Luminescence Minerals PDF

Compact Guide of
Luminescent Minerals
Grard BARMARIN
Short List of all minerals and varieties included in the database fluomin.org
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There are 989 minerals and varieties repertoried in this list (CAPITALS for IMA recognized
minerals and normal characters for species and discredited minerals)
Notes:
ABERNATHYITE K2(UO2)2(AsO4)2 6H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
Best Locality:
Riviral, Lodve, Hrault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France;
Fuemrol No. 2 mine (Fuemrole mine), Temple Mountain, San Rafael District (San
Rafael Swell), Emery Co., Utah, USA (type locality);
achroite
LW: Blue
MW: Yellow
SW: Not fluorescent
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Urals Mt, Russia;
Johns-Manville mine, Quebec, Canada (Byssolite fluo dim orange-brown LW & SW)
ADAMITE Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
Best Locality:
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango County, Mexico;
Dachang Sn-polymetallic ore field, Nandan Co., Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Region, China;
adipocerite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
Best Locality:
ADOLFPATERAITE K(UO2)(SO4)(OH)(H2O)
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Svornost Mine (Einigkeit Mine), Jchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jchymov District (St
Joachimsthal), Krun Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia
(Bhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
adularia
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Fe3+
Best Locality:
AFGHANITE (Na,Ca,K)8 (Si,Al)12O24 (SO4,Cl,CO3)3 H2O

LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator: S2Best Locality:
Sar-e-Sang District, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan;
AFWILLITE Ca3Si2O4(OH)6
LW: No data
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
agalmatolite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
China?; Slovakia?
agate
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
AGRELLITE NaCa2Si4O10F
LW: Pink
MW: Violet Pink
SW: Violet Pink
Best Locality:
Mt Kipawa Complex, Kipawa River, Sheffield Lake, Villedieu Township, Qubec,
Canada;
Darai-Pioz (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-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, Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region,
Russia;
AGRICOLAITE K4(UO2)(CO3)3
LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Rovnost Mine (Werner Mine), Jchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jchymov (St
Joachimsthal) District, Krun Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region,
Bohemia (Bhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
aquamarine
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
alabaster
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
ALBITE NaAlSi3O8
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
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, Tsaratanna District, Betsiboka Region,
Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (blue albite with minor fluorescence SW, coming
on the market in Tucson 2015);
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Exilles, Susa Valley, near Torino, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy;
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Valle-du-Richelieu RCM, Montrgie,
Qubec, 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's 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);

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,
Manakana pegmatite, Manakana Commune, Tsaratanna District, Betsiboka Region,
Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (blue albite with minor fluorescence SW, coming
on the market in Tucson 2015);
ALDERMANITE Mg5Al12(PO4)8(OH)22 32H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Angaston, South Australia, Australia;
alexandrite
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Cr3+
Best Locality:
allingite
LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
Les Allinges, Haute-Savoie, France;
ALLOPHANE Al2SiO5 nH2O

LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Best Locality:
Grafenthal, Germany (light blue SW (De Ment))
Etienne mine, Schemnitz, Hungary (var. collyrite, white-brown, SW) (actual
name?: Bansk tiavnica (Schemnitz), Bansk tiavnica Co., Bansk Bystrica
Region, Slovakia)
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 Locality:
Mt. Alluaiv, Lovozero, Kola Peninsula, Russia
ALSTONITE BaCa(CO3)2
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Minerva N1 Mine, Cave in Rock, Illinois, USA;
Alston Moor, Cumberland, England;
ALUMINITE Al2SO4(OH)4 7H2O

LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
New Haven, Sussex, England;
Saxony, Germany;
ALUNITE K2Al6(SO4)4(OH)12
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
alvite
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
amazonite
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA;
Teller County, Colorado, USA;
Konso, Sidamo-Borana Region, Ethiopia;
AMBLYGONITE LiAl(PO4)(F,OH)
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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
Best Locality:
Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland;
Klaipda County, Lithuania;
Beach of the Baltic Sea, especially between Liepja 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);
Sumatera Island, Indonesia
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:
Best Locality:
Motupipi coal Mine, New Zealand;
Drury coal Mine, New Zealand;
AMEGHINITE NaB3O3(OH)4
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Tincalayu Mine, Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Tincalayu borax deposit, Salta Province,
Argentina;
AMESITE-2A Mg2Al(SiAl)O5(OH)4
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Chromium deposit, Saranovskoye, Urals, Russia;
amethyst
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Kedon, Magadanskaya Oblast, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
AMINOFFITE Ca3(BeOH)2Si3O10
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Lngban, Filipstad, Vrmland, Sweden">
Lngban, Filipstad, Vrmland, Sweden
ammolite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Alberta, Canada;
ANALCIME-A Na[AlSi2O6] H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
ANAPAITE Ca2Fe+2(PO4)2 4H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
ANCYLITE-(Ce) Sr(Ce,La)(CO3)2(OH) H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Khibina Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia;
ANDALOUSITE Al2SiO5
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Madera county, California, USA;
ANDERSONITE Na2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3 6H2O

LW: Bluish Green
MW:
SW: Bluish Green
Best Locality:
Monti Cristo mine near Moab, Utah, USA;
Atomic King n2 mine, near Moab, Utah, USA;
Mina Eureka termino de Castell-esta, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lrida
province, Spain;
Ambrosia Lake area, McKinley County, New Mexico, USA
ANDESINE (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)4O8
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
Monts Estrel, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cte d'Azur, France;
Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA (albite
dim white LW);
Szklary (Glsendorf), Zbkowice (Frankenstein), Zbkowice District, Lower Silesia
(Dolnolskie), Poland (albite, yellow-brown SW);
ANGLESITE PbSO4
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator: Pb2+
Best Locality:
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco;

Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
(The Anglesite fluoresces a very strong yellow in both LW and SW UV, 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);
ANHYDRITE CaSO4
LW: Pink
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Sm2+
Best Locality:
Fluo weak white SW and LW: Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico;
Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany (red LW);
ANKERITE Ca(Fe+2,Mg,Mn)(CO3)2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
ANORTHITE CaAl2Si2O8
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
ANORTHOCLASE (Na,K)AlSi3O8
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
ANTHOINITE AlWO3(OH)3
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
ANTHOPHYLLITE XMg7Si8O22(OH)2
LW: Violet Pink
MW:
SW: Violet Pink
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
apatite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
APHTHITALITE (K,Na)3Na(SO4)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;
apophyllite
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Inagli Massif, 30km ESE of Aldan, Sakha Republic (former yakutsk), Russia;
ARAGONITE CaCO3
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Pink
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality:
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, Enna, 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, Fs-Boulemane Region, Morocco (Twinned xls
agregated in balls, dull green SW);
Chihuahua, Mexico (bright green SW);
Gallo river, Molina de Aragn, 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:
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator: Eu2+
Best Locality:
Khibina, Russia;
ARFVEDSONITE Na Na2 (Fe4 +2 Fe+3) Si8 O22 (OH)2

LW: Orange
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
ARISTARAINITE Na2MgB12O20 8H2O

LW: Yellowish Green
MW: Yellowish Green
SW: Tawn
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
ARSENURANOSPATHITE HAl(UO2)4(AsO4)4 40H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
ARSENURANYLITE Ca(UO2)4(AsO4)2(OH)4 6H2O (?)

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality: Mina Eureka termino de Castell-esta, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella,
Lrida province, Spain;
ARTINITE Mg2(CO3)(OH)2 3H2O

LW: Bluish White
MW: Orange
SW: Bluish White

Main Activator:
Best Locality:
New Idria, California, USA;
Staten Island, New York, USA;
ascharite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
ASHOVERITE Zn(OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
On fluorite in a limestone, Milltown, near Ashover and Mattlock, Derbyshire, England
attapulgite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
AUGITE (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al,Ti)(Si,Al)2O6
LW:
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Best Locality:
AUSTINITE CaZn(AsO4)(OH)
LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Gold hill, Tooele County, Utah, USA;

Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico;
AUTUNITE Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 11H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Autun, France;
Daybreak mine (Dahl lease), Mount Kit Carson, near Mt Spokane, Spokane County,
Washington, USA;
Cunha Baixa Mine, Beira Alta Province, Portugal;
Assuno Mine, Sto, Sao Vicente (Vizeu) District, Portugal;
axinite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
bacillarite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
BADDELEYITE ZrO2
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator: n[TiO6] cluster
Best Locality:
Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito County, California, USA;
carbonatite at Kovdor, Kola peninsula Russia;
Vuori-Yarvi, Kola peninsula, Russia;
Hanneshin, Afghanistan;
BAGHDADITE Ca12(Zr,Ti)4(Si2O7)4(O,F)8
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator: Ti4+
Best Locality:
Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan;
BAKERITE Ca4B5Si3O15(OH)5
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
BANALSITE BaNa2Al4Si4O16
LW: Yellowish Green

MW: Yellowish Green
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
the Benallt mine, Caernavonshire, Wales, England
Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;
BARATOVITE KCa7(Ti,Zr)2Li3Si12O36(OH,F)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Ce3+
Best Locality:
Dara-I-Poiz Massif, Alayskiy Range, Tien Shan, Tadzhikistan, Russia;
Khodzhaachkan Massif, Sokh Valley, Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh Oblast,
Kyrgyzstan (Bluish-white SW, associated with miserite, aegirine, albite)
BARRERITE Na2[Al2Si7O18] 6H2O

LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Barsanovit
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
BARYLITE BaBe2Si2O7
LW:
MW:
SW: Violet Pink
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden;
Jakobsberg Mine (?), Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark district, Filipstad, Vrmland,
Sweden;
BARYSILITE Pb8Mn(Si2O7)3
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Langban, Sweden;
Franklin, New jersey, USA;
BARYTE BaSO4
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Orange
Best Locality:
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);
Book Cliffs area, Grand Junction, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA (white LW due to oil
hydrocarbons + phosphor.);
barytine
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
BARYTOCALCITE BaCa(CO3)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Langban, Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden;
basaluminite
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Weymouth, Dorset, England;
BASSANITE 2CaSO4 H2O

LW: Violet
MW:
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Franklin, New Jersey, USA (Sterling Mine?);
BASSETITE Fe+2(UO2)2(PO4)2 8H2O

LW:
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
BASTNAESITE-(Ce) (Ce,La)(CO3)F
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
BAVENITE Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26(OH)2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Yellow
Best Locality:
Bustarviejo, Madrid, Spain
BAYLEYITE Mg2(UO2)(CO3)3 18H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Hillside mine, Arizona, USA;
Hideout #1 mine, White Canyon district, San Juan County, Utah, USA;
province, Spain;
BAZIRITE BaZrSi3O9
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Ti - O
Best Locality:
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);
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);
Darai-Pioz Glacier (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz), Alai Range (Alayskiy), Tien Shan Mtn,
BECQUERELITE Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6 8H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Shinkolobwe mine, Tantara, Shaba, Dem. Repub. Congo;
beekite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality: Devon, England, UK
BELAKOVSKIITE Na7(UO2)(SO4)4(SO3OH)(H2O)3
LW: Green
MW: Not fluorescent
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Blue Lizard mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA
BENITOITE BaTiSi3O9
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: TiO6
Best Locality:
Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito County, California, USA;
Big Creek and Rush Creek junction, Fresno County, California, USA;
Victor Mine, San Benito County, California, USA;
Hashidate, Oumi, Japan;
BENSTONITE (Ba,Sr)6 (Ca,Mn)6 Mg (CO3 )13

LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
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);
BEREZANSKITE KLi3Ti2Si12O30
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality:
Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikhistan
BERGENITE Ca2Ba4[(UO2)3O2(PO4)2]3 16H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Greenish
Best Locality:
Bergen, near Falkenstein, Saxony, Germany;
BERGSLAGITE CaBe(AsO4)(OH)
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Langban, Filipstad, Vrmland, Sweden;
BERTRANDITE Be4Si2O7(OH)2
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Brush Beryllium Mine, Juab County, Utah, USA;
BERYL Be3Al2Si6O18
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow

Best Locality:
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);
BERYLLITE Be3SiO4(OH)2 H2O

LW: Bluish
MW: Bluish
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,
Greenland;
Kvanefjeld Mt, Kuannersuit Plateau, Ilmaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq,
Greenland
BERZELIITE NaCa2(Mg,Mn+2)2(AsO4)3
LW: Not fluorescent
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Langban, Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden (seldom fluorescent in bright blue
SW);
beta-uranophane
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
beta-uranopilite
LW: Not fluorescent
MW: Not fluorescent
SW: Not fluorescent
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
beta-uranotile
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
beta-willemite
LW:
MW: Orange
SW: Yellow
Best Locality:
Andover mine, Andover, Sussex county, New Jersey, USA;
Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
BICCHULITE Ca2Al2SiO6(OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
BIKITAITE-1A Li[AlSi2O6] H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Bikita pegmatite, Bikita area, Masvingo, Zimbabwe;
BILLIETITE Ba(UO2)6O4(OH6)4-8H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Greenish
Best Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Shaba, Congo;
Mina Eureka termino de Castell-esta, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lrida province,
Spain;
BIPHOSPHAMMITE (NH4,K)H2PO4
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality: Bat cave, Mason County, Texas, USA;
BITYITE-2M1 CaLiAl2BeAlSi2O10(OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish
Best Locality:
Harding mine, Taos county, New Mexico, USA;
BLATONITE UO2CO3 H2O

LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Best Locality:
Jomac mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA;
blende
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
BLOEDITE Na2Mg(SO4)2 4H2O

LW: Greenish
MW:
SW: Greenish
Main Activator:
Best Locality: Soda Lake, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
BLUELIZARDITE Na7(UO2)(SO4)4Cl(H2O)2
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Blue Lizard mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA
BOBCOOKITE NaAl(UO2)2(SO4)4 18H2O

LW: Green
MW: Not fluorescent
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Blue Lizard Mine, Chocolate Drop, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan
Co., Utah,
BOEHMITE AlO(OH)
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
opalized wood (fossil)

LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
West of Bozeman, Gallatin County, MT, USA;
BOLIVARITE Al2(PO4)(OH)3 4H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, 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
Best Locality:
Rssing Mine, Arandis, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia;
BORAX Na2B4O5(OH)4 8H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA;
boronatrocalcite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
BOTRYOGEN MgFe+3(SO4)2(OH) 7H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Idria Mine (Idrija Mine), Idrija (Idria), Slovenia (var. idrizite, green SW)
bowenite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Smithfield, RI, USA;
brandisite
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Glendale, Ca, USA;
BRANDTITE Ca2(Mn+2,Mg)(AsO4)2 2H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New
Jersey, USA;
BRANNOCKITE KLi3Sn2Si12O30
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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:
Best Locality:
Aktas, Kazakhistan;
BREWSTERITE-Ba (Ba,Sr)2(Al4Si12O32) 10H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Greenland;
BROMELLITE BeO
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Saga 1 Larvikite Quarry, Sagsen (Strandsen), Mrje, Porsgrunn, Telemark,
langesundfjord district, Larvik Plutonic complex, Norway (SW Cream);
bromlite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
BRUCITE Mg(OH)2
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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;
Yngshyttan, Sweden (?) (fluo red)
brunckite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
BRUSHITE Ca(HPO4) 2H2O

LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
BURBANKITE (Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Best Locality:
Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
Qubec, Canada;
Murunskii Massif, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha
Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia;
BURKEITE Na6(CO3)(SO4)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
burmite
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
BURTITE CaSn+4(OH)6
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality: 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 Locality:
The Solongo deposit, Buryatiya, Russia
BUSTAMITE (Mn+2,Ca)3Si3O9
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Violet red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
Langban, Filipstad, Vrmland, Sweden;
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South
Africa;
cacholong
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
CAHNITE Ca2B(AsO4)(OH)4
LW: Yellowish White

MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
calamine
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Good Springs, Nevada, USA;
Adelanto, Ca, USA;
limestone
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
chalcedony
LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Yankee Dog Field, Hidalgo county, New Mexico, USA;
Potts Canyon, Near Superior, Arizona, USA;
calciothomsonite syn: xonotlite

LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Franklin mine, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
CALCITE CaCO3
LW: Pink
MW: Red
SW: Blue
Best Locality:
Baelo-Claudia San Bartolome quarry, Tarifa, Cdiz, Andalusia, Spain (unusual green
LW);
Calcite pseudomorph after glauberite, Camp verde, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
(fluo SW bluish white);
Terlingua-type: Old Boquillas del Carmen mine in 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);
Ira, 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, 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);
Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico (red SW);
Guanajuato, Mun. de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico (red SW);
Melchor Mzquiz, Mun. de Melchor Mzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico (pink LW, blue
SW);
Aghbar Mine, Aghbar, Bou Azer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, SoussMassa-Dra Region, Morocco (pink-violet calcite with Intense fluorescence redorange 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, Maramure 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, ml, 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);
CALCIUM CATAPLEIITE CaZrSi3O9 2H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
calcium larsenite
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Franklin, New Jersey, USA
CALCURMOLITE Ca(UO2)3(MoO4)3(OH)2 11H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Rabejac, Lodve, Hrault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France;
Californite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Pulga deposit, Pulga, Butte Co., California, USA;
CALOMEL alpha Hg2Cl2

LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Alsenz-Obermoschel, Palatinate, RhinelandPalatinate, Germany;
Mariposa mine, Terlingua District, Brewster county, Texas, USA;
Redwood City, San Mateo Co., California, USA;
camsellite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Lake Douglas, BC, Canada;
CANASITE-A K3NaCa(Na,Ca)6Si12O30F3(OH) H2O

LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Ivrea, Canavese, Italy;
CANCRINITE Na6Ca2Al6Si6O24(CO3)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Alluaiv region, Lovozero massif, Russia;
Flat Rapids, Bigwood, Ontario, Canada (dull brown SW);
Dennis Hill locality, Litchfield, Kennebec Co., Maine, USA (albite weak SW but
associated with cancrinite, fluorapatite & nepheline);
CANCRISILITE Na7Al5Si7O24(CO3) 3H2O

LW: Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia;
CARACOLITE Na3Pb2(SO4)3Cl
LW:
MW:
SW: Pink
Main Activator:
Best Locality: Challocollo mine, Challocollo, Tarapaca Province, Chile;
CARBOBORITE Ca2Mg(CO3)2B2(OH)8 4H2O

LW: White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
CARBONATE-HYDROXYLAPATITE Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(OH)
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Black Ridge fossil beds, Mesa, CO, USA;
CARNALLITE KMgCl3 6H2O

MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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
Best Locality:
uranium deposit, Uch-Kuduk, Uzbeckistan;
carpathite
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
CASSITERITE SnO2
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator: Sn2+
Best Locality:
Aberfoyle Mine (Aberfoyle Tin Mine; Rossarden Tin Mine), Rossarden district,
Tasmania, Australia;
Viloco Mine (Araca mine), Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia;
CATAPLEIITE Na2ZrSi3O9 2H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Norra Krr, Grnna, Jnkping, Smland, Sweden;
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montrgie,
Qubec, Canada;
cedarite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
Cedar Lake, Mannitoba, Canada.
CEJKAITE Na4(UO2)(CO3)3
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Svornost Mine, Jachymov, Northwestern Bohemia, Czech Republic;
Mina Eureka trmino de Castell-esta, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella,
provincia de Lrida, Spain;
celestine
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
CELESTITE SrSO4
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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);
Machw 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 Locality:
Sanbornite deposit, Fresno county, California, USA;
Esquire No. 8 claim, Big Creek, California, USA;
CERUSSITE PbCO3
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellow
Best Locality:
Mibladen Mining District, Midelt, Khnifra Province, Mekns-Tafilalet Region,
Morocco;
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco;
Bou Zegger, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Mekns-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;
CESSTIBTANTITE Cs(Sb+3,Na)(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH,F)7
LW: Orangy yellow

MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Kola Peninsula, Russia;
CHABAZITE-Ca (Ca0,5,K,Na)4[Al4Si8O24] 12H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, USA (green
SW+LW);
Qubec, Canada (fluo green):
CHARLESITE Ca6(Al,Si)2(SO4)2B(OH)4(OH,O)12 26H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Franklin-Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;
CHAROITE (K,Na)5(Ca,Ba,Sr)8(Si12O30)(Si6O16)(OH) 4H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
Nadym river, Krasnoyarsk territory, Russia;
CHELYABINSKITE =THAUMASITE (?) (Ca,Mg)3Si(OH)6(OH)6(SO4,CO3)2

9H2O
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Ural mountains, Russia;
chemawinite
LW: Bluish
MW:
SW: Not fluorescent
Best Locality:
Cedar Lake, Manitoba, USA;
CHERNIKOVITE (H3O)2(UO2)2(PO4)2 6H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Perus, So Paulo, So Paulo, Southeast Region, Brazil;
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Central area, Katanga Copper
Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zare);
chiastolite
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality: Madera county, California,USA;
CHISTYAKOVAITE Al(UO2)2(AsO4)2(F,OH) 6,5H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Bota-Burum U deposit, Kazakhstan;
CHKALOVITE Na2BeSi2O6
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Greenland;
Alluaiv, Lovozero Massif, Kola peninsula, Russia;
CHLORAPATITE Ca5(PO4)3Cl
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Taylorville, California, USA;
Odegardens Verk, Bamble, Langesundfjord, Norway;
CHLORARGYRITE AgCl
LW: Blue
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Ag+
Best Locality:
Maikain, Kazakhstan;
Kasmanchi, Uzbeckistan
chlorophane
LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW: Greenish white

Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Blue Bird Mine, Cochise County, Arizona, USA;
CHONDRODITE (Mg,Fe+2)5(SiO4)2(F,OH)2
LW: Yellowish
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Skrbble quarry, Pargas (Parainen), Southwestern Finland Region, Finland (bright
yellow SW)
CHRYSOBERYL BeAl2O4
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
Takovaja River, Ural Mountains, Russia (var. Alexandrite fluo red);
Santa Teresa, Espirito Santo, Brazil (yellow SW);
Haddam, Connecticut, USA (SW yellow green);
CHURCHITE-(Y) YPO4 2H2O

MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
cleavelandite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Pink
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
cleiophane
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
CLINOCHLORE (Mg,Fe+2)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8
LW: Pink
MW:
SW: Pink
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Korshunovskoye Iron mine, Zheleznogorsk, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia, EasternSiberian 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:
Best Locality:
a skarn at Kukhi-Lal, in the Pamirs, Tadjikistan(Fluo orange);
CLINOHEDRITE CaZnSiO4 H2O

LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Orange
Best Locality:
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
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
CLINOZOISITE Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH)
LW: White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Buck creek, Clay Co., NC, USA (pink LW, nothing SW);
CLINTONITE-1M Ca(Mg,Al)3(Al3SiO10)(OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
COBALT-ZIPPEITE Co2(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10 16H2O

LW:
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
COLEMANITE Ca2B6O11 5H2O

LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Boraxo Mine (Kern Borate Mine; Boraxo deposit; Boraxo No. 1 and No. 2; Clara
claim; Thompson Mine; Tenneco Mine), Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace
Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan area), Inyo Co.,
California, USA;
Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA;
Bandrma (Panderma), Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey;
Bigadi, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey;
Corkscrew Canyon Mine (Corkscrew Mine), Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace
Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan area), Inyo Co.,
California, USA;
COLERAINITE 4MgO Al2O3 2SiO2 5H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Tawn
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Sylmar, West Nottingham Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
COLLINSITE Ca2(Mg,Fe+2) (PO4)2 2H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 (var. Quercyite, orange LW, nothing SW);
collophane
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
COMPREIGNACITE K2(UO2)6O4(OH)6 7H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Mina Eureka trmino de Castell-esta, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, provincia de

Lrida, Spain;
confolensite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
COOKEITE LiAl4(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Mt Mica, near South Paris, Maine, USA;
copal / (Resine fossile / fossil resin )

LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Best Locality:
CORDEROITE Hg3S2Cl2
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
CORDIERITE (Mg,Fe)2Al(Al3Si5O18) x(H2O,CO2)

LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
Tongul, Alta;
Katun-Chuya Massif, Alta;
Richmond, NH, USA (cited by De Ment 1947);
CORINDON Al2O3
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
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;
Jersey, USA;
Kleggsen Ruby Quarry, Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway;
Fiskensset (Fiskenaesset; Qeqertarsuatsiaat), Nuuk (Godthb), 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, Tular Province, Madagascar;
Ali Abad, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;
Hassanabad Nala (Hasanabad), Hunza Valley (near Ali Abad), Gilgit District, GilgitBaltistan (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 Locality:
COTUNNITE PbCl2
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Mont Vesuvio, Italy;

slags of the Laurion district, Attica, Greece (artificial);
COWLESITE Ca[Al2Si3O10] 5,3H2O

LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Richelle (Vis), Prov. de Lige, Belgium (green SW);
CRAWFORDITE Na3Sr(PO4)(CO3)
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Koashva Open Pit, Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja
Oblast', Northern Region, Russia;
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 Locality:
Hall Molybdenum Mine (Hall's Mine; Anaconda Mine; Liberty Mine; Cyprus
Tonopah Mine; Chicago group; Treasure Hill group; Nevada Moly project; Equatorial
Copper Mine; Tonopah Copper Mine; Hall-Hand property; Hall Moly Mine; Liberty
Mine; Hall Copper Mine; San Antonio Mine; Anaconda-Nevada Moly prospect), 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 (?);
crestmoreite un mlange de / a mixture of TOBERMORITE et/and WILKEITE

LW: Pinkish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
White Mountain, Inyo, CA, USA (altered specimen, pinkish white LW, nothing SW)
CRISTOBALITE alpha SiO2

LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
in obsidian, Mono county, California, USA;
CRYOLITE Na3AlF6
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Pink
Best Locality:
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Sermersooq, Kitaa
Province (West Greenland), Greenland;
CUMMINGTONITE XMg7Si8O22(OH)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Homestake Mine, South Dakota, USA (pinkish white LW, nothing SW);
cupro austinite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality: Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico;
cuproartinite (discredited)
LW:
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
cuprohydromagnesite (discredited)
LW:
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
cuproscheelite / ( mixed with an undefined Ca-Cu tungstate )

LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator: WO42Best Locality:
Sinoloa, Sonora, Mexico;
Milford, UT, USA;
CUPROTUNGSTITE Cu+23(WO4)2(OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Mun. de Tonichi, Sonora, Mexico (white-yellow, green SW);
Choix, Mun. de Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico (bright yellow SW);
curtisite
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Greenish white

Best Locality: Skaggs Springs, Sonoma county, California, USA;
CUSPIDINE Ca16(Si2O7)4(F,OH)8
LW: Yellow
MW: Salmon pink
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Buckwheat dump, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
CYANITE Al2SiO5
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
Pfitsch, Tyrol, Austria (colorless cyanite luminescent in red);
Transvaal, South Africa (red fluorescing);
Keyvi, Kola peninsula (orange under LW);
Kukhi Lal Pamir mountains Tadjikisatsn (yellow-green fluorescence LW);
Willis Mountains, Dillwyn, Virginia, USA (Gray cyanite fl. bright creamy white
SW);
CYMRITE BaAl2Si2(O,OH)8 H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Langban (Lngban), Filipstad, Vrmland, Sweden;
cyrtolite
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
dahllite
MW:
SW: Not fluorescent
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Black Ridge Fossil Beds, Mesa Co, Colorado, USA;
dakeite
LW: Yellowish Green
MW: Yellowish Green
SW: Yellowish Green
Best Locality:
DALYITE K2ZrSi6O15
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
DANBURITE CaB2(SiO4)2
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Best Locality:
Charcas Mineral District, Mun. de Charcas, San Luis Potos, 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 greenblue 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 Locality:
DATOLITE Ca2B2Si2O8(OH)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA;
Ca' de Giannasi, Frassinoro, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy;
Mendicino County, California, USA (SW+LW bright lemon yellow);
DAWSONITE NaAl(CO3)(OH)2
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Francon Quarry, Montreal, Canada;
Santo Fioro, Tuscany, Italy;
delatynite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
Delyatyn, Ukraine.
delawarite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
DELHAYELITE (Na,K)10Ca5Al6Si32O80(Cl2,F2,SO4)3 18H2O

LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Orange
Kola peninsula, Russia;
desmine
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
deweylite / ( mixture of LIZARDITE and STEVENSITE )

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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:
Best Locality:
Wlsendorf, Bavaria, Germany;
Kasolo mine, Shaba, Congo;
DIAMOND C
LW: Blue
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: N (Nitrogen)
Best Locality:
Kasa, Congo;
DIASPORE AlO(OH)
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White

Best Locality:
Chester, Massachusets, USA (SW, ple yellow);
diatomite / (roche sedimentaire silicifere / siliceous sedimentary rock)

LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
DICKITE Al2Si2O5(OH)4
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Saint Clair, Pennsylvania, USA;
diderichite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
DINITE C20H36
LW: Blue
MW:
SW:
Best Locality: Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Serchio Valley, Tuscany, Italy;
DIOPSIDE CaMgSi2O6
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Best Locality:
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;
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 bluewhite + calcite fl. SW red + humite fl. SW yellow + chondrodite fl. SW yellow);
Jeffrey Mine ("Johns-Manville Mine"), Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Qubec,
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);
dipyre
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
disthene
LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
DOLOMITE CaMg(CO3)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
Horn Silver Mine, Beaver County, Utah, USA;
Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden (red SW);
DOYLEITE Al(OH)3
LW: No data
MW:
SW: No data
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Baoshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
DRAVITE NaMg3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
LW:
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Crevola, Italy;
Moshi, Tanzania;
Yinniethara, Western Australia, Australia (weak yellow-orange luminescence);
Kohistan District, Pakistan;
Jajarkot District, Bheri Zone, 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 Locality:
DUMONTITE Pb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 5H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Shinkolobwe mine, Tantara, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo;
DUMORTIERITE (Al,Fe3+)7(SiO4)3(BO3)O3
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality:
Lyon, France;
Magadanskaya, Siberia, Russia;
Dehesa Dumortierite deposit, Alpine, Laguna Mts, San Diego Co., California, USA;
DUNDASITE PbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4 H2O

LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW: Greenish
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
West Comet Mine and Kapi Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia;
duxite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
Usti, Region (steck kraj), Tschechien;
Dux (Duchcov), Erzgebirge;
Blina coal mine, Blina, st Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
DYPINGITE Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 5H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Dypingdal Serpentine-magnesite deposit, Snarum, Modum, Buskerud, Norway;
Yoshikawa mine, Yoshikawa, Shinshiro city, Aichi Prefecture, Chubu Region,
Honshu Island, Japan;
Jersey, USA;
Near Gem Mine in San Benito County, California, USA;
ECDEMITE Pb6As2+3O7Cl4
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Laurion District, Attica, Greece;
EDENITE NaCa2Mg5Si7AlO22(OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: Dy3+
Best Locality:
Goosebury Dump, Franklin marble, Franklin, New jersey, USA;
Nichols Quarry, Franklin marble, Franklin, New jersey, USA;
Limecrest Quarry, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
Lake Bakal, Siberia, Russia;
EFREMOVITE (NH4)2Mg2(SO4)3
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
EKANITE ThCa2Si8O20
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Murunski Massif, near Aldon, south of the Lena River, Siberia, Russia;
EKATERINITE Ca2B4O7(Cl,OH)2 2H2O

LW: Bluish
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
ELBAITE Na(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA;
Nuristan, Afghanistan;
Stak Nala, Skardu District, Pakistan;
Paprook, Kunar Province, Afghanistan;
eleolite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
ellestadite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
ellweilerite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
ELPIDITE Na2ZrSi6O15 3H2O

LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Best Locality:
Qubec, Canada;
Greenland;
Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern
Region, Russia;
embolite Ag(Cl,Br)
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Ag+
Best Locality:
Kasmanchi, Uzbeckistan;
emerald
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Muzo Mine, Mun. de Muzo, Vasquez-Yacop Mining District, Boyac Department,
Colombia;
Brumado, Bahia, Brazil (red LW);
endlichite / (Arsenic rich variety of VANADINITE)

LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
ENSTATITE Mg2Si2O6
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
EOSPHORITE Mn+2Al(PO4)(OH)2 H2O

LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
epi-ianthinite
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
EPIDOTE Ca2(Fe+3,Al)3(SiO4)3(OH)
LW: Not fluorescent
MW: Not fluorescent
SW: Red
Best Locality:
Tawmaw, Hpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township, Mohnyin District,
Kachin State, Burma (variety of epidote containing Cr called Tawmawite originally
reported from Tawmaw (Tawhmaw; Taw Maw), Myitkyina-Mogaung District,
Kachin State, Myanmar (Burma).);
EPISTILBITE-A (Ca,Na2)[Al2Si4O12] 4H2O

LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Berufjrdhur, Iceland;
EPISTOLITE Na4Nb2Ti+4(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2 4H2O

LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
EPSOMITE MgSO4 7H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Death Valley, CA, USA;
Vale, Oregon, USA (orange to yellow-white LW, nothing SW)
Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;
ESPERITE PbCa3Zn4(SiO4)4
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellow
Best Locality:
El Dragn mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potos Department, Bolivia
(microcrystals);
ETTRINGITE Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12 26H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA;
EUCLASE BeAlSiO4(OH)
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Pale Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Villa Rica or Vila Rica (Vila Rica de Albuquerque was renamed to Ouro Preto in
1823), Minas Gerais, Brazil;
eucolite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
EUCRYPTITE LiAlSiO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 (link to mindat
locality list)
Yichun Mine (Mine No. 414), Yichun complex (Yashan batholith), Yuanzhou
District, Yichun Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China (link to mindat locality list)
EUDIALYTE Na15Ca6(Fe+2,Mn+2)3Zr3(Si,Nb)(Si25 O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2

LW: Orange
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Alluaiv, Russia;
EVANSITE Al3(PO4)(OH)6 6H2O (?)

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: Organic impurities
Best Locality:
Richelle, Vis, Lige Province, Belgium (yellowish-white SW+LW);
Argenteau, Vis, Lige Province, Belgium (yellowish-white SW+LW);
eleznk (Vashegy), Sirk, Revca Co., Bansk Bystrica Region, Slovakia (ex Gomor,
Hungary LT);
EVENKITE C23H48
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality: 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;
EYLETTERSITE (Th,Pb)1-xAl3(PO4,SiO4)2(OH)6 (?)

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Zare;
EZCURRITE Na4B10O17 7H2O

LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Tincalayu borate deposit, Salta Province, Argentina;
FABIANITE CaB3O5(OH)
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
drill core at Rehden near Dienholz, Germany;
FAIZIEVITE K2Na(Ca6Na)Ti4Li6Si24O66F2
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Sasach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany;
FEDORITE (Na,K)2-3(Ca,Na)7(Si,Al)16O38F2 3,5H2O

LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Murun, Aldan plateau, Yakutia, Russia;
feldspar / (Group of minerals: ALBITE, MICROCLINE, SANIDINE)

LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
Zomba, Malawi;
FELSOBANYAITE Al4(SO4)(OH)10 4H2O

LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
FERRIERITE-K (K,Na,Mg0,5,Ca0,5)6 [Al6Si30O72] 18H2O

LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Agoura, California, USA;
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 Locality:
Barkevik, Langesundsfjord, Vestfold, Norway;
FERSMANITE Ca4(Na,Ca)4(Ti+4,Nb)4(Si2O7)2O8F3
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Best Locality:
FERSMITE (Ca,Ce,Na)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2(O,OH,F)6
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, California, USA;
FICHTELITE C19H34
LW: Greenish Blue

MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Near Redwitz, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany;
FLAGSTAFFITE C10H20O2 H2O

LW: Blue
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
San Francisco Mountains, near Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona, USA;
FLORENCITE-(Ce) (Ce,La)Al3(PO4)2(OH)6
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
flos ferri
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
FLUELLITE Al2(PO4)F2(OH) 7H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Richelle, Vis, Lige Province, Belgium (yellowish-green SW+LW);
Argenteau, Vis, Lige Province, Belgium (yellowish-green SW+LW);
FLUOBORITE Mg3(BO3)(F,OH)3
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Bodner Quarry (Franklin Marble), Rudeville, New Jersey, USA;
Edison-Bodnar Quarries, 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;
Jersey, USA;
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;
Ludlow, San Bernardino Co., California, USA (weak yellowish-white SW);
Nordmark Odal Field, Filipstad, Vrmland, Sweden;
Canada (bright white SW)
FLUORAPATITE Ca5(PO4)3F
LW: Pale Yellow
MW: Violet
SW: Orangy yellow
Best Locality:
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);
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, Covilh, Castelo
Branco District, Portugal;
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, Mekns-Tafilalet Region, Morocco (weak pink, SW)
FLUORAPOPHYLLITE KCa4Si8O20(F,OH) 8H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Greenish
Best Locality:
Greenland;
Paterson, NJ, USA;
FLUORELLESTADITE Ca5(SiO4,PO4,SO4)3(F,OH,Cl)
LW: White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA ;
fluorine
LW: Blue
MW: Blue
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
FLUORITE CaF2
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Best Locality:
Rogerley Mine, Weardale, County Durham, England;
Alston Moore, England;
Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia;
Seilles, Andenne, Prov. de Namur, Belgium (fluo red);
Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Pakistan;
Mapimi, Durango, Mexico (SW dull red, LW red);
Rosiclare, Illinois, USA;
Clay Center, Ohio, USA (yellow-white LW + phosphorescence);
Yuma County, Arizona, USA;
Berta Mine, El Papiol, Barcelona, Spain;
Villabona Mine, Llanera, Asturias, Spain;
FLUORO-EDENITE NaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22F2
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
FOGGITE CaAl(PO4)(OH)2 H2O

LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Milgun Station, Western Australia, Australia;
FONTANITE Ca(UO2)3(CO3)2O2 6H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Rabejac uranium deposit, Lodve, France;
FORMICAITE Ca(HCO2)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Buryatia, Russian Federation;
FORSTERITE Mg2SiO4
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
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);
FOSHAGITE Ca4Si3O9(OH)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Crestmore Quarry, Cretmore, Riverside Co, California, USA (yellowish-white,
bluish-white SW);
FRAIPONTITE (Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Greenish
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
francolite
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
FRANCONITE Na2Nb4O11 9H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Qubec, Canada;
FRESNOITE Ba2TiSi2O8
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality:
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);
Junilla mine, New Idria District, San Benito County, California, USA;
FURONGITE Al2(UO2)(PO4)2(OH)2 8H2O

LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Furong Lin, Ling Wu, Western Hunan Province, China;
GAGEITE-1A (Mn+2,Mg,Zn)42Si16O54(OH)40
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
GAIDONNAYITE Na2ZrSi3O9 2H2O

LW: Green
MW: Green
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Qubec, 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;
GANOMALITE Pb9Ca5Mn+2Si9O33
LW:
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
GAULTITE Na4[Zn2Si7O18] 5H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Mont St Hilaire, Qubec, Canada;
GAYLUSSITE Na2Ca(CO3)2 5H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW: Pink
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Nevada Molybdenum Mine near Tonopah, Nevada, USA (Pale yellow fluo SW and
LW);
Wagon Wheel Gap, 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
Best Locality:
Gdansk (Danzig), Pomorskie, Poland.
gedano-succinite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
GENTHELVITE Zn4Be3(SiO4)3S
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Qubec, Canada;
Bratthagen, Lgendalen (lagendalen), Hedrum, Larvik, Vestfold, Langesundfjord,
Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
Wisconsin, USA (Blue-white SW);
Nakalak Mt (Nakalaq; Nakkaalaaq), Taseq area, Ilmaussaq 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 Locality:
geyserite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
GIBBSITE gamma Al(OH)3

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Greenland;
giobertite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
GIORGIOSITE Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 5-6H2O (?)

