANMEERSSCHEITE U+6(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6 2H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Congo;
- METAVANURALITE Al(UO2)2 (V2O8)(OH) 8H2O
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - METAVOLTINE K2Na6Fe+2Fe6+3O2(SO4)12 18H2O
LW: Orange
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Borate, Calico District, Calico Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA (fluo dark orange color LW, nothing SW, cited by De Ment, but no Metavoltine listed there on Mindat!);
- METAZELLERITE Ca(UO2)(CO3)2 3H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic ;
- White Canyon No. 1 Mine, Fry Mesa, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA;
- METAZEUNERITE Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2 8H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA (weak yellow-green LW);
- meteorite
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:Localities are not really adapted for meteorites but here are the names of some fluorescing meteorites:
- The Norton County aubrite (LW: yellow forsterite and blue enstatite, John Kashuba)
- NWA 11516 Eucrite-pmict (LW blue , iron-poor pyroxene,John Kashuba)
- Dhofar 007 Eucrite (blue LW, John Kashuba)
- Allende CV3 (LW red fluorescing CAI (Ca–Al-rich inclusion) , John Kashuba)
- Zagami meteorite (Na Phosphate fluorescent LW in blue, probably whitlockite)
- MEYERHOFFERITE Ca2B6O6(OH)10 2H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Monte Blanco Mine, Monte Blanco, Black Mts, Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA;
- Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA;
- MEYROWITZITE Ca(UO2)(CO3)2·5H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Markey Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA;
- mica
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - MICHEELSENITE (Ca,Y)3Al[PO3 OH,CO3](CO3)(OH)6 12H2O
LW: Not fluorescent
MW: Bluish White
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- MICROCLINE KAlSi3O8
LW: Green
MW: Blue
SW: Red
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Limecrest Quarry, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (red SW);
- Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Old Mill Site, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (pale blue SW);
- Dassu, Skardu District, Pakistan;
- Raikot, Chilas, Diamar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (bright blue SW);
- Kenticha Mine, Ethiopia (fluo bright Red SW);
- Burns Hill area, Milford, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, USA (red SW);
- Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA (red SW);
- Spinelli prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA (magenta-red SW);
- Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA (blue SW);
- Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA (blue SW);
- Cheyenne District, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA (red SW);
- Buckwheat pit, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (blue SW);
- Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia (FL White SW, Dim Blue MW);
- Morro Redondo Mine, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil;
- Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco;
- MICROLITE (Ca,Na)2Ta2O6(O,OH,F)
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities: - MILARITE KCa2AlBe2Si12O30 0,5H2O
LW: Bluish White
MW: Bluish White
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Ce3+
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada; (weak to strong bluish-white SW+MW);
- Guanajuato, Mexico (bright green SW and LW);
- Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA (sky-blue MW);
- MIMETITE Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Langban, Sweden;
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia (minor luminescence SW+LW);
- Velardeña District, Mun. de Cuencamé, Durango, Mexico (minor luminescence SW+LW);
- San Pedro Mine, San Pedro Corralitos, Mun. de Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico (minor luminescence SW+LW);
- Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico (minor luminescence SW+LW);
- Mt Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory, Australia (minor luminescence SW+LW);
- Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico (minor luminescence SW+LW);
- PÅ™íbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic (minor luminescence SW+LW);
- MINEEVITE-(Y) Na25Ba(Y,Gd,Dy)2(CO3)11(HCO3)4 (SO4)2F2Cl
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Alluaiv, Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia;
- MINEHILLITE (K,Na)2Ca28Zn5Al4Si40O112(OH)16
LW: Blue
MW: Blue
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA;
- MINIUM Pb2+2Pb+4O4
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Wendon, Arizona, USA;
- Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia;
- MINYULITE KAl2(PO4)2(OH,F) 4H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Minyulo Well, Dandaragan, Western Australia, Australia;
- Utahlite claim, Utahlite Hill, Lucin, Lucin District, Pilot Range, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA;
- MIRABILITE Na2SO4 10H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Pinkish White
Main Activator: ST (Singlet-triplet)-Matière organique en impureté
Best Localities:- Kara-Bogaz-gol bay, Turkmenistan;
- MISERITE K2(Ca,Y)10-11(Si12O30)(Si2O7)(OH)2F2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Darai-Pioz Glacier (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz), Alai Range (Alayskiy), Tien Shan Mtn, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan;
- Vanadium mine at Wilson Hot Springs near Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA (Bright lemon-yellow SW associated with wollastonite (or pectolite?) fl.orange SW));
- North Wilson pit, Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs (Potash Sulfur Springs), Garland Co., Arkansas, USA (yellowish-white SW);
- MITRIDATITE Ca2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3 3H2O
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - mizzonite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - MOGANITE Si O2
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - MOISSANITE SiC
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Lamproite diatreme, Koshmansay River, Chatkal-Kuraminskii Range, Tashkent, Uzbekistan;
- Linhorka Hills, TÅ™ebenice (Trebnitz), Ústí Region, Czech Republic;
- Linhorka Hills, TÅ™ebenice (Trebnitz), Ústí Region, Czech Republic;
- molybdoscheelite
LW: Not fluorescent
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- xjoeberg, Sweden;
- Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden (cream SW + manganocalcite red SW);
- Älgfalls mine, Kopparberg, Ljusnarsberg, Örebro County, Sweden;
- Route 62 locality, Hudson, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA;
- MONAZITE-(Ce) (Ce,La,Nd,Th)PO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Berg, Råde, Østfold, Norway (red-orange phosphorescence, De Ment, 1949);
- Montgomery Co., NC, USA (fluo light green) (Bernstein, Am. Mineral. 67, 356-359 (1982))
- MONOHYDROCALCITE CaCO3 H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;
- MONTEBRASITE LiAl(PO4)(OH,F)
LW: Blue
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Inconnu
Best Localities:- Steward Mine, San Diego County, California, USA;
- Oxford County - Havey Mine - Poland, Maine, USA;
- Russia;
- MONTEREGIANITE-(Y) (Na,K)6(Y,Ca)2Si16O38 10H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- MONTICELLITE CaMgSiO4
LW: Pink
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - MONTMORILLONITE (Na,Ca)0,3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2 nH2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Langesundfjord, Norway;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Grafton Center, NH, USA;
- MONTROYALITE Sr4Al8(CO3)3(OH,F)26 10-11H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Francon Quarry, Montreal, Canada;
- MORDENITE (Na2,Ca,K2)4[Al8Si40O96] 28H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Conejo Grade summit at Thousand Oaks, California, USA;
- MOREAUITE Al3(UO2)(PO4)3(OH)2 13H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- La Gargüera Mine,Valdeíñigos, Tejeda de Tiétar, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain;
- Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, DR Congo;
- morganite
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Laghman Province, Afghanistan (var. morganite, blue SW);
- Konar Province, Afghanistan (var. morganite, blue SW);
- Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA (var. morganite fluo blue-white SW);
- MOSKVINITE-(Y) Na2K(Y,RE)[Si6O15]
LW: Violet
MW:
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Dara-i-Pioz glacial moraine, Alaisky mountain ridge, Tajikistan;
- mossottite
LW: Red
MW: Red
SW: Pink
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Boccheggiano mines, Montieri, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy;
- Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy;
- MULLITE Al6Si2O13
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Island of Mull, Loch Scridian, Scotland, England;
- MUNDITE Al(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)3 5,5H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, DR Congo;
- MURAKAMIITE Ca2LiSi3O8(OH)
LW: Violet Pink
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Iwagi Island, Inland Sea (Setonaikai), Ehime Prefecture, Japan;
- MURMANITE Na4Ti4+4(Si2O7)2O4 4H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Lovozero massif, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia;
- MUSCOVITE KAl2XAlSi3O10(OH)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - NABAPHITE NaBaPO4 9H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Mine Dumps on Mount Yukspor, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- NACAPHITE Na(Na,Ca)2(PO4)F
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Koashva Open Pit, Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- NACRITE Al2Si2O5(OH)4
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Königstein, Sachsen, Germany;
- NAHCOLITE NaHCO3
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Anvil Points, Rifle, Garfield Co, Colorado, USA (cream SW+LW);
- Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA (blue-white SW);
- NAKAURIITE Cu8+2(SO4)4(CO3)(OH)6 48H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - NASONITE Pb6Ca4Si6O21Cl2
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Parker shaft, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA;
- Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden (associated with SW blue fluo Baryte and SW red fluo calcite);
- NATISITE Na2(TiO)SiO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: TiO6
Best Localities:- Kedykverpakhk Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero, Kola, Russia;
- NATRITE gamma Na2CO3
LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Lovozero, Kola peninsula Russia;
- NATROALUNITE Na2Al6(SO4)4(OH)12
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Big Star deposit, Marysvale, Utah, USA;
- NATROBISTANTITE (Na,Cs)Bi(Ta,Nb,Sb)4O12
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Pegmatite at Kyokbogor, China ;
- natroboltwoodite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - natrofairchildite Na2Ca(CO3)2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia (weak orange LW + SW);
- NATROLITE Na2[Al2Si3O10] 2H2O
LW: Greenish white
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Poudrette Quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- NATROMARKEYITE Na2Ca8(UO2)4(CO3)13 . 27H2O
LW: Bluish Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Markey mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA;
- NATRON Na2CO3 10H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: O-2
Best Localities:- A dry Lake in Kenya ;
- Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia ;
- Keeler, Ca, USA (blue + blue afterglow);
- Grenn River, Wyoming (pale orange LW, nothing SW);
- NATROPHOSPHATE Na7(PO4)2(F,Cl) 19H2O
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Mt Yukspor,Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- natrouranospinite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - natrozippeite
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Bukov Mine, Rožná deposit, VysoÄina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic ;
- NAVROTSKYITE K2Na10(UO2)3(SO4)9·2H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW: Yellowish Green
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA;
- NEFEDOVITE Na5Ca4(PO4)4F
LW: Violet blue
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Ce3+
Best Localities:- Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- NEIGHBORITE NaMgF3
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Katuginskoye, East Siberia, Russia;
- NEKOITE Ca3Si6O15 7H2O
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - NENADKEVICHITE Na8-xNb4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4 8H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- neogastunite
LW: Bluish Green
MW:
SW: Bluish Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - NEPHELINE Na3KAl4Si4O16
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland ;
- Jebel Bou-Agrao, Tamazeght Mountain Range, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco (weak yellowish SW and LW, could be an alteration or other mineral covering nepheline);
- Michelsberg Quarry, Katzenbuckel, Eberbach, Odenwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (white-blue LW);
- Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan (not really fluorescent but covering sodalite);
- NESQUEHONITE Mg(HCO3)(OH) 2H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Puy Saint Gulmier, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France;
- Golden, Colorado, USA;
- Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic (intense green SW) ;
- NEWBERYITE Mg(PO3OH) 3H2O
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Skipton Caves, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia;
- Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;
- nicholsonite (Zincian aragonite)
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Zinc Mine Friedenville, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA (fluo and phospho white SW & cream LW);
- NICKEL-ZIPPEITE Ni2(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10 16H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Bukov Mine, Rožná deposit, VysoÄina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic;
- NIFONTOVITE Ca3B6O6(OH)12 2H2O
LW: Violet
MW:
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Turinsk Region, North Urals, Russia;
- NIOCALITE Ca14Nb2(Si2O7)4(O6,F2)
LW: Not fluorescent
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Bond zone, Oka complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada;
- NITRATINE NaNO3
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - NITER KNO3
LW: White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - NITSCHEITE (NH4)2[(UO2)2(SO4)3(H2O)2] · 3H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Green Lizard Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
- Krunkelbach Valley Uranium deposit, Menzenschwand, St Blasien, Waldshut, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- nocerite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - NORBERGITE Mg3(SiO4)(F,OH)2
LW: Orangy yellow
MW: Yellow
SW: Yellow
Main Activator: TiO6
Best Localities:- Skräbböle quarry, Pargas (Parainen), Southwestern Finland Region, Finland (bright yellow SW);
- Crystal Lake fluoborite occurrence, Galway Township, Peterborough Co., Ontario, Canada (dull orange SW);
- York River, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada;
- Limecrest Quarry, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (bright yellow SW);
- Franklin Quarry (Moses Bigelow Quarry; Farber Quarry), Franklin Marble, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (bright yellow SW);
- Fowler Quarry (Nicoll Quarry; Nicols Quarry; Cellate Quarry), Franklin Marble, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- Rhein property, Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange Co., New York, USA (bright yellow SW);
- Seavey Road Quarry (Imery Marble Quarry), Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA (yellow SW);
- NORDENSKIOLDINE CaSn+4(BO3)2
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Uch-Koshkon, Kirgizstan (fluo orange-red);
- A place near Screw Creek, Cassier Mountains, Yukon, Canada;
- Langesundfjord, Norway;
- NORDITE-(Ce) Na3SrCeZnSi6O17
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator: Sm3+
Best Localities:- Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
- Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikistan;
- NORDSTRANDITE Al(OH)3
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Stradner Kogel, Wilhelmsdorf, Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austria;
- NORSETHITE BaMg(CO3)2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Kremikovtzi Quarry, Sofiya Oblast, Bulgaria;
- NORTHUPITE Na3Mg(CO3)2Cl
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA (bright yellowish-wite LW + phospho);
- Ummrisha Lake, Wadi Natrun depression, Western Desert, Egypt;
- NOSEANE Na8Al6Si6O24(SO4) H2O
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Lajuar Madan, Sar-e-Sang dist., Badakhshan, Afghanistan (mixed with sodalite);
- Laacher See volcanic complex, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (var noselite, bright orange LW);
- Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (orange);
- noselite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Laacher See volcanic complex, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (bright orange LW);
- NOVACEKITE Mg(UO2)2(AsO4)2 10-12H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW: Yellowish Green
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Serra das Éguas, Brumado (Bom Jesus dos Meiras), Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil;
- Animas Mine, Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico;
- Mine No. 18, Paleokamariza Mines, Paleokamariza area, Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece;
- NYEREREITE Na2Ca(CO3)2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia;
- OKENITE Ca10Si18O46 18H2O
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Godhavn, Greenland ( dim yellowish-white SW);
- Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA (dim white-blue SW);
- Lonavale, Pune District, Maharashtra, India (LW+SW);
- OLDHAMITE (Ca,Mg,Fe,Mn)S
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - OLGITE Na(Sr,Ba)PO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
- OLIGOCLASE (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)408
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (yellow LW);
- Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA (dim brownish-white LW);
- OLMIITE CaMn2+[SiO3(OH)](OH)
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities: N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa; - OLYMPITE LiNa5(PO4)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: ST (Singlet-triplet)-Matière organique en impureté
Best Localities:- Khibina, Russia;
- onyx
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - OPALE SiO2 nH2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Virgin Valley, Denio, Humboldt county, Nevada, USA (butterscotch colored common opal, strong green SW);
- Andamooka opal fields, Andamooka Ranges, Stuart Shelf, South Australia, Australia (weak white fluo);
- Stone Montain, Georgia, USA (strong yellow + yellow green phosphorescence);
- Crestmore, Ca, USA (strong yellow + yellow green phosphorescence);
- McLaughlin Mine (Manhattan Mine), Knoxville, Knoxville District, Napa Co., California, USA (yellow SW);
- Chalk Mountain Mine, Spruce Pine District, Avery Co., North Carolina, USA (green SW)
- OPPENHEIMERITE Na2(UO2)(SO4)2.3H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Blue Lizard mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon district, San Juan County, Utah, USA ;
- orangite
LW: Yellowish Green
MW: Yellowish Green
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Langesundfjord Region, Norway;
- Landsverk 1 Feldspar Quarry, Landsverk, Evje og Hornnes, Agder, Norway;
- ORPHEITE
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities:Bulgaria;
- ORTHOCLASE KAlSi3O8
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia
- ORTHOSERPIERITE Ca(Cu+2,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 3H2O
LW: Violet
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Chessy Mine, France;
- OTAVITE CdCO3
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia;
- Mahoney Mines area,Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA (XRD analysed, associated with SW blue fluo hemimorphite);
- OTTOHAHNITE Na6(UO2)2(SO4)5(H2O)7·1.5H2O
LW: Bluish Green
MW:
SW: Bluish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA;
- OYELITE Ca10Si8B2O29 12,5H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
- ozocerite / (cire organique / organic wax)
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Boryslav, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine (ex URSS);
- Tiflis, Iran;
- Ślichowice Quarry, Kielce, Kielce District, Świętokrzyskie Mts, Świętokrzyskie, Poland ;
- Colton, Utah Co., Utah, USA ;
- Culmer Brothers Mine, Soldier Summit District, Wasatch Co., Utah, USA ;
- p-VEATCHITE Sr2B11O16(OH)5 H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Billie Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo Co., California, USA;
- PABSTITE Ba(Sn,Ti)Si3O9
LW:
MW: Bluish White
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Pacific Limestone Products quarry (KALKAR Quarry), Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA ;
- Dara-i-Pioz glacier, Garmsky district, Tadjikistan ;
- Madrelena Mine, Tres Pozos, Baja California Norte, Mexico ;
- Rhodonite occurrence, Muzeinyi Valley, Inyl chek Range, Issyk-Kul Region, Kyrgyzstan;
- PACHNOLITE NaCaAlF6 H2O
LW: Greenish
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: n[TiO6] cluster
Best Localities:- Katugin, East Siberia, Russia;
- PALYGORSKITE (Mg,Al)4Si8(O,OH,H2O)26 5H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - pandermite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Bandirma, Balikesir, Turkey ;
- PARA-UMBITE K3Zr2H(Si3O9)2.nH2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Eveslogchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- PARACELSIAN BaAl2Si2O8
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Bennalt mine, Caernarvonshire, Wales, United Kingdom (cherry red SW);
- PARAHOPEITE Zn3(PO4)2 4H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- International Adit, Oxide Mine, Ymir, British Columbia, Canada;
- H.B. Mine, Salmo, British Columbia, Canada;
- PARAKELDYSHITE Na2ZrSi2O7
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator: n[TiO6] cluster
Best Localities:- Pegmatite Roadcut at Bratthagen, Lågendalen, Hedrum, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway ;
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (yellow SW);
- Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia ;
- PARALAURIONITE PbCl(OH)
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Furnace slags of Laurion District, Attica, Greece;
- PARALSTONITE BaCa(CO3)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Minerva N°1 Mine, Cave in Rock, Illinois, USA;
- PARAMARKEYITE Ca2(UO2)(CO3)3.5H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Markey mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA;
- PARANIITE-(Y) Ca2Y(AsO4)(WO4,MoO4)2
LW: Not fluorescent
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Pizzo Cervandone, Alpe Devero, Valle d’Ossola, Piedmont, Italy ;
- Fianel mine, Val Ferrera, Graubünden, Switzerland ;
- PARASCHOEPITE (?) UO3 1-2H2O
LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- San Rafael Swell, eastern Utah, USA;
- PARAVINOGRADOVITE (Na,X)2(Ti+4,Fe+3)4(Si7 Al)O22(OH)4 H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia ;
- parawollastonite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Crestmore Quarry, Riverside county, California, USA;
- Sarabau Mine, North Bau, Sarawak, Borneo (bright orange SW, associated with non fluorescent sarabauite);
- PARGASITE NaCa2(Mg4Al)Si6Al2O22(OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Amity, New York, USA;
- Franklin, New jersey, USA;
- Rudeville Quarry, Sussex County NJ, USA;
- Limecrest Quarry, Sparta, NJ, USA (green pargasite fl.gray/blue SW associated with phlogopite fl. brownish/yellow SW);
- PARVOWINCHITE Na(Na Mn)2(Mg4Fe+3)5Si8O22(OH)2
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Salmon pink
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Balmat and Talcville, New York, USA;
- pecto-prehnite / (mixture / mélange PECTOLITE + PREHNITE)
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Parker Shaft, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
- PECTOLITE NaCa2Si3O8(OH)
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Pink
SW: Orange
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Franklin, New Jersey, USA (orange SW+LW);
- Bergen Hill, NJ, USA;
- Lake County, California, USA;
- Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Richmond County, Canada (bright orange LW);
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada (magenta pink LW+SW);
- Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway (yellowish white SW);
- Lower New Street, Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, USA (orange LW, pink SW);
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (intense SW, weaker LW, associated with sugilite);
- Apatitovaya Mt., Khibiny massif, Kola peninsula, Russia (yellow-orange);
- Kookisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia (orange-red LW)
- PELIGOTITE Na6(UO2)(SO4)4·4H2O
LW: Bluish Green
MW:
SW: Bluish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA;
- pendletonite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - PENFIELDITE Pb2Cl3(OH)
LW: Yellowish
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Furnace slags of the Laurion District, Attica, Greece ;
- Margarita mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Chile;
- PENKVILKSITE Na4Ti2Si8O22 5H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Ti3+
Best Localities: - PENNANTITE Mn5+2Al (Si3Al)O10(OH)8
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities:- Saranovskoye chromium deposit , North Urals, Russia;
- pennine
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - PENTAHYDROBORITE CaB2O(OH)6 2H2O
LW: Violet
MW:
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Turinsk, Ural Mountains, Russia;
- PERICLASE MgO
LW:
MW:
SW: Pale Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;
- Brewster, Terlingua, TX, USA;
- pericline
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;
- pearl
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Bluish White
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - PERLIALITE K9NaCa[Al12Si24O72] . 15H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia
- perthite
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - PETALITE LiAlSi4O10
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Greenwood, ME, USA (dull Brown LW);
- North Bonneville, WY, USA (white-orange LW);
- Paprok Mine, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan ;
- Separation Lake area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada (white SW associated with fluorapatite fluo bright yellow SW);
- Londonderry Li deposit, Nepean, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia (SW & LW pale pink);
- Petoskey Stone
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Petoskey, Emmet Co., Michigan, USA;
- petroleum / (huile organique / organic oil)
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - PEZZOTTAITE CsBe2LiAl2Si6O18
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities:- Sakavalana, Madagascar;
- phacolite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - PHARMACOLITE Ca(HAsO4) 2H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Wittichen, Germany;
- Franklin, New jersey, USA;
- PHENACITE Be2SiO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Mount Antero, Chaffe county, Colorado, USA; Madagascar;
- PHILLIPSITE-Ca (Ca0,5,K,Na,Ba0,5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32] 12H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Vesuvio, Napoli, Italy;
- PHLOGOPITE KMg3AlSi3O10(OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Sar-e-Sang, Kokcha (Koksha) Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan;
- Westport Road Roadcut, Godfrey, Ontario, Canada (fl. yellow SW associated with diopside fl. skyblue SW);
- PHOENICOCHROITE Pb2O(CrO4)
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - PHOSGENITE Pb2(CO3)Cl2
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy;
- Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco;
- phosphorite roche sedimentaire riche en phosphate /sedimentary rock
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - PHOSPHURANYLITE (H3O)3KCa(UO2)7O4(PO4)4 8H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Ruggles Mine, Grafton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA (dull green );
- Berry-Havey Quarry, Poland, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA (dull green);
- PHURALUMITE Al2(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6 10H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Kobokobo Pegmatite, Lusungu River District, Kivu, Congo(Zaïre);
- PHURCALITE Ca2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 7H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Posey mine, San Juan county, Utah, USA;
- PICKERINGITE MgAl2(SO4)4 22H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Cerros Pintados, near Iquique, Chile (?);
- PICROMERITE K2Mg(SO4)2 6H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Rossleben, former DDR (German Democratic Republic);
- Neuhof-Ellers Potash Works, Neuhof, Fulda, Hesse, Germany (with halite red SW);
- PICROPHARMACOLITE Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO3OH)2 11H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Sainte-Marie-aux-mines, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France;
- Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New jersey, USA;
- moonstone
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - pinite / (pseudomorphs after silicate minerals mix of mica and clay minerals)
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - PINNOITE MgB2O(OH)6
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Inder B deposit and salt dome, Atyrau, Atyrau Province, Kazakhstan;
- PIRSSONITE Na2Ca(CO3)2 2H2O
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Greenish Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;
- plagioclase / Anglo-Saxon name for ALBITE/ANORTHITE serie
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- PLASILITE Na(UO2)(SO4)(OH) 2H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Blue Lizard Mine, Chocolate Drop, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA ;
- PLOMBIERITE Ca5Si6O16(OH)2 7H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA;
- Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany;
- plumballophane
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Montevecchio, Sardinia, Italy (var. plumballophane, bright blue, SW);
- plumbocalcite / (voir/see CALCITE (Pb bearing calcite))
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia ;
- PLUMBOGUMMITE PbAl3(PO4)2(OH)5 H2O
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China;
- PLUMBOJAROSITE Pb0,5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - PLUMBONACRITE (?) Pb5O(CO3)3(OH)2 (?)
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Furnace slags of the Laurion district , Attica, Greece;
- PODLESNOITE BaCa2(CO3)2F2
LW: Violet blue
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Kirovskii underground mine, Kukisvumchorr Mt., Khibiny massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia;
- POLDERVAARTITE Ca(Ca0,5Mn0,5+2)(SiO3OH)(OH)
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa;
- POLLUCITE (Cs,Na)[AlSi2O6] nH2O ou (Cs+n=1)
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Mont Mica, South Paris, Maine, USA;
- Newry, Maine, USA (pale orange LW, De Ment));
- Shengus area, Skardu Road, Gilgit Division, Pakistan;
- Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan (bluish white SW, intergrown with elbaïte);
- POLYLITHIONITE KLi2AlSi4O10F2
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Poudrette Quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Vesle Aroya, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
- Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia;
- POWELLITE CaMoO4
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: MoO42-
Best Localities:- Pandulena quarry, Nasik district, India;
- Mahodari, Nasik, Pune (Poona), Maharashtra, India;
- Nangaon, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India;
- Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India;
- Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra, India;
- Shakur Quarry, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India (with celadonite inclusions, fluo green);
- Ultevis, Jokkmokk, Norrbotten County, Sweden;
- Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro mining district, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile;
- pravdite
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- PREHNITE Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Pale Yellow
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Pb2+
Best Localities:- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA;
- Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Shipton Township, Richmond Co., Québec, Canada;
- Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Taza, Taza Province, Taza-Al Hoceïma-Taounate Region, Morocco (dull luminescence SW+LW);
- Near Langban, Sweden (SW White);
- PREOBRAZHENSKITE Mg3B11O15(OH)9
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Inder Lake, Kazakhstan;
- PRETULITE ScPO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Höllkogel, Alpl, Freßnitzgraben, Krieglach, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria ;
- PRICEITE Ca2B5O7(OH)5 H2O
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Thomson and Boraxo n°1 Pit, Death Valley, California, USA;
- PRISMATINE (X,Mg,Fe+2)(Al,Mg,Fe)9 (Si,Al)4 (B,Si,Al) 021 (OH,F)
LW: Yellowish
MW: Yellowish
SW: Yellowish
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Stakholmen quarry, Hassela, Nordanstig, Gävleborg County, Sweden;
- PROBERTITE NaCaB5O7(OH)4 3H2O
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Billie Mine, Death Valley, California, USA (fl. creamy white);
- PROSOPITE CaAl2(F,OH)8
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator: Ce3+
Best Localities:- Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland;
- PRZHEVALSKITE Pb(UO2)2(PO4)2 4H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - PSEUDO-AUTUNITE (H3O)4Ca2(UO2)2(PO4)4 5H2O (?)
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Found in ultrabasic-alkalic rock in Northern Karelia, Russia;
- pseudogaylussite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - PSEUDOJOHANNITE Cu3(OH)2[(UO2)4(SO4)2] · 12H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Rovnost Mine, Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic;
- PSEUDOMARKEYITE Ca8(UO2)4(CO3)12(H2O)18 ⋅3H2O
LW: Bluish Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Markey mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA;
- PSEUDOMEISSERITE-(NH4) (NH4,K)2Na4[(UO2)2(SO4)5].4H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Blue Lizard mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA;
- pseudowavellite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - ptilolite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - pyramidite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Pyramid Bay, USA ;
- Pyrobitumen
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Pirkanmaa, Finland (var tucholite, radioactive halo fluo green SW)
- PYROCHLORE (Na,Ca)2Nb2O6(OH,F)
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities: - PYROMORPHITE Pb5(PO4)3Cl
LW: Yellowish
MW: Orangy yellow
SW: Orange
Main Activator: Eu3+
Best Localities:- Rosenberg Mine, Braubach, Bad Ems District, Lahn valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (orange MW);
- Society Girl Mine, Moyie, British Colombia, Canada ;
- Dao Ping Mine, Guangxi Autonomous Region, China (a small percentage of the samples of this mine is yellow fluorescing MW; the lighter colored samples seem to have a better chance to be luminescent, appearing on the market in Ste marie aux Mines in 2007);
- Bunker Hill Mine, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Coeur d Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA (dull fluo SW+LW);
- Kabwe Mine, Broken Hill, Zambia (dull fluo SW yellowish brown);
- Resuperferolitica Mine, Minas Viejas, Santa Eufemia, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain (fluo LW & SW);
- Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France (LW & SW);
- Pcheloyad Mine, Momchilgrad, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria (LW);
- Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia (Very fluorescent long & short UV);
- Black Star pit, Mount Isa, Mount Isa City, Queensland Australia (fluorescent long & short UV);
- PYROPE Mg3Al2(SiO4)3
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities: - PYROPHYLLITE Al2Si4O10(OH)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Staley, NC, USA (pale orange SW, De Ment);
- Graves Montain, GA, USA;
- Hillsborough, Orange Co., North Carolina, USA;
- QUARTZ SiO2
LW: Yellow
MW: Yellow
SW: Yellow