LW: Violet
MW:
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
GISMONDINE Ca[Al2Si2O8] 4,5H2O

LW: White
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
GITTINSITE CaZrSi2O7
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Kipawa Alkaline Complex, Sheffield Lake, Villedieu Township Tmiscamingue Co.,
Qubec, Canada
glaserite
LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
GLAUBERITE Na2Ca(SO4)2
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Boron, California, USA;
Chile;
glendonite
LW: Yellowish White

MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Iceland;
Greenland;
GONNARDITE (Na,Ca)6-8[(Al,Si)20O40] 12H2O

LW: Pinkish White
MW:
SW: Pinkish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Mont St hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
GORGEYITE K2Ca5(SO4)6 H2O

LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Inder Lake borate deposit, Kazakhstan;
goshenite
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Barkevik, Langesundfjord, Norway;
GOWERITE CaB6O8(OH)4 3H2O

LW: White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Tsumeb, Namibia;
Ecton mine, Aubudon, Pennsylvania, USA (LW,jaune/yellow)
garnet
LW:
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
GRICEITE LiF
LW: Pale Yellow
MW:
SW: Pale Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Qubec, Canada;
GROSSULAR Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
LW: Red
MW: Red
SW: Red
Best Locality:
Lake Jaco, Chihuahua Mexico;
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Qubec, 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, Chaudire-Appalaches, Qubec,
Canada (orange SW);
Sierra de Cruces, Mun. de Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico;
GRUMANTITE NaHSi2O5 H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
GUERINITE Ca5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2 9H2O

LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Jersey, USA;
GUILLEMINITE Ba(UO2)3(SeO3)2O2 3H2O

LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
gummite /(terme gn. pour dsigner les oxydes secondaires d'U) /

LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
GYPSUM CaSO4 2H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality:
Hourglass figure: Nanton, Alberta, Canada;
Baja, Mexico;
Zaragoza, Spain;
GYROLITE NaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)5 15H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA;
Radzein, near Teplitz, Bohemia, Czech Republic;
hackmanite
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
The Ilmaussaq Complex, Greenland;
Svintsovyi Ruchei (Lead Creek), Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola
Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
Davis Quarry, Dungannon Township, Bancroft District, Hastings Co., Ontario,
Canada;
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), Mont SaintHilaire, La Valle-du-Richelieu RCM, Montrgie, Qubec, Canada
Princess Sodalite quarry and Cancrinite Hill, Bancroft, Canada;
Ladjuar Medam, Sar e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts,
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);
HAIWEEITE Ca[(UO2)2Si5O12(OH)2] 3H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Haiwee Reservoir, Coso Mountains, California, USA;
Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brsil
HALITE NaCl
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
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, Inowrocaw, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland (fluo orange-red SW);
Salar de Antofalla, Antofalla, Antofagasta de la Sierra department, Catamarca,
Argentina (orange-red SW);
Wieliczka Mine, Wieliczka, Maopolskie, 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-10A Al2Si2O5(OH)4 2H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Best Locality:
Vardasen Quarry near Larvik, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;

Greenland;
Beez, Belgium;
HAMBERGITE Be2BO3(OH,F)
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
HARDYSTONITE Ca2ZnSi2O7
LW:
MW: Violet blue
SW: Violet blue
Best Locality:
HARKERITE Ca24Mg8Al2(SiO4)8(BO3)6(CO3)10 2H2O

LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA;
HARMOTOME (Ba0,5,Ca0,5,K,Na)5[Al5Si11O32] 12H2O

LW: White
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Harz, Germany;
HARSTIGITE Ca6(Mn+2,Mg)Be4(SiO4)2(Si2O7)2(OH)2
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Langban, Sweden;
HARTITE C20H34
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality:
Blina coal mine, Blina (Bilin), st Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
hatchettite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
Charbonnage de Winterslag, Genk, Belgium;
HAUSMANNITE Mn+2Mn2+3O4
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Best Locality:
HAUYNE (Na,Ca)4-8Al6Si6(O,S)24(SO4,Cl)1-2
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW: Red
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,
Sacrofano, Sacrofano Caldera, Rome Province, Latium, Italy (light pink);
HAWLEITE alpha CdS

LW: Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Glory Hole mine, Central City, Colorado, USA;
HAYNESITE (UO2)3(Se+4O3)2(OH)2 5H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Hector mine near Hector, San Bernardino County, Mojave Desert, California, USA;
HEDYPHANE Pb3Ca2(AsO4)3Cl
LW: Orange
MW: Red
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (red
to orange, MW best);
Langban (Lngban), Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden (pink LW, pale orange
MW, bright orange SW);
Lngban, Filipstad, Vrmland, Sweden (very pale yellow-brown SW mimetite?);
Vranice, Pbram, 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
Best Locality:
Schmiedestollen dump, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Wrttemberg,
Germany;
Krunkelbach Valley Uranium deposit, Menzenschwand, Black Forest, BadenWrttemberg, 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-esta, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lrida
province, Spain;
HELVITE Mn4+2Be3(SiO4)3S
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
Sandoya, Porsgrund, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
Qubec, Canada (red SW);
Saga 1 Quarry, Sagsen, Mrje, 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:
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Hill Top Mine, Cochise county, Arizona, USA;
Jersey, USA (white or green SW);
HERDERITE CaBe(PO4)F
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Pakistan;
herkimer diamond
LW:
MW:
SW:
Best Locality: USA
hessonite
LW: Salmon pink
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
HEULANDITE-Ca (Ca0,5,Na,K)9[Al9Si27O72] 24H2O

LW: Greenish Blue
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Traun river dam, Pucking, Traun, Linz-Land, Upper Austria, Austria (yellow-green
fluorescence);
hexagonite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Edwards, NY, USA;
HIBSCHITE Ca3Al2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x (x=0,2-1,5)

LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Mosjoen, Nordland, Norway;
hiddenite
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Best Locality:
HILAIRITE Na2ZrSi3O9 3H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Bratthagen farm in Lagendalen ( yellowish white SW and LW), Langesundfjord,
Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
HILLEBRANDITE Ca2SiO3(OH)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
HILLITE Ca2(Zn,Mg)(PO4)2 2H2 O

LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Best Locality:
Reaphook Hill, South Australia, Australia
HINSDALITE (Pb,Sr)Al3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
HIORTDAHLITE-I Ca8(Na,Ca)4Zr2(Y,Ti,Ca,Mn,Fe)2(Si2O7)4(F,O)8
LW:
MW:
SW: Violet
Best Locality:
Langesundfjord, Norway
HODGKINSONITE Mn+2Zn2(SiO4)(OH)2
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
(dull red LW);
HOLDENITE (Mn+2,Mg)6Zn3(AsO4)2(SiO4)(OH)8
LW: Not fluorescent
MW: Not fluorescent

SW: Not fluorescent
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
HOLTITE Al6(Al,Ta)(Si,Sb)3BO15(O,OH)2
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
HOWLITE Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Orange
Best Locality:
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
Huanzala mine, Huallanca district, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru;
HUBNERITE Mn+2WO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
HUMITE (Mg,Fe+2)7(SiO4)3(F,OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
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);
HUTTONITE ThSiO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Pinkish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Harihari, Saltwater Creek, Okirito, Five Mile Beach, Bruce Bay, north and south of
the mouth of the Waikukupa River, and Gillespie's Beach, South Westland, New
Zealand (dull white with a pink tinge SW);
hyalite
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Vale (Waltsch), Doupov, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic;
Tarcal, Eperjes-Tokaj Mts., Borsod-Abaj-Zempln, Hungary (coming on the market

in Munchen in 2014, fluo strong green SW, moderate green LW);
Monok, Zempln mts, Hungary
Brdos Hill, Gyngyssolymos, Heves County, Mtra,Hungary
Squaretop Mountain, Dalby, Queensland, Australia (Vale like hyalite);
Chalk Mountain Mine, Spruce Pine, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North
Carolina, USA
Zacatecas Mexico;
Erongo Mountains, Namibia;
Lesbos Island, Lsvos Prefecture, Aegean Islands Department, Greece (very similar
to samples of Czech Republic);
Squaretop Mountain, Kaimkillenbun, Wambo Shire, Western Downs Region,
Queensland, Australia (very similar to samples of Czech Republic but moderate limegreen 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
Best Locality:
Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark district, Filipstad, Vrmland,
Sweden (Blue SW);
Old Mill Site, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (fluo
red SW);
(blue fluo SW due to inclusions of margarosanite? and also Pale red SW);
Zagradski Potok Mine, Zagradski Creek, Busovaa, 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: Yellow
Best Locality:
Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikistan. Fluoresces under both SW and LW.
hydro-herderite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
HYDROBORACITE CaMgB6O8(OH)6 3H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Thomson Mine, Death Valley, San Bernardino Co., California, USA (blue-white to
cream, LW+SW);
Bigadi Mine, Bigadi, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey (pink Fluo SW
and LW);
hydrocarbon
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality:
Washington, USA;
Hydrocarbons in milky quartz from Ilwaco, Washington, USA (Robbins);
Hydrocarbons in milky quartz, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA (Robbins);
HYDROCERUSITE Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Upper Roughton Gill, Cumberland, England;
Greenland;
hydrodolomite
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy (whiteblue LW);
hydrogen autunite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
HYDROGLAUBERITE Na10Ca3(SO4)8 6H2O

LW: Greenish white
MW: Not fluorescent
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Bertram Siding, Imperial Co., California, USA;
hydrogrossular
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Halsy Marble Quarry, Mosjen, Vefsn, Nordland, Norway (orange SW, no fluo
LW);
hydroherderite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
HYDROMAGNESITE Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 4H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Staten Island, New york, USA (fluo green);
Gustine, CA, USA (light blue LW,greenish SW+phospho white-blue);
St Vincenti, Italy (Fluo white SW and LW);
Hunting Hill Quarry, Rockville, Maryland, USA (deweylite + hydromagnesite)
hydromagnocalcite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
hydrophane
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
HYDROTALCITE Mg6Al2(CO3)(OH)16 4H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Snarum, Norway;
HYDROXYAPOPHYLLITE KCa4Si8O20(OH,F) 8H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
HYDROXYLAPATITE Ca5(PO4)3(OH)
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
HYDROXYLBORITE Mg3(BO3)(OH)3
LW:
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Titovskoe deposit, Chersky Ridge, Dogdo River basin, Sakha Republic (former
Yakutsk), Russia;
HYDROXYLHERDERITE CaBe(PO4)(OH)
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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
Best Locality:
Ojuela Mine, Mapim, Mun. de Mapim, Durango, Mexico;
Yellow Pine Mine, Goodsprings, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co.,
Nevada, USA;
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;
IANTHINITE (U+4)2(UO2)4O6(OH)4 9H2 O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
iddingsite / (melange de silicates / a mixture of silicate)

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Conejos, CO, USA (dim yellow LW)
idocrase
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
IDRIALITE C22H14
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Best Locality:
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;
idrizite (Mg,Fe)(Al,Fe)2(SO4)3(OH)2 15H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Inder Lake, Kazakhstan;
INDIGIRITE Mg2Al2(CO3)4(OH)2 15H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Sarylakh deposit, Indigirski River basin, Yakutia, former Soviet Union;
INYOITE Ca2B6O6(OH)10 8H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
Bigadi Mine, Bigadi, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey;
Death Valley, CA, USA (cited by De Ment, 1949);
IRANITE Pb10Cu(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(F,OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
ISOKITE CaMg(PO4)F
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Nkumbwa Hill Carbonatite (Nkombwa Hill Carbonatite), Isoka, Isoka District,
Muchinga Mts., Northern Province, Zambia (blue LW);
ivory
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality:
JACHYMOVITE (UO2)8(SO4)(OH)14 13H2O

LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Best Locality:
Jachymov, Bohemia, Czech.
JADARITE LiNaSiB3O7(OH)
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Jadar Valley, Serbia;
JADEITE Na(Al,Fe+3)Si2O6
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
JAGOWERITE BaAl2(PO4)2(OH)2
LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Hess River, Mayo Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada (greenish-white, LW);
Jasper
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
JENNITE Ca9Si6O18(OH)6 8H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, california, USA;
JEREMEJEVITE Al6(BO3)5(F,OH)3
LW: White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
JOHACHIDOLITE CaAlB3O7
LW:
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 coming fromcame
out from a small pocket found in 2006-2007 and coming on the market in 2009 at
Sainte-Marie)
JOHANNITE Cu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2 8H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
JOHANNSENITE CaMn+2Si2O6
MW: Not fluorescent
SW: Not fluorescent
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
JOHNBAUMITE Ca5(AsO4)3(OH,F)
LW:
MW:
SW: Dark Orange /Tawn
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Parker Shaft, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New
Jersey, USA (yellow SW)
Jersey, USA (orange SW);
Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Transbaikalia
(Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (weak orange SW)
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
Best Locality:
JONESITE Ba2(K,Na)[Ti2(Si5Al)O18 nH2O

LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
California State Gem Mine (Dallas Gem Mine; Benitoite Mine; Benitoite Gem Mine;
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 Locality:
jurupaite (magnesian xonotlite)

LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
KALINITE KAl(SO4)2 11-12H2O (?)