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- La Sassa, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy (yellowish LW, bright yellow SW);
- Asbach, former DDR (SW Orange, LW Red);
- Hanley Road, Hudson, Wisconsin, USA (fl. medium yellow-orange SW+LW);
- Wadh, Khuzdar District, Balochistan, Pakistan (petroleum/oil inclusion strongly fluorescent with bubble)
- quincite (quincyite) / (voir/see OPALE Quincy-sur-Cher, Bourges, Cher, Centre, France)
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - RABBITTITE Ca3Mg3(UO2)2(CO3)6(OH)4 18H2O
LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Lucky Strike N°2 mine, Emery county, Utah, USA;
- Belorechenskoe deposit (Belorechenskoye; Dakhovskoe; Belaya Rechka), Adygea Republic (Adygeya), Northern Caucasus Region, Russia;
- RABEJACITE Ca(UO2)4(SO4)2(OH)6 6H2O
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Rabejac, near Lodève, France;
- ramsayite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - ranquilite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - RANUNCULITE HAl(UO2)PO4(OH)3 4H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Kobokobo, Kivu, Congo ;
- RAPIDCREEKITE Ca2(SO4)(CO3) 4H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada;
- RASPITE PbWO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Brownish Green
Main Activator: WO42-
Best Localities:- Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia;
- RAVATITE C14H10
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- From near the former village of Ravat, left bank of the Jagnob River Valley, Tajikistan ;
- Halde Anna 1, Alsdorf, Germany ;
- RAVITE (?) / (hydrocarbon)
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Dushanbe, Tadzhikistan ;
- REEDMERGNERITE NaBSi3O8
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Darai-Pioz Glacier, Alai Range, Tien Shan Mtn, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan;
- REFIKITE C20H32O2
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- From Mont orio al Vomano, 10 km southwest of Teramo, Abruzzi, Italy;
- Found near Kolbermoor, Bavaria, Germany;
- Peat digging near Bad Feilnbach, Bavaria, Germany;
- V Borkách peat deposit, Krásno (Schönfeld), Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic;
- REINERITE Zn3(AsO3)2
LW: Brownish Green
MW:
SW: Tawn
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- REMONDITE-(Ce) Na3(Ce,La,Ca,Na,Sr)3(CO3)5
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Nd3+
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry (Demix or Uni-Mix quarry or MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- renardite / ( Pb(UO2)4(PO4)2(OH)4 7(H2O) probably a form of DEWINDTITE )
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - retinite / (general term for a group of fossil resinscontaining no succinic acid)
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Espenhain, former DDR, Germany;
- REVDITE Na16[Si4O6(OH)5]2[Si8O15(OH)6](OH)10 28H2O
LW: Blue
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
- RHODIZITE (K,Cs)Al4Be4(B,Be)12O28
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Manjaka Mine, Mount Bity (Ibity), Madagascar;
- Anjanabonoina, Madagascar (fluo bright orange SW and weak white LW);
- Antandrokomby pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Sahatany Pegmatite Field, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar (orange SW);
- Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely Pegmatite Field, Andrembesoa Commune, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar (associated with tourmaline);
- RHODOCHROSITE Mn+2CO3
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- N Chwaning 2 Mine, near Kuruman, South-Africa;
- Marquette, MI, USA (pink LW);
- Cassandra Mines, Chalkidiki Prefecture, Macedonia Department Greece (weak SW+LW);
- rhodolite
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities: - RHODONITE (Mn+2,Fe+2,Mg,Ca)SiO3
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Kapnik, Hungary (bright red LW, dim red SW);
- Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden (dim red LW?);
- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (dull red LW);
- RICHTERITE Na(CaNa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2
LW: Greenish
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Murun, Aldan Plateau Yakutia;
- RIVERSIDEITE Ca5Si6O16(OH)2 2H2O
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA;
- ROEBLINGITE Pb2Ca6Mn+2(Si6O18)(SO4)2(OH)2 4H2O
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Langban, Sweden;
- Parker Shaft, Franklin, New jersey, USA;
- ROSENBUSCHITE (Ca,Na)12(Zr,Ti)4(Si2O7)4(O4F4)
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Skutesundskjaer near Barkevik, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- ROSENHAHNITE Ca3Si3O8(OH)2
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Highway 101 Cut, near Cloverdale, Mendocino County, California, USA ;
- Russian River, Mendocino Co., California, USA (bright white SW);
- Durham Quarry, Wake County, North Carolina, USA ;
- rumanite / ( ou rumanite)
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Colţi (Buzău County), Romania ;
- rubellite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Lavra do Cruzeiro, Sao Jose da Sefira, Minas Gerais, Brazil (pink rubellite fl. SW bright skyblue + LW medium creamy yellow);
- Ruby
LW: Red
MW: Red
SW: Red
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities:- Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar;
- Mundarara Mine (Mdarara), Longido, Arusha Region, Tanzania (Anyolite: rubis in zoïsite and pargasite)
- Kleggåsen Ruby Quarry, Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway (strong red LW);
- Hunza Valley, Gilgit, Pakistan;
- Mysore District, Karnataka, India;
- Froland, Norway;
- Fiskenæsset, Nuuk, Sermersooq, Greenland;
- Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan;
- Sivec marble quarries, Sivec Mountain, Prilep, Republic of Macedonia (yellow, orange and red fluorescence sometime combined) ;
- RUTHERFORDINE U+6O2(CO3)
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Urugurse Mt., East Africa;
- Newry, ME, USA;
- Beryl Montains, NH, USA;
- SABINAITE Na4Zr2TiO4(CO3)4
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
- Francon Quarry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada;
- SABUGALITE H0,5Al0,5(UO2)2(PO4)2 8H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Quarta Seira mine, Sabugal, Portugal;
- Mine de Margnac, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France;
- SALEEITE Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2 10H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Urucum pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil;
- Saléeite de Shinkolobwe, Katanga, R.D. du Congo;
- Arcu su Linnarbu, Capoterra, Cagliari metropolitan city, Sardinia, Italy;
- Ranger Mine, Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia;
- Pedro Alvaro mine, Villares de Yeltes, Salamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain
- SALAMMONIAC alpha NH4Cl
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - salpeter
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - SAMFOWLERITE Ca28Mn6Zn4(Be,Zn)4Be12(SiO4)12(Si2O7)8(OH)12
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA ;
- SANBORNITE BaSi2O5
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Rush creek, Fresno county, California, USA;
- SANIDINE (K,Na)(Si,Al)4O8
LW:
MW:
SW: Pink
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
- Drachenfels, Königswinter, Siebengebirge, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany;
- sapphire
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities:- Madagascar;
- SAPONITE (Ca0,5,Na)0,3(Mg,Fe+2)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2 4H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Lavec, CA, USA;
- SAPOZHNIKOVITE Na8(Al6Si6O24)(HS)2
LW: Orange
MW: Orange
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator: S2-
Best Localities:- Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozero alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
- SASSOLITE H3BO3
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Larderello, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy;
- SATIMOLITE KNa2Al4B6O15Cl3 13H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Ivrea, Italy;
- SAZYKINAITE-(Y) Na5YZrSi6O18 6H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- scapolite / (Group: MEIONITE, MARIALITE )
LW: Violet red
MW: Orange Red
SW: Red
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Karur, Tamilnadu, India;
- Madagascar (dull red);
- Cannon Inlet, Baffin Island, Nunavut (bright peach under MW);
- Nobel Pit, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA (gray scapolite fl. medium crimson red SW associated with calcite fl.bright red SW);
- Limecrest Quarry in NJ. The Scapolite ( yellow LW, yellowish-white MW & SW);
- Diamond Lade Roadcut, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada ((green scapolite fl. medium crimson red SW associated with calcite fl.bright red SW);
- Marble occurrence, Morogoro, Uluguru Mts, Morogoro Region, Tanzania (red SW, dull blue LW));
- Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden (SW blue-white, blue);
- Bancroft area, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada (orange-pink fluo);
- Yates mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada (red SW);
- Mountain Top Trucking quarry, Torrington, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA (red SW);
- Valyermo, Holcomb Ridge, Los Angeles Co., California, USA (yellow LW);
- Maple Leaf, Monteagle Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada (dull orange);
- Yates mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada (dull pink);
- SCAWTITE Ca7(Si6O18)(CO3) 2H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA;
- SCENICITE [(UO2)(H2O)2(SO4)]2.3H2O
LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Green Lizard, Giveaway–Simplot, Markey and Scenic mines, White Canyon district, San Juan County, Utah, USA;
- schalenblende
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Pomorzany Mine, Gmina Olkusz, Olkusz Co., Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (LW orange);
- Plombières-Vieille Montagne (Plombières-Altenberg) District, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium;
- Schmalgraf Mine, Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne (Plombières-Altenberg) District, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium;
- schönite
LW: White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Rossleben, former DDR, Germany;
- SCHEELITE CaWO4
LW: Violet Pink
MW: Red
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: WO42-
Best Localities:- Pingwu beryl mine, Huya township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China;
- Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China;
- Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
- Mt. Xuebaoding, Sichuan Province, China (bright red MW);
- Xuebaoding Mountain, near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China (bluish-white SW, orange LW);
- Gharmung area, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;
- Pari, Kharmang District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;
- Tae Hwa Mine, Neungam-ri, Angseong-myeon, Chungju, Chungcheongbukdo, South Korea;
- Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad, Peru;
- Morro Velho mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil;
- Guadalupana Mine, Sierra del Chivato, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico (weak Brownish-greenish SW);
- Cínovec / Zinnwald, Erzgebirge; Krusné Hory Mts, Germany & Czech Republic;
- Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG Mine (7 km S of Mittersill) Western ore field, Scheelite deposit, Felben valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria;
- Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden;
- Camp Bird Mine, Camp Bird, Sneffels District, Ouray, Ouray District, San Juan Mts, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA (blue SW, white LW);
- Kernville, Cove Mining District, Kern Co., California, USA;
- Route 20 construction site, Northborough, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA;
- Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA;
- Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (MW+SW white to cream);
- Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK;
- Mont Chemin mining district, Martigny, Valais, Switzerland;
- Virgen de la Encina Mine, Salas de los Barrios, Ponferrada, León, Castile and Leon, Spain;
- Conchita Mine, Estepona, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain;
- Traversella Mine, Traversella, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy;
- Kimmeria, Xanthi, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece;
- Western ore field, Mittersill Scheelite deposit, Mittersill, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria;
- SCHOEPITE [(UO2)8O2(OH)12](H2O)12
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre);
- Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre);
- San Rafael Swell, eastern Utah, USA;
- SCHROECKINGERITE NaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F 10H2O
LW: Bluish Green
MW:
SW: Bluish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Hillside mine, Yavapai county, Arizona, USA;
- Svornost Mine, Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic;
- Isolagrande Mine, Isolagrande, Murialdo, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy;
- SCOLECITE Ca[Al2Si3O10] 3H2O
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - SEABORGITE LiNa6K2(UO2)(SO4)5(SO3OH)(H2O)
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Blue Lizard mine, Red Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, U.S.A;
- SEARLESITE NaBSi2O5(OH)2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Point of Rocks, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA;
- Green River area, Sweet Water County, Wyoming, USA;
- selenite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - SELLAITE MgF2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Les Adets, France (yellow fluorescence);
- Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Black Forest Region, Germany (blue-white fluo);
- Pedra Preta Quarry, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil (Magenta-pink SW);
- SENARMONTITE Sb2O3
LW: Brownish Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Djebel Hammimat Mine, Ain Babouche District, Oum el Bouaghi Province, Algeria;
- SEPIOLITE Mg4Si6O15(OH)2 6H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Killik, Mihaliççik, EskiÅŸehir Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey;
- Quincy-sur-Cher, Bourges, Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France;
- Madrid, Spain;
- septaria
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Orderville, Kane County, Utah, USA ;
- serpentine
LW:
MW: Bluish White
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - severginite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - SHARPITE Ca(UO2)6(CO3)5(OH)4 6H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - SHELDRICKITE Na Ca3 (CO3)2 F3 H2 O
LW: Bluish White
MW: Bluish White
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- SHIBKOVITE K(Ca,Mn,Na)2(K2-xXx)2Zn3Si12O30
LW:
MW: Orangy yellow
SW: Red
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikistan;
- SHOMIOKITE-(Y) Na3(Y,Dy)(CO3)3 3H2O
LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator: Eu3+
Best Localities:- Shomiokitovoe pegmatite, Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (pinkish-orange SW+ medium strength yellow-green LW);
- SHORTITE Na2Ca2(CO3)3
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator: Dy3+
Best Localities:- FMC Westvaco Mine, Green River Formation, west of Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA (bright yellow or pink-orange to brown SW);
- Stauffer Mine, Green River, Wyoming, USA (yellow fluo, blue phospho);
- Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (orange);
- SHUMWAYITE (UO2)2(SO4)2*5H2O
LW: Bluish Green
MW:
SW: Bluish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Giveaway-Simplot Mine, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA ;
- Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA;
- Green Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
- flint
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities: - SILLIMANITE Al2SiO5
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Paris, ME, USA (var. fibrolite, dim red SW);
- simetite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Simeto River, Sicily, Italy ;
- Leonforte, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy;
- SIMMONSITE Na2 Li Al F6
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Zapot pegmatite, Gillis Range, Fitting District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA;
- SIMONELLITE C19H24
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Fognano, Montepulciano, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy;
- SIMPSONITE Al4(Ta,Nb)3O13(O,OH,F)
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Tabba Tabba pegmatite, Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia (bluish-white SW);
- Simpsonite, Benson pegmatite mine, Mtoko, Southern Rhodesia (pale yellow SW);
- Alto do Giz pegmatite, Equador, Borborema mineral province, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (white-yellow SW);
- Tanco Mine (Bernic Lake Mine), Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada (white SW);
- Mdara Mine, Bikita Area, Masvingo, Zimbabwe (bright white-yellow SW);
- Vasin-Myl k Mt, Voroni Tundry, Murmanskaya Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- SKLODOWSKITE (H3O)2Mg(UO2)2(SiO4)2 4H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Kamoto-Est, Katanga, R.D. du Congo;
- Shinkolobwe, Katanga, R.D. du Congo;
- Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo;
- Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany;
- Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece;
- Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico;
- SKORPIONITE [np+] Ca3Zn2(PO4)2CO3(OH)2 H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Lüderitz District, Karas Region Namibia (2004, associated with Tarbuttite (Jordi Fabre));
- SLAWSONITE (Sr,Ca)Al2Si2O8
LW:
MW:
SW: Violet red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Kagami Village, Tosagun, Kochi Prefecture, Japan;
- SMITHSONITE ZnCO3
LW: Violet
MW: Violet blue
SW: Violet red
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Tsumeb, Namibia (fluo Blue or Red SW);
- Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia (green SW);
- Alston Moor, Cumberland, England (fluo red SW);
- Miller Canyon, Huachuca Montains, Cochise Co, AZ, USA (fluo red SW);
- Cerro Gordo Mine, Inyo County, California, USA (violet/pink SW associated with hydrozincite blue-white SW);
- Klichkinskoye, Nerchinskii District, East Transbaikalia, Russia (fluo green);
- Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco ;
- El Refugio Mine, Choix, Choix Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico (blue, red, violet SW) (+/-2007);
- Buena Tierra Mine,Francisco Portillo, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Chihuahua, Mexico (blue, red, violet SW,dusky rose SW)
- SODALITE Na8Al6Si6O24Cl2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: S2-
Best Localities:- Brevik, Langesundfjord, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway ;
- Bancroft, Ontario, Canada ;
- Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia ;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland ;
- Kangerluarsuk Fjord (Kangerdluarssuq Fjord), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland ;
- Tunulliarfik Fjord, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark;
- Kiran, Kokcha (Koksha) Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan ;
- Sar-e-Sang, Kokcha (Koksha) Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan ;
- Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada (bright orange under LW & dull orange SW);
- Symmes Pond Syenite, Straw Hill, Newfield, York Co., Maine, USA (yellow SW, orange-yellow LW);
- Horne Quarry, Red Hill, Moultonborough, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA (strong orange LW);
- AkeSu Area, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China (Blue sodalite fluo LW red-orange + SW green);
- Beemerville main nepheline-syenite mass, Libertyville, Wantage Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA;
- Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA;
- Horne Quarry, Red Hill, Moultonborough, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA;
- Symmes Pond Syenite, Straw Hill, Newfield, York Co., Maine, USA (bright yellow SW & more orange yellow LW);
- Ice River Alkaline Complex, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada (The grey sodalite fluoresces brilliant orange, but not the blue);
- Cancrinite Hill, Dungannon Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada (associated with Cancrinite, SW dark red fluorescence);
- Lake Superior beaches, Chippewa Co., Michigan, USA (Yooperlite);
- SODDYITE (UO2)2SiO4 2H2O
LW: Tawn
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - SODIUM AUTUNITE Na2(UO2)2(PO4)2 10-16H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- From a granodiorite in an unspecified locality in the former Soviet Union;
- SODIUM BOLTWOODITE (Na,K)(UO2)SiO3(OH) 1,5H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia;
- SODIUM URANOSPINITE (Na2,Ca)(UO2)2(AsO4)2 5H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- “Mina Eureka” término de Castell-estaó, La Torre de Cabdella, provincia de Lérida, Spain;
- SODIUM-ZIPPEITE Na4(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10 4H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Bukov Mine, Rožná deposit, VysoÄina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic;
- Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida province, Spain;
- SOGDIANITE (Zr,Ti+4,Fe+3,Al)2(X,Na)2K[Li3Si12O30] ou Zr2KLi3Si12O30
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Ti - O
Best Localities:- Dara-I-Poiz glacier, Alayskiy Range, Tien Shan mountains, Tadzhikistan;
- sombrerite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Sombrero Island (Sombrero; Hat Island), Anguilla, British West Indies;
- SORENSENITE Na4Sn+4Be2(Si3O9)2 2H2O
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: TiO6
Best Localities:- Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld) Plateau, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland;
- SULPHUR (ALPHA) alpha S
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish
Main Activator: Inconnu
Best Localities:- Stoneco Quarry (former Scofield Q, former Woolmith Q), Maybee, Monroe County, Michigan, USA;
- Cozzo Disi Mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy;
- SPADAITE (?) Mg SiO2 (OH)2 H2 O (?)
LW: Yellowish
MW:
SW: Not fluorescent
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - SPENCERITE Zn4(PO4)2(OH)2 3H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Hudson Bay Mine, Salmo, British Colombia, Canada;
- SPESSARTINE Mn3+2Al2(SiO4)3
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities: - SPHALERITE (Zn,Fe)S
LW: Orange
MW: Orange
SW: Orange
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Sterling Hill mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, Sussex county, New jersey, USA;
- Massive sphalérite in Baryte matrix, Hot Springs, Madison County, North Carolina, USA;
- Horn Silver Mine, Frisco, San Francisco District (Frisco District), San Francisco Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USA;
- Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA;
- Luccheti Quarry, Carrara area, Tuscany, Italy (xl in marble fluorescing yellow);
- Hasselhojden, Grythyttan, Hällefors, Västmanland, Sweden;
- Las Manforas Mine, Camaleño, Icos de Europa, Cantabria, Spain (red LW);
- Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park Co., Colorado, USA (better known for his rhodochrosite crystals, sometimes sphalerite (orange LW) associated with fluorine (blue LW) comes from this mine)
- sphene
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - SPINELLE MgAl2O4
LW: Red
MW: Red
SW: Red
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities:- Mogok, Burma;
- An Phu, Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam;
- SPODUMENE LiAlSi2O6
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Hunza Mine, Gilgit Region, Pakistan;
- Kolum District, Nuristan Region, Afghanistan;
- Kunar Province, Afghanistan;
- Laghman Province, Afghanistan;
- Dara-i-Pech pegmatite field, Chapa Dara District, Konar Province, Afghanistan (orange LW,lilac SW+phosphp);
- Minas Gerais, Brazil;
- Pala Chief Mine, Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA (dull luminescence);
- Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA (pink LW, Blue SW);
- Stony Point, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA (strong LW, dull SW);
- Oceanview Mine, Elizabeth R. Mine, Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA ( intense UV fluorescence as well as phosphorescence);
- SPURRITE Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3)
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Velardeña District, Mun. de Cuencamé, Durango, Mexico (De Ment 1949);
- STARKEYITE MgSO4 4H2O
LW: White
MW: White
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- STEACYITE Th(Ca,Na)2K1-xSi8O20 (x=0.2-0.4)
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Murunski Massif, near Aldon, south of the Lena River, Siberia, Russia;
- Aldan Shield, Sahka republic (Yakutia), Russia;
- steatite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - STEEDEITE NaMn2[Si3BO9](OH)2
LW:
MW: Green
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- STEENSTRUPINE-(Ce) Na14Ce6Mn+2Mn+3Fe2+2(Zr,Th)(Si6O18)2(PO4)7 3H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- STEIGERITE AlVO4 3H2O
LW: Pale Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - STELLERITE Ca[Al2Si7O18] 7H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - STEVENSITE (Ca/2)0,3Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- New Street quarry, Paterson, New jersey, USA;
- STILBITE-Ca (Ca0,5,Na,K)9[Al9Si27O72] 28H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: ST (Singlet-triplet)-Matière organique en impureté
Best Localities:- Upper New Sreet, Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, USA;
- Pashan quarries, Pashan, Pune District, Maharashtra, India (minor fluorescence SW+LW);
- Nashik District, Maharashtra, India (minor fluorescence SW+LW);
- STILLWELLITE-(Ce) (Ce,La,Ca)BSiO5
LW:
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator: Sm3+
Best Localities:- Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikistan;
- STOLZITE Pb(WO4)
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator: WO42-
Best Localities:- Sainte-Lucie Mine, St Léger-de-Peyre, Marvejols, Lozère, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (Zoned fluo yellow LW+SW);
- Tsumeb, Namibia (Bright yellow SW and Bright orange-red LW);
- Broken Hill Proprietary Mine (Proprietary Mine; BHP Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia ;
- STRASSMANNITE Al(UO2)(SO4)2F.16H2O
LW: Bluish Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Green Lizard Mine (Green Lizard #1 & #2), Red Canyon, San Juan Co., Utah, USA;
- STRELKINITE Na2(UO2)2(V2O8) 6H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Basaral occurrence, Bota-Burum U deposit, Alakol' Lake, Chu-Ili Mts, Balkhash Region, Dzhezkazgan Oblast', Kazakhstan former Soviet Union;
- Lisdan-Siwaga Fault, Hashem Region, Amman, Jordan;
- stroganovite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast, Prebaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (dim yellowish-white SW);
- STRONTIANITE SrCO3
LW: Bluish White
MW: Bluish White
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: ST (Singlet-triplet)-Matière organique en impureté
Best Localities:- Winfield, Union Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
- Münsterland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (pink LW);
- Strontian, North West Highlands, Scotland, UK (yellowish-white LW with baryte bluish white LW);
- strontio-aragonite
LW: Red
MW: Red
SW: Pink
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Boccheggiano mines, Montieri, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy (red SW and LW);
- Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy ;
- strontiocalcite
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Chittenango Falls, NY, USA (bright yellow LW, less intense SW);
- Faylor quarry, Winfield, PA, USA (bright yellow LW, less intense SW);
- STRONTIUM-APATITE (Sr,Ca)5(PO4)3(OH,F)
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator: Sm3+
Best Localities:- Lake Sayd, Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
- STRUNZITE Mn+2Fe2+3(PO4)2(OH)2 6H2O
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Mount Palermo, North groton, New hampshire, USA;
- Hagendorf pegmatite, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany;
- STUDTITE UO4 4H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Shinkolobwe-Kasolo, Shaba, Congo;
- Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Germany;
- succinite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities: - SUDOITE Mg2 (Al,Fe+3)3 Si3 Al O10 (OH)8
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Ohira Imazaki mine, Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan;
- SULFOHALITE Na6(SO4)2FCl
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;
- SUOLUNITE Ca2Si2O5(OH)2 H2O
LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Al Khawd, Oman;
- SUSANNITE Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland, England;
- SVABITE Ca5(AsO4)3(F,OH)
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Langban, Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden ;
- Ultevis, Lappland, Sweden ;
- Franklin, New Jersey, USA ;
- A skarn at Solongo, Buriat Republic, Russia ;
- Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden (Svabite pseudomorphose after Tilasite);
- SVORNOSTITE K2Mg[(UO2)(SO4)2]2·8H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Geschieber vein, Svornost Mine (Einigkeit Mine), Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic;
- SVYATOSLAVITE CaAl2Si2O8
LW: Yellowish
MW:
SW: Yellowish
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- From burning coal dumps in the Chelyabinsk coal basin, Southern Urals, Russia;
- SWARTZITE CaMg(UO2)(CO3)3 12H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Hillside mine, Yavapai county, Arizona, USA;
- Rifle mine, East Rifle Creek area, Garfield County, Colorado, USA;
- SWEDENBORGITE NaBe4SbO7
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Langban, Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden (SW blue + calcite/dolomite SW red-orange);
- sylvinite
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - SYLVITE KCl
LW:
MW:
SW: Pink
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - SZAIBELYITE Mg2(B2O4OH)(OH)
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Coating on a serpentine at Stinson Beach, California, USA;
- Crestmore, Riverside, CA, USA;
- taaffeite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - TACHARANITE Ca12Al2Si18O51 18H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - TADZHIKITE-(Ce) Ca4Ce2TiX2[Si4B4O22](OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator: Ti - O
Best Localities:- Darai-Pioz Glacier, Alai Range, Tien Shan Mtn, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan;
- TAINIOLITE KLiMg2Si4O10F2
LW:
MW:
SW: Pink
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USA;
- TALC Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA;
- International Talc Company Mine, Talcville, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA;
- Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA (talc after willemite);
- Jefferson, NY, USA (var Rensselaerite, talc after pyroxene yellowish-white LW);
- TALMESSITE Ca2Mg(AsO4)2 2H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, USA;
- Talmessi Mine, Anarak, Iran;
- taprobanite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - TARANAKITE (K,Na)3(Al,Fe+3)5(PO4)2(PO3OH)6 18H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- South Farallon Island (Southeast Farallon Island), Farallon Islands, San Francisco Co., California, USA;
- TARBUTTITE Zn2(PO4)(OH)
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia;
- Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Lüderitz District, Karas Region Namibia (2006-2007);
- tarnowitzite
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia (yellowish-white, strongest SW or red SW);
- Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco ( Straw-yellow fluorescence SW+LW);
- TAUSONITE SrTiO3
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Localities:- Murun, near Aldan, Yakutia, Russia;
- tawnawite
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Tawmaw, Hpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township, Mohnyin District, Kachin State, Burma ;
- TELYUSHENKOITE CsNa6[Be2(Si,Al,Zn)18O39F2]
LW: Violet
MW:
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Dara-i-Pioz Glacier (Dara-Pioz), Tajikistan;
- TERLINGUAITE Hg2ClO
LW: Salmon pink
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA;
- TERSKITE Na4ZrSi6O15(OH)2 H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Shkatulka pegmatite, Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (white rim around brown eudialyte, fluo green SW);
- TERTSCHITE Ca4B10O19 20H2O
LW: Violet
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Kurtpinari mine, Faras, Turquey;
- tetranatrolite
LW: Pink
MW:
SW: Pink
Main Activator: S2-
Best Localities:- Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- THALENITE-(Y) Y3Si3O10(OH)
LW: Not fluorescent
MW: Not fluorescent
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- White Cloud Pegmatite,South Platte district, Colorado, USA;
- THAUMASITE Ca6Si2(CO3)2(SO4)2(OH)12 24H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Paterson, New Jersey, USA;
- Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA;
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- THENARDITE Na2SO4
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo Co., California, USA;
- Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA;
- Ummrisha Lake, Wadi Natrun depression, Western Desert, Egypt;
- THERMONATRITE Na2CO3 H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- thinolite
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - thioelaterite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities: - THOMSONITE-Ca Ca2Na[Al5Si5O20] 6H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Lower and Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, USA;
- Franklin, New jersey, USA;
- THORIKOSITE Pb3(Sb+3,As+3)O3(OH)Cl2
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Laurion District, Attica, Greece;
- THORITE (Th,U)SiO4
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Langesundfjord Region, Norway (yellowish variety called orangite and fluorescing green SW&LW);
- Landsverk 1 Feldspar Quarry, Landsverk, Evje og Hornnes, Agder, Norway;
- Laajamaa pegmatite, Pello, Lapland, Finland (var. uranothorite);
- Little Brown Egg thorium occurrence, Broadwater Co., Montana, USA;
- Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada;
- Rock Landing Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA
- THORNASITE Na12Th3[Si8O19]4 18H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia (pale green)
- THOROGUMMITE Th(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x
LW: Yellowish Green
MW: Yellowish Green
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Rock Landing Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA
- thorstite
LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Sirenevyi Kamen Deposit, Murunskii Massif, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia ;
- THREADGOLDITE Al(UO2)2(PO4)2(OH) 8H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, DR Congo;
- thucholite
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Pirkanmaa, Finland (var tucholite, radioactive halo fluo green SW)
- thulite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - Tiffany stone
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Brush Beryllium Mine in Juab Co., Utah, USA;
- Spor Mountain deposit, Spor Mountain, Juab Co., Utah, USA;
- TILASITE CaMg(AsO4)F
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Langban, Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden ;
- Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA ;
- Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden ;
- TILLEYITE Ca5Si2O7(CO3)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Crestmore Quarry, Crestmore, Riverside County, California, USA;
- TINAKSITE K2N (Ca,Mn+2)2TiSi7O19(OH)
LW: Orange
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: n[TiO6] cluster
Best Localities:- Murun, Aldan, Russia;Khibina Massif, Russia (Tinaksite-(Mn));
- TINCALCONITE Na6[B4O5(OH)4]3 8H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Boron, California, USA;
- Tinguaite
LW: Orange
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Khibiny mountains, Kola peninsula, Russia;
- tirodite
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- International Talc Company Mine (Reynolds Mine), Talcville, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA;
- TITANITE CaTiSiO5
LW:
MW:
SW: Dark Orange /Tawn
Main Activator: Centres dûs aux effets des radiations
Best Localities:- Franklin Marble, Rudeville, New Jersey, USA (weak brown SW);
- Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil;
- Kola Peninsula, Russia (dim brown SW);
- TOBERMORITE Ca5Si6(O,OH)18 5H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA;
- Puech de Vermus, Espalion, Aveyron, Midi-Pyrénées France (1983, Jordi fabre);
- TOPAZE Al2SiO4(F,OH)2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator: TiO6
Best Localities:- Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (LW: yellowish or bright orange, SW: greenish white or bright yellow)
- Mine de Vermelhão, Saramenha,Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil (very weak or laser induced red,Cr3+);
- Schneckenstein, former DDR, Germany (SW weak Yellow/green (De Ment));
- Boise Co., Idaho, USA (Yellow-orange);
- Zapot Topaz Mine, Zapot pegmatite, Gillis Range, Fitting District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA (yellow LW);
- Teixerinha Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais Brazil (06-07/2006, zoned fluorescence SW);
- TOUNKITE (Na,Ca,K)8 (Al6 Si6 O24) (SO4)2 Cl H2 O
LW: Salmon pink
MW: Orange Red
SW: Salmon pink
Main Activator: S2-
Best Localities: - Tultui lazurite deposit, Malaya Bystraya River Valley, Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
- tourmaline / (Group: see/voir ELBAITE, UVITE, DRAVITE)
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities: - travertin / (variete de calcaire / variety of limestone)
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - TREMOLITE XCa2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Gouverneur Talc Co, Balmat and Talcville, St Lawrence County, New York, USA ;
- Edwards , New York, USA; (fluo orange SW and triboluminescent);
- Rhein property, Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange Co., New York, USA (white-blue SW);
- Conklin Limestone Company quarry, Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA (blue SW);
- Farber Quarry, Franklin, New jersey, USA (blue SW);
- Nellie Ulmer Quarry, Rockland, Maine, USA;
- Tremola, Switzerland (bright yellow thermoluminescence);
- Canaan, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA (SW yellow);
- Yerington, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA (Blue-white LW);
- Elsfjord, Vefsn, Nordland, Norway (blue SW);
- Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland (blue SW);
- Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;
- TRIANGULITE Al3 (UO2)4 (PO4)4 (OH)5 5H2 O
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Rhyolite Ridge Li-B Deposit, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
- TRIDYMITE alpha SiO2
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Obsidian Cliff in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, USA (in obsidian);
- Big Lue Mountains, Greenlee county, Arizona, USA;
- TRIMERITE CaMn2+2Be3(SiO4)3
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Langban, Sweden (SW pink, LW Yellow);
- tripoli / (roche sedimentaire / sedimentary rock)
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - TROEGERITE (H3O)(UO2)(AsO4) 3H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany ;
- TRONA Na3(CO3)(HCO3) 2H2O
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Westvaco, Wyoming, USA (Pale yellow);
- Searles Lake, California, USA (Bright blue-white);
- Owens Lake, Inyo Co., California, USA (blue/white SW+LW);
- troostite
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
- tsavorite
LW: Orange
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania;
- TSCHERNICHITE-M Ca3,8Mg1,7Na1,6K0,4(Al,Si)64O128 65H2O
LW: Pale Yellow
MW:
SW: Pale Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Neer Road, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA ;
- tugtulite
LW: Orange Red
MW: Orange
SW: Pinkish White
Main Activator: S2-
Best Localities: - TUGTUPITE Na4AlBeSi4O12Cl
LW: Orange
MW: Pinkish White
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator: S2-
Best Localities:- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Taseq slopes, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kangerlassaq, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Shkatulka pegmatite, Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia;
- TUNELLITE SrB6O9(OH)2 3H2O
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Boron, california, USA;
- TUNISITE NaCa2Al4(CO3)4(OH)8Cl
LW: Orange
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - TURKESTANITE Th (Ca,Na)2 (K1-x Xx) Si8 O20 nH2 O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikistan;
- TURNEAUREITE Ca5(AsO4,PO4)3 Cl
LW:
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA;
- ZCA (Zinc Corp. of America) N°4 Mine, Balmat, St Lawrence County, New York, USA;
- Langban, Sweden;
- Garpenberg Norra Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna County, Sweden (associated with red fluorescing calcite);
- TURQUOISE CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 4H2O
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - TUSCANITE K(Ca,Na)6(Si,Al)10O22(SO4,CO3,(OH)2) H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Ditch Attica, near Rome, Italy;
- TVEITITE-(Y) Ca14Y5F43
LW:
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Barringer Hill, Llano and Burnet Counties, Texas, USA (now under Lake Buchanan!);
- Høydalen, Tørdal, Drangedal, Telemark, Norway;
- Rovgora Mt. West Keivy Block, Keivy Massif, Kola, Russia (pale yellow SW);
- TYCHITE Na6Mg2(CO3)4(SO4)
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;
- TYUYAMUNITE Ca(UO2)2(V2O8) 5-8H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - ULEXITE NaCaB5O6(OH)6 5H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Boron, California, USA;
- UMBITE K2ZrSi3O9 H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: n[TiO6] cluster
Best Localities:- Khibina Massif, Kola peninsula, Russia;
- URALBORITE CaB2O2(OH)4
LW:
MW:
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Turinsk, Northern Ural Mountains, Russia;
- URALOLITE Ca2Be4(PO4)3(OH)3 5H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Dunton Gem Mine, Newry, Maine, USA (Fluo yellow green SW);
- Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA (fluo green SW);
- URAMARSITE (NH4,H3O)2(UO2)2(AsO4, PO4)2.6H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Bota-Burum U-Mo Deposit, south of Alakol Lake, southwestern Balkhash area, Southern Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan;
- URAMPHITE (NH4)2(UO2)2(PO4)2 6H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- found in a uranium-coal deposit in the former Soviet Union;
- URANOCIRCITE Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2 12H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Bergen, Germany;
- Menzenschwand, Black Forest region, Germany;
- San Pedro mine, Malacacheta, Minas Gerais, Brazil;
- URANOCLITE (UO2)2(OH)2Cl2(H2O)4
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Blue Lizard mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA;
- URANOPHANE Ca(UO2)2[SiO3(OH)]2 5H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Grants District, New Mexico, USA;
- Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida province, Spain;
- Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany;
- Menzenschwand, St Blasien, Baden-Württemberg, Germany;
- URANOPHANE-BETA Ca(UO2)2[(SiO3OH)]2 5H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Badgastein, Austria;
- URANOPILITE (UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6 14H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Rabejac, Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France ;
- Eisleben, former DDR, Germany;
- Atlas #9 Mine, Tidwell Draw, Emery Co. Utah, USA;
- Fé Mine, Castile and León, Spain;
- URANOSPATHITE Al0,5-1(UO2)4(PO4)4 20-21H2O F<1
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Krunkelbach Valley Uranium deposit, Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ;
- Mina El Pedregal, Badajoz, Coimbra, Spain ;
- URANOSPINITE Ca(UO2)2(AsO4)2 10H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Háje, PÅ™íbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic;
- uranothallite
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District, Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
- uranothorite (Th,U)SiO4
LW: Yellowish Green
MW: Yellowish Green
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Laajamaa pegmatite, Pello, Lapland, Finland;
- UROXITE [(UO2)2(C2O4)(OH)2(H2O)2].H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Burro Mine (Burro tunnel; C-SR-13 Mesa), Slick Rock Mining District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA;
- Markey Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
- ursilite (Mg,Ca)4(UO2)4(Si2O5)5,5(OH)5 13H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Former Soviet union;
- USSINGITE Na2AlSi3O8(OH)
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Lovozero massif, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- UVAROVITE Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Localities:- Nijie-Tagiskoyie, Urals, Russia (fluo green);
- Transvaal, South Africa (fluo red);
- UVITE (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe+2)3Al5Mg(BO3)3Si6O18(OH,F)4
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator: TiO6
Best Localities:- Franklin marble, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
- Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia Brazil (±1994, weak SW);
- Bradu Valley, Pakistan;
- Bush Farm, Richville, St. Lawrence Co, NY, USA;
- valchovite / (polymeric sesquiterpen alcohol)
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Greenish
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Valchov, Boskovice, South Moravia Region, Moravia, Czech Republic;
- VANADINITE Pb5(VO4)3Cl
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico;
- Ahumada mine, Los Lamentos, Mexico;
- VANDENBRANDEITE Cu+2(UO2)(OH)4
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo(Zaïre);
- VANDENDRIESSCHEITE Pb1,5[(UO2)10)O6(OH)11] 11H2O
LW: Tawn
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- KÅ‘vágószÅ‘lÅ‘s, Mecsek Mountains, Baranya County, Hungary;
- VANMEERSSCHEITE U(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6 4H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Congo; - VANURALITE Al(UO2)2(V2O8)(OH) 11H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: Munana, Gabon; - vanuxemite
LW: Tawn
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA ;
- VAPNIKITE Ca3UO6
LW:
MW: Yellowish
SW: Yellowish
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy, Israel ;
- VARISCITE AlPO4 2H2O
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Fairfield, Utah, USA;
- Lewiston, Utah, USA;
- Wisniowka Wielka Quarry, Holy Cross Mouintains, Poland;
- VATERITE CaCO3
LW:
MW: Greenish Blue
SW:
Main Activator: ST (Singlet-triplet)-Matière organique en impureté
Best Localities: - VAUXITE Fe+2 Al2 (PO4)2 (OH)2 6H2 O
LW: Pinkish White
MW:
SW: Pinkish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province (Bustillos Province), Potosí Department, Bolivia;
- VAYRYNENITE (Mn+2,Fe+2) Be (PO4) (OH)
LW: Violet blue
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;
- veatchite-p
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - VESUVIANITE Ca10Mg2Al4(SiO4)5(Si2O7)2(OH)4
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Québec, Canada;
- Lake Jaco, Chihuahua, Mexico (en association avec grenats / with garnet );
- Pulga deposit, Pulga, Butte Co., California, USA (var. californite);
- Ludwig, NV, USA (yellow LW);
- VILLIAUMITE NaF
LW: Red
MW: Orange Red
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Point of Rocks, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA (fluo orange);
- Khibina Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia (fluo orange);
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Los Archipelago, Guinea (fluo red);
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia;
- VINOGRADOVITE Na8Ti8O8(Si2O6)4[(Si3Al)O10]2 [(H2O),(Na,K)2]
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish
Main Activator: TiO6
Best Localities:- Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
- Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia;
- Koashva Open Pit, Khibiny, Kola, Russia ;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- VITUSITE-(Ce) Na3(Ce,La,Nd)(PO4)2
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator: Ce3+
Best Localities:- Yubileinaya vein, Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
- Rasvumchorr Mt. Khibiny, Kola, Russia;
- Kitaa Province, Greenland;
- VLADIMIRITE Ca5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2 5H2O
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Aït Ahmane, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region Morocco (2002 (Jordi fabre));
- VLASOVITE Na2ZrSi4O11
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator: n[TiO6] cluster
Best Localities:- Kipawa Complex, Sheffield Lake, Témiscamingue County, Quebec, Canada;
- Burpala, Patom plateau, East Siberia, Russia;
- VOGLITE Ca2Cu+2(UO2)(CO3)4 6H2O (?)
LW: Greenish Blue
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Krusné Hory (Erzgebirge), Západoceský Kraj, Bohemia, Czech Republic;
- White Canyon #1 Mine, Frey Point, San Juan County, Utah, USA;
- voltzite / (mix of WURTZITE and organometalic zinc compound)
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA ;
- VUONNEMITE Na11Ti+4Nb2(Si2O7)2(PO4)2O3(F,OH)
LW: Greenish white
MW: Pale Yellow
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator: Ti3+
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
- Shkatulka pegmatite, Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
- Kvanefjell, Ilimaussaq, Greenland;
- WADEITE K2ZrSi3O9
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: n[TiO6] cluster
Best Localities:- Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- walchovite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Moravia, Czech republic;
- WALSTROMITE BaCa2Si3O9
LW: Pink
MW: Orange
SW: Orange
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Cat head mountains, Big Creek-Rush Creek area, Fresno County, California, USA (bright orange MW);
- Esquire No. 8 claim (Landers Gillespite locality), Big Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA (Bright yellow-orange MW);
- Snow Cap Mine, Rush Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno Co., California, USA (pink LW & SW);
- WAVELLITE Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3 5H2O
LW: Bluish White
MW: Green
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Highdown Quarry, Devon, England ;
- Saline County, Arkansas, USA (some samples have a bright green fluorescence under MW, far stronger than under SW);
- Wisniowka Wielka Quarry, Holy Cross Mouintains, Poland ;
- websterite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - WEEKSITE (K,Ba,Ca)2(UO2)2Si5O13 H2O
LW: Yellowish Green
MW: Yellowish Green
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Anderson Mine, Date Creek Basin, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
- weinschenkite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - WELOGANITE Na2Sr3Zr(CO3)6 3H2O
LW: Pink
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Francon Quarry, Montreal, Jacques Cartier County, Québec, Canada;
- wernerite / (voir aussi/see also MARIALITE)
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellowish
Main Activator: S2-
Best Localities:- Otter Lake, Grenville, Quebec, Canada ;
- McGill Scapolite Prospect (Mc Gill Farm), Pointe-au-Chêne, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada ;
- Grenville Scapolite Prospect, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada ;
- Valyermo, California, USA ;
- Fort Coulonge Quebec, Canada (associated with blue sodalite, hauyne fl.orange LW and diopside fl.blue SW);
- Old St. Joe Mine in Edwards NY, USA (1969, associated with lazurite, phlogopite fl. yellow SW, hauyne fl. orange LW, diopside fl.skyblue SW);
- Autoroute 50 roadcut, Argenteuil County, Quebec, Canada ;
- Beluga sapphire property, Kimmirut (Lake Harbour), Baffin Island, Nunavut Territory, Canada ;
- Lady Smith, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada exploited by Darryl MacFarlane around 1996 ;
- WETHERILLITE Na2Mg(UO2)2(SO4)4.18H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Blue Lizard Mine, Chocolate Drop, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA ;
- wheelerite
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Variety of retinite occuring in lignite beds in Northern Mexico ;
- WHEWELLITE CaC2O4 H2O
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: ST (Singlet-triplet)-Matière organique en impureté
Best Localities:- Crystals in septarian concretions of Elk Creek, Meade county, South Dakota, USA;
- Dolny, Bilina, Tchéquie;
- Bílina coal mine, Bílina (Bilin), Ústí Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic;
- Paitzdorf, Ronneburg U deposit, Gera, Thuringia, Germany (former DDR);
- Burgk, Dresden, Saxony, Germany;
- Ležáky quarry, Most, North Bohemia, Czech Republic;
- WHITLOCKITE Ca9 (Mg,Fe+2) (PO4)6 (PO3 OH)
LW: Blue
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Zagami meteorite (Martian meteorite)
- WICKENBURGITE Pb3CaAl2Si10O27 4H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Potter-Cramer mine, Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA;
- Rat Tail claim (Pack Rat claim), Wickenburg area, Belmont Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA;
- Anchor mine, Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA;
- WICKMANITE Mn+2Sn+4(OH)6
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden ;
- wiedgerite
LW: Pale Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities: - WIGHTMANITE Mg5O(BO3)(OH)5 2H2O
LW: Tawn
MW:
SW: Tawn
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Crestmore Quarry, Crestmore, Riverside Co., CALIFORNIA, USA (Wightmanite after Scapolite, bright blue SW);
- wilkeite
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA ;
- WILLEMITE Zn2SiO4
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA;
- Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA;
- Hogan Claim, near Wickenburg, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA (Green SW associated with calcite and fluorite);
- Desert View Mine, Holcomb Valley, San Bernardino County, California, USA (green SW associated with calcite red SW and sometimes hardystonite blue SW);
- Desert View Mine, Fawnskin (Grout), Bear Valley District, San Bernardino Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA;
- Purple Passion Mine, Red Picacho District, Wickenburg area, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA;
- El Refugio Mine, Sinaloa, Mexico (green SW associated with hydrozincite blue-white SW)(+/-2007)
- Star Zinc Mine, Broken Hill, North Western province, Zambia;
- Excelsior prospect, Lusaka, Zambia;
- Hasselhojden, Grythyttan, Hällefors, Västmanland, Sweden;
- Garpenberg Norra Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna, Sweden (green SW associated with calcite SW red pretty like Franklin specimens, with sometimes sphalerite SW yellow and hydrozincite SW blue);
- Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region Namibia;
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada (strongly phosphorescent, associated with serandite, calcite & rhodochrosite)
- WITHERITE BaCO3
LW: Bluish White
MW: Bluish White
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Cave in Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, USA;
- Hexham, England;
- Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nent Valley, Alston Moor District, Cumbria, England, UK;
- WOHLERITE Na4Ca8(Zr,Nb)4(Si2O7)4(O,OH,F)8
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Sagasen Quarry, Telemark, Norway;
- Svensken Quarry, Tuften, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway;
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- WOLLASTONITE CaSiO3
LW: Yellow
MW: Orangy yellow
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Nobel Pit, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New jersey, USA;
- White Knob quarry, Lucerne Valley Limestone Province, San Berardino County, California, USA;
- Desert View mine, Holcomb Valley, San Bernardino County, California, USA;
- Desert View Mine, Fawnskin (Grout), Bear Valley District, San Bernardino Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA (SW orange +calcite SW red + aragonite SW bluish-white)
- Yuma, Yuma District, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA;
- Third find (i.e. Wollastonite in calcite associated with Baryte) Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA;
- Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden;
- Älgfalls (Elgfall) mine, Kopparberg, Ljusnarsberg, Västmanland, Sweden (yellowish-white SW);
- Santa Fé Mine, Pichucalco, Pichucalco Municipality, Chiapas, Mexico;
- wollastonite-2m CaSiO3
LW: Pink
MW: Not fluorescent
SW: Not fluorescent
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Sarabau Mine, North Bau, Sarawak, Borneo (associated with non fluorescent sarabauite);
- WULFENITE PbMoO4
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: MoO42-
Best Localities:- Red Cloud Mine, Yuma County, Arizona, USA;
- Mammoth, Arizona, USA;
- Teresita Mine, Can Donadeu, Sant Fost de Campsentelles, Comarca Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia Spain (±1950, var. chillagite, weak LW+SW);
- Tombstone Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA;
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia (Dolomite fluo orange SW + wulfenite deep red SW);
- Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco (SW);
- Sidi Amer, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco (Minor fluorescence long & short UV)
- WURTZITE-2H (Zn,Fe)S
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Tsumeb, Namibia (probably containing cadmium, fluo jaune/yellow);
- Olkusz, Olkusz District, Małopolskie, Poland;
- Plombières-Vieille Montagne (Plombières-Altenberg) District, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium (schalenblende);
- Schmalgraf Mine, Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne (Plombières-Altenberg) District, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium (schalenblende);
- Horn Silver Mine, Frisco, San Francisco Mining District, San Francisco Mountains, Beaver Co., Utah, USA (orange SW + triboluminescence);
- Agios Philippos Mine, Kirki Mines, Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece (orange)(first seen Munich 2013);
- WURTZITE-4H ZnS
LW: Orange
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Mn2+
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Olkusz, Olkusz District, Małopolskie, Poland;
- Plombières-Vieille Montagne (Plombières-Altenberg) District, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium;
- Schmalgraf Mine, Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne (Plombières-Altenberg) District, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium;
- Luccheti Quarry, Carrara area, Tuscany, Italy (xl in marble fluorescing yellow);
- Agios Philippos Mine, Kirki Mines, Évros, Thracia, Greece (2013, orange on the crystals and yellow on the matrix + phosphorescence);
- XENOTIME-(Y) YPO4
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Novo Horizonte, Bahia Brazil (2006, LW + weaker SW);
- Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi;
- XONOTLITE Ca6Si6O17(OH)2
LW: Bluish White
MW: Violet
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Wessels Mine, South Africa;
- Franklin mine, Franklin, New jersey, USA;
- Crestmore, Riverside, CA, USA (var. jurupaite=Mg-xonotlite, weak white, SW & LW);
- xylocryptite Al2[C6(COO)6] . 16H2O
LW: Bluish White
MW: Bluish White
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities: - YAROSLAVITE Ca3Al2F10(OH)2 H2O
LW: Violet
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Yaroslavskoye Sn Deposit, Voznesenskii ore District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region (Siberia), Russia ;
- YINGJIANGITE K2Ca(UO2)7(PO4)4(OH)6 6H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Kladská, Mariánské LáznÄ›, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic (weakly fluorescent);
- yooperlite
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Yellowish
Main Activator: S2-
Best Localities:- Yooperlites are found anywhere from Whitefish Point to Grand Marais, Lake Superior, Michigan Upper Peninsula, USA;
- youngite
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) en impureté
Best Localities:- Mississippian limestone near Glendo and Guernsey reservoirs in Hartville District, Platte Co., Wyoming, USA;
- yttrocerite CaF2 + (Y,Ce)F3
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Localities: - yttrofluorite / (Y bearing fluorite)
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Globe pegmatite, South Petaca, Petaca District, Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, USA;
- Big Bertha Mine, South Platte Pegmatite District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA (yellowish-white SW);
- Xihuashan ore field, Dayu Co., Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China (bluish-white SW);
- Ploskaya Mt, Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- Øvre Lapplægeret Quarry, Lapplægeret, Drag, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway;
- YUKSPORITE (K,Ba)NaCa2(Si, Ti)4O11(F,OH) H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Yukspor Mountains, Khibina massif, Kola peninsula, Russia;
- ZEKTZERITE NaLiZrSi6O15
LW:
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator: Ti - O
Best Localities:- Golden Horn batholit, Washington Pass, Okanogan county, Washington, USA;
- Golden Horn batholit, Kangaroo Ridge, Okanogan county, Washington, USA;
- Dara-I-Poiz, Garm region, Alayskiy Range, Tien Shan, Tadzhikistan;
- ZELLERITE Ca(UO2)(CO3)2 5H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Musonoï, Congo;
- White Canyon No. 1 Mine, Fry Mesa, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA;
- Svornost Mine, Jáchymov, Jáchymov District, Krušné Hory Mts, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic;
- ZEOPHYLLITE Ca4(Si3O8)(OH,F)4 2H2O
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Yellowish White
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- ZEUNERITE Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2 12H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - ZINC-ZIPPEITE Zn2(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10 16H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities: - ZINCITE (Zn,Mn+2)O
LW: Greenish Yellow
MW: Greenish Yellow
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Franklin and Sterling Hill Mine (340 foot level), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;
- Artificial zincite: a factory near Olkusz, Katowice, Schlesien, Poland;
- Olawa (OÅ‚awa), Lower Silesia, Poland;
- ZIPPEITE K (UO2)2(SO4)(OH)3 H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Sec. 35 mine, Grants, New Mexico, USA;
- Green River, Emery county, Utah, USA;
- ZIRCON ZrSiO4
LW: Pale Yellow
MW: Orangy yellow
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator: Centres dûs aux effets des radiations
Best Localities:- OstSkogen Quarry, Tuften Quarry, Arent Quarry, Tvedalen, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic complex, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway;
- Zirconium prospect, Stokkøya, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway;
- Granit Quarry, Tuften, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway;
- Store Kufjord, Seiland Island, Alta, Finnmark, Norway;
- Goiás, Brazil;
- Peixe, Peixe alkaline complex, Tocantins, Brazil;
- Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada;
- Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi;
- Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- Chelyabinsk Oblast, Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia;
- Astor Valley, Astor District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Mud Tank, Alcoota Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia;
- ZNUCALITE CaZn11(UO2)(CO3)3(OH)2O 4H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque
Best Localities:- Lill Mine, ÄŒernojamské deposit, BÅ™ezové Hory ore region, PÅ™íbram, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic;
- Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- ZOISITE Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH)
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: V2+
Best Localities:- Mitchell county, North Carolina, USA;
- ZUGSHUNSTITE-(Ce) (Ce,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4) 12H2O
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Matière organique intrinsèque
Best Localities: - ZUNYITE Al13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl
LW: Not fluorescent
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Localities:- Zuni Mine, Anvil Mountain, Red Mountain District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA;
- Big Bertha Mine, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
- Veta Grande Claim, west of Quartzite, Dome Rock Mtns., La Paz Co., Arizona, USA;
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