LW: White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Las Vegas, NV, USA;
KAMOTOITE-(Y) Y2U4+6(CO3)3O12 14,5H2O
LW: Yellowish Green

MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Best Locality:
Kamoto East mine, Shaba province, Congo;
KAOLINITE Al2Si2O5(OH)4
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
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
Best Locality:
The moraine of the Dara-i-Pioz glacier, Garm region, Tajikistan (Lat. 3930' N, Long.
7040')
KARIBIBITE Fe2+3As4+3(O,OH)9
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Karibib pegmatite, Namibia;
KARPATITE C24H12
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Iwagi Shima, Ehimi prefecture, Japan;
KATOITE Ca3 Al2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x (x=1.5-3)

LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
KELDYSHITE Na2-xHxZrSi2O7 nH2O

LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
Bratthagen, Lagendalen, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
Mt Rasvumchorr, Khibiny massif, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia;
Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia;
KENHSUITE gamma Hg3S2Cl2

LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Point of Rocks, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA;
KERNITE Na2B4O6(OH)2 3H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
kerolite / (ml./mix. de/of LIZARDITE & STEVENSITE)

LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Bluemont, MD, USA;
KHIBINSKITE K2ZrSi2O7
LW:
MW:
SW: Blue
Best Locality:
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:
Best Locality:
KINGITE Al3(PO4)2(F,OH)2 8(H2O,OH)

LW: White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Tom's Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia;
KLEINITE Hg2N(Cl,SO4) nH2O

MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
KOGARKOITE Na3(SO4)F
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Qubec, 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 Locality:
KRATOCHVILITE C13H10
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Best Locality:
Freital near Dresden, Saxony, Germany;
Near Kladno, Bohemia, Tchek Republic;
KRAUSKOPFITE BaSi2O4(OH)2 2H2O

LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
KUKSITE Pb3Zn3Te+6O6(PO4)2
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Gold mine in Central Aldan, Siberia, Russia;
kunzite
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Salmon pink
Best Locality:
Nuristan, Afghanistan;
Mt Apatite, Maine, USA (phosphorescent);
Newry, Maine, USA (phosphorescent)
KURCHATOVITE-M CaMg[B2O5]
LW: Violet
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
kutnahorite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
KUTNOHORITE Ca(Mn+2,Mg,Fe+2)(CO3)2
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
kyanite
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Celo Mines, Burnsville, NC, USA (whitish LW);
Squaw Peak, AZ, USA ('flesh' color LW)
LABRADORITE Na0,5-0,3Ca0,5-0,7Al1,5-1,7Si2,5-2,3O8
LW: Violet
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
LABYRINTHITE [np+] (Na,K,Sr)35Ca12Fe3Zr6TiSi51O144(O,OH,H2O)9Cl3

LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
LALONDEITE [np+] (Na,Ca)6(Ca,Na)3Si16O38(F,OH)2 3H2O

LW:
MW: Violet blue
SW: Violet blue
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Poudrette Quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
LANARKITE Pb2O(SO4)
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK (yellow SW+LW);
Langban (Lngban), Filipstad, Vrmland, Sweden (SW Yellow);
LANGBEINITE K2Mg2(SO4)3
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy and Lea Counties, New Mexico, USA;
LANSFORDITE MgCO3 5H2 O

LW: Violet
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
LANTHANITE-(Ce) (Ce,La,Nd)2(CO3)3 8H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Pink
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
LARISAITE Na(H3O)(UO2)3(SeO3)2O2 4H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Repete mine, San Juan county, Utah, USA;
LARSENITE PbZnSiO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
LAUMONTITE Ca4[Al8Si16O48] 18H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA (weak white SW+LW);
LAURIONITE PbCl(OH)
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Furnace slags, Laurion district, Attica, Greece;
LAZURITE Na6Ca2Al6Si6O24[(SO4),S,Cl,(OH)]2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Orange
Lyadjvar, Pamir Mountains, Tadjikistan (bluish LW);
LEADHILLITE Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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
Best Locality:
LEIFITE (Na, H2O)Na6[Be2Al3Si15O39F2]

LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Valle-du-Richelieu RCM, Montrgie,
Qubec, Canada;
lennilite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Lenni, near Media, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, USA
leonhardite (partially deshydrated)

LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
LEONITE K2Mg(SO4)2 4H2O

LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Wunsdorf, Hanover, Germany;
Neuhof, Germany;
lepidolite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
LEUCITE K[AlSi2O6]
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Ariccia, Alban Hills, Rome Province, Latium, Italy (bright orange LW);
LEUCOPHANITE (Ca,RRE)CaNa2Be2Si4O12(F,O)2
LW: Violet Pink
MW: Violet Pink
SW: Pink
Best Locality:
Qubec, 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, Sagsen, Mrje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway (strong fluo MW);
Ilimaussaq complex, Nakalaq, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
Leucophanite occurrence, Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilmaussaq complex, Narsaq,
Kujalleq, Greenland;
LEUCOSPHENITE BaNa4Ti2B2Si10O30
LW:
MW:
SW: Blue
Best Locality:
Qubec, Canada (yellowish-white SW);
Greenland;
leverrierite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality: Saint-Etienne, Loire, Rhne-Alpes, France;
LEVINSONITE-(Y) (Y,Nd,Ce,Sm)Al(SO4)2(C2O4) 12H2O

LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality:
LEVYNE-Ca (Ca0,5,Na,K)6[Al6Si12O36] 17H2O

LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Beach Creek, Oregon, USA;
LIBERITE Li2BeSiO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
China;
LIEBIGITE Ca2(UO2)(CO3)3 11H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Jachymov, Bohemia, former Czechoslovakia;
Schwartzwalder Mine, Ralston Buttes District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA;
Pitch Mine, Marshall Pass District, Saguache Co., Colorado, USA;
Lignite
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
LINEKITE K2Ca3[(UO2)(CO3)3]2 7H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Geschieber vein, Svornost Mine (Einigkeit Mine), Jchymov (St Joachimsthal),
Jchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krun Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary
Region, Bohemia (Bhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
LISITSYNITE KBSi2O6
LW:
MW:
SW: Pink
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Koashva quarry, Khibina alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia
LITHIOPHILITE Li(Mn+2,Fe+2)PO4
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Vishniakovskoye, East Siberia, Russia;
lithomarge / (mix de/of KAOLINITE & HALLOYSITE)

LW: Tawn
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
lizardite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
LIZARDITE-1T Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
LONDONITE (Cs,K,Rb)Al4Be4(B,Be)12O28
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Antandrokomby granitic pegmatite, near Mt. Ibity, south of the Sahatany Valley,
Madagascar
LORENZENITE Na2Ti2Si2O9
LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Best Locality:
Qubec, 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, Lgendalen, 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);
Greenland;
Burpala, Patom plateau, East Siberia, Russia;
LOVDARITE K4Na12[Be8Si28O72] 18H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Point of Rocks, Colfax county, New Mexico, USA;

Greenland;
LUESHITE NaNbO3
LW: Orange
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Salanlatva, Kola peninsula, Russia;
lussatite
LW: Bluish White

MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Lussat, near Pont-du-Chateau, Puy-de-Dome, France
MACDONALDITE BaCa4Si16O36(OH)2 1OH2O

LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
MACPHERSONITE Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland, England;
MAGADIITE NaSi7O13(OH)3 4H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:

Trinity Lake, Trinity county, California, USA;
MAGNESIO-AXINITE Ca2MgAl2BSi4O15(OH)
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
Nandagala, Tanzania (blue-pink gemmy material);
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania (Strong
red LW);
Australia;
MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE XCa2[Mg4(Al,Fe+3)]Si7AlO22(OH)2
LW: Greenish Blue

MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Old Mill Site, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
MAGNESIOTAAFFEITE-2N'2S Mg3Al8BeO16
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
magnesiozippeite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
MAGNESITE MgCO3
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator: O*
Best Locality:
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 guas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil (weak luminescence SW+LW);
Wiry, Gogow-Jordanw Massif, Lower Silesia, Poland (blue LW+SW);
MAGNESIUM-ZIPPEITE Mg(UO2)2(SO4)O2 3,5H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
MAKATITE Na2Si4O8(OH)2 4H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Greenish
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Qubec, Canada
Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais
RCM, Montrgie, Qubec, Canada (weak to moderate whitish SW and LW)
malacon (altered zircon)

LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow

Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Langesund fjord area, Norway;
MALAYAITE CaSnSiO5
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
Red-A-Venn mine in Meldon, dartmoor Forest, Okehampton area, Devon, England,
UK;
Scew creek, Cassier Mountains, British columbia, Canada;
Ak-Djilga, Pamirs, Tadjikistan;
Ehrenfriedersdorf, former DDR;
MALEEVITE BaB2Si2O8
LW:
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Dara-i-Pioz glacier, the Alai range, Tien Shan, Garmskii district, northern Tajikistan;
MALINKOITE NaBSiO4
LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Mount Karnasurt, Lovozero alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia
MAMMOTHITE Pb6Cu4+2AlSb+5(SO4)2Cl4O2(OH)16
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Furnace slags of the Laurion Region, Attica, Greece;
manganapatite
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Best Locality:
Bennett Mine, Buckfield, Maine, USA (SW dull orange-yellow);
MANGANAXINITE Ca2Mn+2Al2BSi4O15(OH)
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
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);
manganocalcite
LW: Pink
MW: Red
SW: Red
Best Locality:
Pachapaque, Peru;
Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Peru;
Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru
Herja, Romania;
Mine Krushev dol, Madan, Bulgaria;
MANGANONORDITE-(Ce) Na3SrCeMn+2Si6O17
LW:
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
marble / (calcaire mtamorphique / Metamorphised carbonate rock)

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality:
MARGARITE-2M1 CaAl2XAl2Si2O10(OH)2
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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
Best Locality:
Parker Shaft (Parker Mine), Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
Sweden;
(blue SW + red MW);
MARIALITE Na4Al3Si9O24Cl
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Orange
Best Locality:
Bancroft, Ontario, Canada (wernerite);
Gooderham area, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada (weak red SW)
Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada (wernerite) (bright yellow-orange LW, weaker SW);
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);
MARSHITE CuI
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator: Cu+
Best Locality:
Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia (red SW);
Chuquicamata, Chile;
MASCAGNITE (NH4)2SO4
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Zeravshan, Tadzikhistan;
MASSICOT PbO
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Durango, Popocatepetl, Mexico;
Silver King Mine, Pinal, AZ, USA;
MASUYITE Pb[(UO2)3O3(OH)2] 3H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Aue, former DDR;
MATLOCKITE PbFCl
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Leadhills, Scotland, England;
MCALLISTERITE Mg2B12O14(OH)12 9H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
MCNEARITE NaCa5(AsO4)(AsO3OH)4 4H2O

LW: Violet
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
MEIONITE 3CaAl2Si2O8CaCO3
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Old Mill Site, Franklin, New jersey, USA (orange SW associated with amazonite);
Skrbble 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, Qubec, 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: Green
MW: Not fluorescent
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Co., Utah, USA
MELANOPHLOGITE (SiO2)46(CO2,N2)6(CH4,N2)2
LW: White
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
MELIPHANITE Ca4(Na,Ca)4Be4AlSi7O24(F,O)4
LW: Violet Pink
MW:
SW: Violet Pink
Best Locality:
Stokkoya, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
MELLITE Al2[C6(COO)6] 16H2O

LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Best Locality:
Csordakti Mine, Bicske-Csordakt, Bicske-Zsmbki Basin, Fejr Co., Hungary;
Csordakut Mine, Tatabanya, Hungary;
Tatabnya, Gerecse Mts, Komrom-Esztergom Co., Hungary;
Artern, Unstrut valley, Thuringia, Germany;
Voigstedt, Germay;
MERWINITE Ca3Mg(SiO4)2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Commercial quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co.,
California, USA;
Velardea, Velardea District, Mun. de Cuencam, Durango, Mexico (pale orange
LW, cited by De Ment, but no merwinite cited there in Mindat!);
MESOLITE Na16Ca16[Al48Si72O240] 64H2O

LW: White
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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);
MESSELITE Ca2(Fe+2,Mn+2)(PO4)2 2H2O

LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
META-ANKOLEITE K2(UO2)2(PO4)2 6H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Mongenyi pegmatite, Ankole district, Uganda;
META-AUTUNITE Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 2-6H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Autun, France;
Daybreak mine (Dahl lease), Mount Kit Carson, near Mt Spokane, Spokane County,
Washington, USA;
Cunha Baixa Mine, Beira Alta Province,Portugal;
Assuno Mine, Sto, Sao Vicente (Vizeu) District, Portugal;
META-URANOCIRCITE (I) Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2 8H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Davier Mine, Black Hills, South Dakota, USA;
META-URANOCIRCITE II (?) Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2 6H2O

LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Best Locality:
META-URANOPILITE (UO2)6(SO4)(OH)10 5H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Rabejac, Lodve, Hrault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
META-URANOSPINITE Ca(UO2)2(AsO4)2 8H2O

LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Best Locality:
METAHAIWEEITE (?) Ca(UO2)2Si6O15 nH2O (n<5)

LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
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
Best Locality:
Schmiedestollen Halde, Wittichen, Schwarzwald, Germany;
METAKIRCHHEIMERITE Co(UO2)2(AsO4)2 8H2O

LW:
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
METALODEVITE Zn(UO2)2(AsO4)2 10H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Lodve, Hrault, France;
METAMUNIRITE NaVO3
LW: Pink
MW:
SW: Pink
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
San Miguel County, Colorado, USA;
METANATRO-AUTUNITE Na2(UO2)2(PO4)2 6-8H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia;
METANOVACEKITE Mg(UO2)2(AsO4)2 4-8H2O

LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Best Locality:
METASALEEITE Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2 8H2O

LW:
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
METASCHODERITE Al2(PO4)(VO4) 6H2O

LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
METASCHOEPITE UO3 nH2O (n=0,75-1)

LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Best Locality:
Musonoi, Shaba province, Congo; Shinkolobwe, Congo;
METASTUDTITE UO4 2H2O

LW:
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
METATYUYAMUNITE Ca(UO2)2(V2O8) 3H2O
LW:
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
METAVANDENDRIESSCHEITE PbU7O22 nH2O (n< 12)

LW:
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
METAVANMEERSSCHEITE U+6(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6 2H2O
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Congo;
METAVANURALITE Al(UO2)2 (V2O8)(OH) 8H2O

LW:
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
METAVOLTINE K2Na6Fe+2Fe6+3O2(SO4)12 18H2O

LW: Orange
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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:
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
METAZEUNERITE Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2 8H2O

LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA (weak yellowgreen LW)
MEYERHOFFERITE Ca2B6O6(OH)10 2H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Monte Blanco Mine, Monte Blanco, Black Mts, Amargosa Range, Inyo Co.,
California, USA;
Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA;
mica
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
MICROCLINE KAlSi3O8
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
Limecrest Quarry, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (red SW);
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)
MICROLITE (Ca,Na)2Ta2O6(O,OH,F)
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
MILARITE KCa2AlBe2Si12O30 0,5H2O

LW: Bluish White
MW: Bluish White
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality:
Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada (weak bluish-white SW);
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 Locality:
Langban, Sweden;
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia (minor luminescence SW+LW);
Velardea District, Mun. de Cuencam, Durango, Mexico (minor luminescence
SW+LW);
San Pedro Mine, San Pedro Corralitos, Mun. de Casas Grandes, Chihuahua,
Mexico (minor luminescence SW+LW);
Ojuela Mine, Mapim, Mun. de Mapim, 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 Serdn, Chihuahua, Mexico (minor
luminescence SW+LW);
Pbram, 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 Locality:
Alluaiv, Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia;
MINEHILLITE (K,Na)2Ca28Zn5Al4Si40O112(OH)16
LW: Blue
MW: Blue
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
MINIUM Pb2+2Pb+4O4
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Wendon, Arizona, USA;
Broken Hill, Australia
MINYULITE KAl2(PO4)2(OH,F) 4H2O

LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Minyulo Well, Dandaragan, Western Australia, Australia;
MIRABILITE Na2SO4 10H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Pinkish White
Best Locality:
Kara-Bogaz-gol bay, Turkmenistan;
MISERITE K2(Ca,Y)10-11(Si12O30)(Si2O7)(OH)2F2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Darai-Pioz Glacier (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz), Alai Range (Alayskiy), Tien Shan Mtn,
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 Locality:
mizzonite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
MOISSANITE-10R SiC
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
molybdoscheelite
LW: Not fluorescent
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
xjoeberg, Sweden;
Lngban, Filipstad, Vrmland, Sweden;
MONAZITE-(Ce) (Ce,La,Nd,Th)PO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Best Locality:
Berg, Rde, stfold, Norway (red-orange phosphorescence, De Ment, 1949);
MONOHYDROCALCITE CaCO3 H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
MONTEBRASITE LiAl(PO4)(OH,F)
LW: Blue
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: Unknown
Best Locality:
Steward Mine, San Diego County, California, USA;
Russia;
MONTEREGIANITE-(Y) (Na,K)6(Y,Ca)2Si16O38 10H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrire Mont
Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Valle-du-Richelieu RCM, Montrgie,
Qubec, Canada;
MONTICELLITE CaMgSiO4
LW: Pink
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
MONTMORILLONITE (Na,Ca)0,3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2 nH2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Langesundfjord, Norway;
Greenland;
Grafton Center, NH, USA;
MONTROYALITE Sr4Al8(CO3)3(OH,F)26 10-11H2O

LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
MORDENITE (Na2,Ca,K2)4[Al8Si40O96] 28H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Conejo Grade summit at Thousand Oaks, California, USA;
MOREAUITE Al3(UO2)(PO4)3(OH)2 13H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
morganite
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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: Not fluorescent
MW: Not fluorescent
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Dara-i-Pioz glacial moraine, Alaisky mountain ridge, Tajikistan
mossottite
LW: Red
MW: Red
SW: Pink
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Boccheggiano Mine, Siena, Tuscany, Italy;
MULLITE Al6Si2O13
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Island of Mull, Loch Scridian, Scotland, England;
MUNDITE Al(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)3 5,5H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
MURMANITE Na4Ti4+4(Si2O7)2O4 4H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Lovozero massif, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia;
MUSCOVITE-1M KAl2XAlSi3O10(OH)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
NABAPHITE NaBaPO4 9H2O

LW: White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Mine Dumps on Mount Yukspor, Khibina Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia
NACAPHITE Na(Na,Ca)2(PO4)F
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Best Locality:
Khibina, Russia;
NAHCOLITE NaHCO3
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
NASONITE Pb6Ca4Si6O21Cl2
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Parker Shaft, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
Lngban, Filipstad, Vrmland, Sweden (associated with SW blue fluo Baryte and SW
red fluo calcite);
NATISITE Na2(TiO)SiO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality:
Lovozero, Karnasurt Mt, Kola peninsula, Russia;
Khibina massif, Kola peninsula, Russia;
NATRITE gamma Na2CO3

LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Lovozero, Kola peninsula Russia;
NATROALUNITE Na2Al6(SO4)4(OH)12
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Big Star deposit, Marysvale, Utah, USA;
NATROBISTANTITE (Na,Cs)Bi(Ta,Nb,Sb)4O12
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Pegmatite at Kyokbogor, China
natroboltwoodite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
NATROFAIRCHILDITE = NYEREREITE (?) Na2Ca(CO3)2

LW: Orange
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast',
Northern Region, Russia (weak orange LW + SW);
NATROLITE Na2[Al2Si3O10] 2H2O
LW: Greenish white

MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Poudrette Quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada;
Greenland;
NATRON Na2CO3 10H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: O-2
Best Locality:
A dry Lake in Kenya;
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 Locality:
Mount Yukspor, Khibina Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia;
natrouranospinite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
natrozippeite
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Bukov Mine, Ron deposit, Vysoina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic
NEFEDOVITE Na5Ca4(PO4)4F
LW: Violet blue
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Khibina, Russia;
NEIGHBORITE NaMgF3
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Best Locality:
Katuginskoye, East Siberia, Russia;
NEKOITE Ca3Si6O15 7H2O

LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
NENADKEVICHITE Na8-xNb4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4 8H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:

Greenland;
NEPHELINE Na3KAl4Si4O16
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Greenland;
Jebel Bou-Agrao, Tamazeght Mountain Range, Khnifra Province, Mekns-Tafilalet
Region, Morocco (weak yellowish SW and LW, could be an alteration or other
mineral covering nepheline);
Michelsberg Quarry, Katzenbuckel, Eberbach, Odenwald, Baden-Wrttemberg,
Germany (white-blue LW);
Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan (not really fluorescent but covering sodalite)
NESQUEHONITE Mg(HCO3)(OH) 2H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Puy Saint Gulmier, Puy-de-Dme, Auvergne, France;
Golden, Colorado, USA;
NEWBERYITE Mg(PO3OH) 3H2O
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Skipton Caves, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia;
nicholsonite (Zincian aragonite)

LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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
Best Locality:
Bukov Mine, Ron deposit, Vysoina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic;
NIFONTOVITE Ca3B6O6(OH)12 2H2O

LW: Violet
MW:
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Turinsk Region, North Urals, Russia;
NIOCALITE Ca14Nb2(Si2O7)4(O6,F2)
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
NITRATINE NaNO3
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
NITER KNO3
LW: White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
nocerite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
NORBERGITE Mg3(SiO4)(F,OH)2
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Best Locality:
Skrbble quarry, Pargas (Parainen), Southwestern Finland Region, Finland (bright
yellow SW)
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);
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 Locality:
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

Best Locality:
Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikistan;
NORDSTRANDITE Al(OH)3
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
NORSETHITE BaMg(CO3)2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Kremikovtzi Quarry, Sofiya Oblast, Bulgaria;
NORTHUPITE Na3Mg(CO3)2Cl
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA (bright yellowish-wite LW + phospho);
NOSEANE Na8Al6Si6O24(SO4) H2O
LW: Orangy yellow

MW:
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Lajuar Madan, Sar-e-Sang dist., Badakhshan, Afghanistan;
Laach lake (Laacher See) volcanic complex, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
(var noselite, bright orange LW);
noselite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Laach lake (Laacher See) volcanic complex, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
(bright orange LW);
NOVACEKITE Mg(UO2)2(AsO4)2 10-12H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Serra das guas, Brumado (Bom Jesus dos Meiras), Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil;
NYEREREITE Na2Ca(CO3)2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast',
Northern Region, Russia;
OKENITE Ca10Si18O46 18H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Godhavn, Greenland ( dim yellowish-white SW);
Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA (dim white-blue SW);
OLDHAMITE (Ca,Mg,Fe,Mn)S
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
OLGITE Na(Sr,Ba)PO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Best Locality:
OLIGOCLASE (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)408
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
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
Best Locality: 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
Best Locality:
Khibina, Russia;
onyx
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
OPALE SiO2 nH2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Virgin Valley, Denio, Humboldt county, Nevada, USA (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);
orangite
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Langesundfjord Region, Norway;
ORPHEITE PbAl3(PO4,SO4)2(OH)6 (?)

LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Locality: Bulgaria;
ORTHOCLASE KAlSi3O8
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
ORTHOSERPIERITE Ca(Cu+2,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 3H2O

LW: Violet
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Chessy Mine, France;
OTAVITE CdCO3
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia;
OYELITE Ca10Si8B2O29 12,5H2O

LW: White
MW:
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
ozocerite / (cire organique / organic wax)

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
Borislaw, URSS;
Tiflis, Iran;
p-VEATCHITE Sr2B11O16(OH)5 H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Billie Mine, Death Valley, California, USA;
PABSTITE Ba(Sn,Ti)Si3O9
LW: Not fluorescent
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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
PACHNOLITE NaCaAlF6 H2O

LW: Greenish
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Katugin, East Siberia, Russia;
PALYGORSKITE-M (Mg,Al)4Si8(O,OH,H2O)26 5H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
pandermite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Bandirma, Balikesir, Turkey
PARACELSIAN BaAl2Si2O8
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Bennalt mine, Caernarvonshire, Wales, United Kingdom (cherry red SW);
PARAHOPEITE Zn3(PO4)2 4H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
International Adit, Oxide Mine, Ymir, British Columbia, Canada;
H.B. Mine, Salmo, British Columbia, Canada;
PARAKELDYSHITE Na2ZrSi2O7
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: White
Best Locality:
Pegmatite Roadcut at Bratthagen, Lgendalen, Hedrum, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway
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 Locality:
Furnace slags of Laurion District, Attica, Greece;
PARALSTONITE BaCa(CO3)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Minerva N1 Mine, Cave in Rock, Illinois, USA;
PARANIITE-(Y) Ca2Y(AsO4)(WO4,MoO4)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Pizzo Cervandone, Alpe Devero, Valle dOssola, Piedmont,Italy.
Fianel mine, Val Ferrera, Graubnden, Switzerland.
PARASCHOEPITE (?) UO3 1-2H2O

LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Mount Kukisvumchorr, Khibina alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia
parawollastonite CaSiO3
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Crestmore Quarry, Riverside county, California, USA;
a mine near Bau, Sarawak, Borneo (Bright orange SW);
PARGASITE NaCa2(Mg4Al)Si6Al2O22(OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Amity, New York, 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
Best Locality:
Balmat and Talcville, New York, USA;
pecto-prehnite / (mixture / mlange PECTOLITE + PREHNITE)

LW:
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Parker Shaft, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
PECTOLITE NaCa2Si3O8(OH)
LW: Yellowish White
MW: Pink
SW: Orange
Best Locality:
Franklin, New Jersey, USA (orange SW+LW);
Bergen Hill, NJ, USA;
Lake County, California, USA;
Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Richmond County, Canada (bright orange LW);
Qubec, 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);
Greenland;
PENFIELDITE Pb2Cl3(OH)
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Furnace slags of the Laurion District, Attica, Greece ;
Margarita mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Chile;
PENKVILKSITE-1M Na4Ti2Si8O22 5H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
PENNANTITE Mn5+2Al (Si3Al)O10(OH)8

LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Saranovskoye chromium deposit , North Urals, Russia;
pennine
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
PENTAHYDROBORITE CaB2O(OH)6 2H2O

LW: Violet
MW:
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Turinsk, Ural Mountains, Russia;
PERICLASE MgO
LW:
MW:
SW: Pale Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Brewster, Terlingua, TX, USA;
pericline
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;
pearls
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
perthite ORTHOCLASE
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
PETALITE LiAlSi4O10
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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)
petroleum / (huile organique / organic oil)

LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
PEZZOTTAITE CsBe2LiAl2Si6O18
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Sakavalana, Madagascar;
phacolite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
PHARMACOLITE Ca(HAsO4) 2H2O

LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Wittichen, Germany;
PHENACITE Be2SiO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
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
Best Locality:
Vesuvio, Napoli, Italy;
PHLOGOPITE-1M KMg3AlSi3O10(OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellow
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
PHOSGENITE Pb2(CO3)Cl2
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Monteponi, Sardinia, Italy;
Touissit, Morocco;
phosphorite roche sedimentaire riche en phosphate /sedimentary rock

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
PHOSPHURANYLITE (H3O)3KCa(UO2)7O4(PO4)4 8H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
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
Best Locality:
Kobokobo Pegmatite, Lusungu River District, Kivu, Congo(Zare);
PHURCALITE Ca2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 7H2O
LW: Yellowish Green

MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Best Locality:
Posey mine, San Juan county, Utah, USA;
PICKERINGITE MgAl2(SO4)4 22H2O
LW: Yellowish White

MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Cerros Pintados, near Iquique, Chile (?);
PICROMERITE K2Mg(SO4)2 6H2O

LW: White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Rossleben, former DDR (German Democratic Republic);
PICROPHARMACOLITE Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO3OH)2 11H2O
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Sainte-Marie-aux-mines, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France;
Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New jersey, USA;
moonstone
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
pinite / (pseudomorphs after silicate minerals mix of mica and clay minerals)
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
PINNOITE MgB2O(OH)6
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
PIRSSONITE Na2Ca(CO3)2 2H2O

LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Greenish Blue
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
plagioclase / Anglo-Saxon name for ALBITE/ANORTHITE serie

LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
Greenland;
PLASILITE Na(UO2)(SO4)(OH) 2H2O

LW: Green
MW: Not fluorescent
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Co., Utah, USA
PLOMBIERITE Ca5H2Si6O18 6H2O (?)

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
plumbocalcite / (voir/see CALCITE (Pb bearing calcite))

LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
PLUMBOJAROSITE Pb0,5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
PLUMBONACRITE (?) Pb5O(CO3)3(OH)2 (?)

LW: Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Furnace slags of the Laurion district , Attica, Greece;
POLDERVAARTITE Ca(Ca0,5Mn0,5+2)(SiO3OH)(OH)
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
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
Best Locality:
Mont Mica, South Paris, Maine, USA;
Newry, Maine, USA (pale orange LW, De Ment));
Shengus area, Skardu Road, Gilgit Division, Pakistan;
POLYLITHIONITE-1M KLi2AlSi4O10F2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Poudrette Quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada;
Greenland;
Vesle Aroya, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
POWELLITE CaMoO4
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator: MoO42Best Locality:
Pandulena quarry, Nasik district, India;
Mahodari, Nasik, Pune (Poona), Maharashtra, India;
Nangaon, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India;
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India;
pravdite
LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Greenland;
PREHNITE Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality:
Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Shipton Township, Richmond Co., Qubec, Canada;
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Qubec, Canada;
Greenland;
Taza, Taza Province, Taza-Al Hocema-Taounate Region, Morocco (dull
luminescence SW+LW);
Near Langban, Sweden (SW White);
PREOBRAZHENSKITE Mg3B11O15(OH)9
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
PRETULITE ScPO4
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
PRICEITE Ca2B5O7(OH)5 H2O

LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Thomson and Boraxo n1 Pit, Death Valley, California, USA;
PROBERTITE NaCaB5O7(OH)4 3H2O

LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Billie Mine, Death Valley, California, USA (fl. creamy white);
PROSOPITE CaAl2(F,OH)8
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Best Locality:
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland;
PRZHEVALSKITE Pb(UO2)2(PO4)2 4H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
PSEUDO-AUTUNITE (H3O)4Ca2(UO2)2(PO4)4 5H2O (?)

LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Found in ultrabasic-alkalic rock in Northern Karelia, Russia;
pseudowavellite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
ptilolite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
PYROCHLORE (Na,Ca)2Nb2O6(OH,F)
LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Best Locality:
PYROMORPHITE Pb5(PO4)3Cl
LW: Yellowish
MW: Orangy yellow
SW: Orange
Best Locality:
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);
Bunker Hill Mine, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Coeur d Alene District, Shoshone
Co., Idaho, USA (dull fluo SW+LW)
PYROPE Mg3Al2(SiO4)3
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
PYROPHYLLITE-1A Al2Si4O10(OH)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Staley, NC, USA (pale orange SW, De Ment);
Graves Montain, GA, USA;
QUARTZ alpha (low) SiO2

LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Yellow
Best Locality:
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);
quincite (quincyite) / (voir/see OPALE Quincy-sur-Cher, Bourges, Cher, Centre,

France)
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
RABBITTITE Ca3Mg3(UO2)2(CO3)6(OH)4 18H2O

LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Best Locality:
Lucky Strike N2 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
Best Locality:
Rabejac, near Lodve, France;
ramsayite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
ranquilite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
RANUNCULITE HAl(UO2)PO4(OH)3 4H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Best Locality:
Kobokobo, Kivu, Congo
RAPIDCREEKITE Ca2(SO4)(CO3) 4H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada;
RASPITE PbWO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Brownish Green
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales,
Australia;
RAVATITE C14H10
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Dushanbe, Tadzhikistan
REEDMERGNERITE NaBSi3O8
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Dara-I-Poiz, Tadzhikistan;
REFIKITE C20H32O2
LW:
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
From Montorio al Vomano, 10 km southwest of Teramo, Abruzzi, Italy;
Found near Kolbermoor, Bavaria, Germany;
Krasno, Czech Republic;
REMONDITE-(Ce) Na3(Ce,La,Ca,Na,Sr)3(CO3)5
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Mont-St-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
RENARDITE (discredited) / ( Pb(UO2)4(PO4)2(OH)4 7(H2O) probably a form of

DEWINDTITE )
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
retinite / (general term for a group of fossil resinscontaining no succinic acid)

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Best Locality:
Espenhain, former DDR, Germany;
REVDITE Na16[Si4O6(OH)5]2[Si8O15(OH)6](OH)10 28H2O

LW: Blue
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
RHODIZITE (K,Cs)Al4Be4(B,Be)12O28
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Best Locality:
Manjaka Mine, Mount Bity (Ibity), Madagascar;
Anjanabonoina, Madagascar (fluo bright orange SW and weak white LW);
RHODOCHROSITE Mn+2CO3
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
N Chwaning 2 Mine, near Kuruman, South-Africa;
Marquette, MI, USA (pink LW);
rhodolite
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
RHODONITE (Mn+2,Fe+2,Mg,Ca)SiO3
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Kapnik, Hungary (bright red LW, dim red SW);
Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden (dim red LW?);
(dull red LW);
RICHTERITE Na(CaNa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2
LW: Greenish
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Murun, Aldan Plateau Yakutia;
RIVERSIDEITE Ca5Si6O16(OH)2 2H2O

LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
ROEBLINGITE Pb2Ca6Mn+2(Si6O18)(SO4)2(OH)2 4H2O

LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Skutesundskjaer near Barkevik, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
Greenland;
ROSENHAHNITE Ca3Si3O8(OH)2
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Highway 101 Cut, near Cloverdale, Mendocino County, California, USA;
Durham Quarry, Wake County, North Carolina, USA;
rumanite / ( ou rumanite)
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality:
Coli (Buzu County), Romania
rubellite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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
Best Locality:
Longido, Kilimandjaro, Tanzania;
Kleggsen Ruby Quarry, Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway (strong red LW)
Hunza Valley, Gilgit, Pakistan;
Mysore District, Karnataka, India;
Froland, Norway;
Fiskenaessett, Greenland;
Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul)
Province, Afghanistan;
Sivec Marble Quarry, Sivec Mountain, Prilep, Macedonia
RUTHERFORDINE U+6O2(CO3)
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Urugurse Mt., East Africa;
Newry, ME, USA;
Beryl Montains, NH, USA;
SABINAITE Na4Zr2TiO4(CO3)4
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Francon Quarry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada;
SABUGALITE H0,5Al0,5(UO2)2(PO4)2 8H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Quarta Seira mine, Sabugal, Portugal;
Mine de Margnac, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France;
SALEEITE Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2 10H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Urucum pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil;
Saleite de Shinkolobwe, Katanga, R.D. du Congo;
SAL AMMONIAC (SALMIAC) alpha NH4Cl
LW: Yellowish White

MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
salpeter
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
SAMFOWLERITE Ca28Mn6Zn4(Be,Zn)4Be12(SiO4)12(Si2O7)8(OH)12
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Franklin, NJ, USA;
SANBORNITE BaSi2O5
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Rush creek, Fresno county, California, USA;
SANIDINE (K,Na)(Si,Al)4O8
LW:
MW:
SW: Pink
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
sapphire
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Lavec, CA, USA;
SASSOLITE H3BO3
LW: Blue
MW:
SW: Blue
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Larderello, Tuscany, Italy;
SATIMOLITE KNa2Al4B6O15Cl3 13H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Ivrea, Italy;
SAZYKINAITE-(Y) Na5YZrSi6O18 6H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
scapolite / (Group: MEIONITE, MARIALITE )

LW: Violet red
MW: Orange Red
SW: Red
Best Locality:
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);
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, Qubec, Canada (red SW);
Mountain Top Trucking quarry, Torrington, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA (red
SW)
Maple Leaf, Monteagle Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada (dull orange)
Yates mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Qubec, Canada (dull pink)
SCAWTITE Ca7(Si6O18)(CO3) 2H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
schnite
LW: White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Rossleben, former DDR, Germany;
schalenblende
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Olkusz, Olkusz District, Maopolskie, Poland;
Plombires-Vieille Montagne (Plombires-Altenberg) District, Verviers, Lige
Province, Belgium;
Schmalgraf Mine, Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombires-Vieille Montagne (PlombiresAltenberg) District, Verviers, Lige Province, Belgium;
SCHEELITE CaWO4
LW: Violet Pink
MW: Yellow
SW: Bluish White
Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China;
Tae Hwa Mine, Neungam-ri, Angseong-myeon, Chungju, Chungcheongbukdo, South
Korea
Mt. Xuebaoding, Sichuan Province, China (bright red MW)
SCHOEPITE [(UO2)8O2(OH)12](H2O)12
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba),
Democratic Republic of Congo (Zare);
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Central area, Katanga Copper
Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zare);
San Rafael Swell, eastern Utah, USA;
SCHROECKINGERITE NaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F 10H2O

LW: Bluish Green
MW:
SW: Bluish Green
Best Locality:
Hillside mine, Yavapai county, Arizona, USA;
SCOLECITE Ca[Al2Si3O10] 3H2O

LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
SEARLESITE NaBSi2O5(OH)2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Point of Rocks, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA;
Green River area, Sweet Water County, Wyoming, USA;
selenite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
SELLAITE MgF2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Djebel-Hamimat mine , Ain Beida, Algeria;
SEPIOLITE Mg4Si6O15(OH)2 6H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Eskisehir, Turkey;
septaria
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Boom, Belgium;
serpentine
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
severginite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
SHARPITE Ca(UO2)6(CO3)5(OH)4 6H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
SHIBKOVITE K(Ca,Mn,Na)2(K2-xXx)2Zn3Si12O30
LW:
MW: Orangy yellow
SW: Red

Best Locality:
SHOMIOKITE-(Y) Na3(Y,Dy)(CO3)3 3H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Best Locality:
Mt Alluaiv, Kola peninsula, Russia;
SHORTITE Na2Ca2(CO3)3
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Orange
Best Locality:
FMC Westvaco Mine, Green River Formation, west of Green River, Sweetwater
County, Wyoming, USA (bright yellow or pink-orange to brown SW);
Khibina, Russia;
SILLIMANITE Al2SiO5
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Paris, ME, USA (var. fibrolite, dim red SW);
simetite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
Simeto River, Sicily, Italy
SIMONELLITE C19H24
LW:
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Fognano, Montepulciano, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy;
SIMPSONITE Al4(Ta,Nb)3O13(O,OH,F)
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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);
SKLODOWSKITE (H3O)2Mg(UO2)2(SiO4)2 4H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Kamoto-Est, Katanga, R.D. du Congo;
Shinkolobwe, Katanga, R.D. du Congo;
SLAWSONITE (Sr,Ca)Al2Si2O8
LW:
MW:
SW: Violet red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Kagami Village, Tosagun, Kochi Prefecture, Japan;
SMITHSONITE ZnCO3
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
fluo Blue or Red SW: Tsumeb, Namibia;
fluo red SW: Alston Moor, Cumberland, England;
fluo red SW: Miller Canyon, Huachuca Montains, Cochise Co, AZ, USA;
fluo green: Klichkinskoye, Nerchinskii District, East Transbaikalia, Russia;
SODALITE Na8Al6Si6O24Cl2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Brevik, Langesundfjord, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
Bancroft, Ontario, Canada;
Khibiny massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia;
Greenland;
Kangerluarsuk Fjord (Kangerdluarssuq Fjord), Ilmaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq,
Greenland
Kiran, Kokcha (Koksha) Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan;
Sar-e-Sang, Kokcha (Koksha) Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan;
Mont St Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada;
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)
SODDYITE (UO2)2SiO4 2H2O

LW: Tawn
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
SODIUM AUTUNITE Na2(UO2)2(PO4)2 10-16H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
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
Best Locality:
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
Best Locality:
Mina Eureka trmino de Castell-esta, La Torre de Cabdella, provincia de Lrida,
Spain;
SODIUM-ZIPPEITE Na4(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10 4H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Bukov Mine, Ron deposit, Vysoina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic;
province, Spain;
SOGDIANITE (Zr,Ti+4,Fe+3,Al)2(X,Na)2K[Li3Si12O30] ou Zr2KLi3Si12O30

LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
Dara-I-Poiz glacier, Alayskiy Range, Tien Shan mountains, Tadzhikistan;
sombrerite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Sombrero Island (Sombrero; Hat Island), Anguilla, British West Indies;
SORENSENITE Na4Sn+4Be2(Si3O9)2 2H2O

LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
Greenland;
SULPHUR (ALPHA) alpha S

LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish
Main Activator: Unknown
Best Locality:
SPENCERITE Zn4(PO4)2(OH)2 3H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Hudson Bay Mine, Salmo, British Colombia, Canada;
SPESSARTINE Mn3+2Al2(SiO4)3
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
SPHALERITE (Zn,Fe)S
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Orange
Best Locality:
Sterling Hill mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, Sussex county, New jersey, USA;
Massive sphalrite in Baryte matrix, Hot Springs, Madison County, North Carolina,
USA;
Luccheti Quarry, Carrara area, Tuscany, Italy (xl in marble fluorescing yellow);
Hasselhojden, Grythyttan, Hllefors, Vstmanland, Sweden;
Las Manforas Mine, Camaleo, Cantabria, Spain (red LW);
sphene
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
SPINELLE MgAl2O4
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
Mogok, Burma;
Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam;
SPODUMENE LiAlSi2O6
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW: Orange
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Velardea District, Mun. de Cuencam, Durango, Mexico (De Ment 1949);
STEACYITE Th(Ca,Na)2K1-xSi8O20 (x=0.2-0.4)

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
STEENSTRUPITE-(Ce) Na14Ce6Mn+2Mn+3Fe2+2(Zr,Th)(Si6O18)2(PO4)7 3H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Greenland;
STEIGERITE AlVO4 3H2O

LW: Pale Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
STELLERITE Ca[Al2Si7O18] 7H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
STEVENSITE (Ca/2)0,3Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
New Street quarry, Paterson, New jersey, USA;
STILBITE-Ca (Ca0,5,Na,K)9[Al9Si27O72] 28H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
Upper New Sreet, Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, USA;
STILLWELLITE-(Ce) (Ce,La,Ca)BSiO5
LW:
MW:
SW: Blue
Best Locality:
STOLZITE Pb(WO4)
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW: Yellow
Sainte-Lucie Mine, St Lger-de-Peyre, Marvejols, Lozre, 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
STRELKINITE Na2(UO2)2(V2O8) 6H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Best Locality:
Basaral occurrence, Bota-Burum U deposit, Alakol' Lake, Chu-Ili Mts, Balkhash
Region, Dzhezkazgan Oblast', Kazakhstan former Soviet Union;
stroganovite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast, Prebaikalia, Eastern-Siberian
Region, Russia (dim yellowish-white SW);
STRONTIANITE SrCO3
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality:
Winfield, Union Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
Mnsterland, 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:
SW: Pink
Best Locality:
Boccheggiano mines, Montieri, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy (red SW and LW);
strontiocalcite
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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
Best Locality:
Lake Sayd, Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
STRUNZITE Mn+2Fe2+3(PO4)2(OH)2 6H2O

LW: Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Mount Palermo, North groton, New hampshire, USA;
Hagendorf pegmatite, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany;
STUDTITE UO4 4H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Best Locality:
Shinkolobwe-Kasolo, Shaba, Congo;
Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Germany;
succinite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White

Best Locality:
SULFOHALITE Na6(SO4)2FCl
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
SUOLUNITE Ca2Si2O5(OH)2 H2O

LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Al Khawd, Oman;
SUSANNITE Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland, England;
SVABITE Ca5(AsO4)3(F,OH)
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Best Locality:
Langban, Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden (see picture:
http://www.mindat.org/photo-157704.html );
Ultevis, Lappland, Sweden (see picture: http://www.mindat.org/photo-421355.html )
A skarn at Solongo, Buriat Republic, Russia;
Sweden (Svabite pseudomorphose after Tilasite see
picture: http://www.mindat.org/photo-436631.html )
SVYATOSLAVITE CaAl2Si2O8
LW: Yellowish
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
From burning coal dumps in the Chelyabinsk coal basin, Southern Urals, Russia;
SWARTZITE CaMg(UO2)(CO3)3 12H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Langban, Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden (LW red or blue) (?);
sylvinite
LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
SYLVITE KCl
LW:
MW:
SW: Pink
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
SZAIBELYITE Mg2(B2O4OH)(OH)
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Coating on a serpentine at Stinson Beach, California, USA;
Crestmore, Riverside, CA, USA;
taaffeite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
TACHARANITE Ca12Al2Si18O51 18H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
TADZHIKITE-(Ce) Ca4Ce2TiX2[Si4B4O22](OH)2
LW:
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Best Locality:
Darai-Pioz Glacier, Alai Range, Tien Shan Mtn, Region of Republican Subordination,
Tajikistan;
TAINIOLITE-1M KLiMg2Si4O10F2
LW:
MW:
SW: Pink
Best Locality:
Magnet Cove, AR., USA;
TALC-1A Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
Balmat and Talcville, New york, USA;
Jefferson, NY, USA (var Rensselaerite, talc after pyroxene yellowish-white LW);
TALMESSITE Ca2Mg(AsO4)2 2H2O

LW: Yellowish Green
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Best Locality:
Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, USA;
Talmessi Mine, Anarak, Iran;
taprobanite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
TARANAKITE (K,Na)3(Al,Fe+3)5(PO4)2(PO3OH)6 18H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe District, Central
Province, Zambia;
tarnowitzite
LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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
Best Locality:
Murun, near Aldan, Yakutia, Russia;
TELYUSHENKOITE CsNa6[Be2(Si,Al,Zn)18O39F2]
LW:
MW:
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Dara-i-Pioz, Tadzhikistan;
TERLINGUAITE Hg2ClO
LW: Salmon pink
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA;
TERSKITE Na4ZrSi6O15(OH)2 H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW: Green
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Qubec, Canada;
Shkatulka pegmatite, Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula,
Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia;
TERTSCHITE Ca4B10O19 20H2O

LW: Violet
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Kurtpinari mine, Faras, Turquey;
tetranatrolite (IMA discredited)

LW: Pink
MW:
SW: Pink
Greenland;
THAUMASITE Ca6Si2(CO3)2(SO4)2(OH)12 24H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Paterson, New Jersey, USA;
THENARDITE Na2SO4
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Near Sodaville, Nevada, USA;
Searles Lake, California, USA;
thinolite
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
THOMSONITE-Ca Ca2Na[Al5Si5O20] 6H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Bluish
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Lower and Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, USA;
THORIKOSITE Pb3(Sb+3,As+3)O3(OH)Cl2
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Laurion District, Attica, Greece;
THORITE (Th,U)SiO4
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Langesundfjord Region, Norway (yellowish variety called orangite and fluorescing
green SW&LW);
THORNASITE Na12Th3[Si8O19]4 18H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
DeMix-Varennes Quarry, Saint Amable Sill, Varennes, Quebec, Canada;
THOROGUMMITE Th(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
thorstite ?
LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality: Murun Alkali Massif
THREADGOLDITE Al(UO2)2(PO4)2(OH) 8H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Kobokobo, Kivu, Congo;
thulite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Tiffany stone
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green

Best Locality:
Brush Beryllium Mine in Juab Co., Utah, USA;
Spor Mountain deposit, Spor Mountain, Juab Co., Utah, USA;
TILASITE CaMg(AsO4)F
LW:
MW:
SW: Salmon pink
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Langban, Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden
Sweden
TILLEYITE Ca5Si2O7(CO3)2
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Crestmore Quarry, Crestmore, Riverside County, California, USA;
TINAKSITE K2N (Ca,Mn+2)2TiSi7O19(OH)

LW: Orange
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
tirodite
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Red
Best Locality:
International Talc Company Mine (Reynolds Mine), Talcville, St. Lawrence Co.,
New York, USA;
TITANITE CaTiSiO5
LW:
MW:
SW: Dark Orange /Tawn
Main Activator: Radiation induced centers
Best Locality:
Franklin Marble, Rudeville, New Jersey, USA (weak brown SW);
Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil;
TOBERMORITE Ca5Si6(O,OH)18 5H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
TOPAZE Al2SiO4(F,OH)2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Best Locality:
Shingus, Skardu District, Gilgit valley, Pakistan (yellowish);
Mine de Vermelho, 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)
tourmaline / (Group: see/voir ELBAITE, UVITE, DRAVITE)

LW:
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
travertin / (variete de calcaire / variety of limestone)

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Greenish white
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
TREMOLITE XCa2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2
LW: Orange
MW:
SW: Orange Red
Best Locality:
Gouverneur Talc Co, Balmat and Talcville, St Lawrence County, New York, USA;
Edwards , New York, USA; (fluo orange SW and triboluminescent)
Farber Quarry, Franklin, New jersey, USA (blue SW);
Tremola, Switzerland (bright yellow thermoluminescence);
Canaan, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA (SW yellow);
Yerington, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA (Blue-white
LW);
TRIDYMITE alpha SiO2

LW:
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
Langban, Sweden (SW pink, LW Yellow);
tripoli / (roche sedimentaire / sedimentary rock)

LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
TROEGERITE (UO2)3(AsO4)2 12H2O (?)

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
TRONA Na3(CO3)(HCO3) 2H2O

LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Westvaco, Wyoming, USA (Pale yellow);
Searles Lake, California, USA (Bright blue-white);
troostite
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
TSCHERNICHITE-M Ca3,8Mg1,7Na1,6K0,4(Al,Si)64O128 65H2O

LW: Pale Yellow
MW:
SW: Pale Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
tugtulite
LW: Orange Red
MW: Orange
SW: Pinkish White
TUGTUPITE Na4AlBeSi4O12Cl
LW: Orange
MW: Pinkish White
SW: Orange Red
Greenland;
Ilimaussaq complex, Taseq slopes, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,
Greenland;
Ilimaussaq complex, Kangerlassaq, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,
Greenland;
Mont St hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
TUNELLITE SrB6O9(OH)2 3H2O

LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Boron, california, USA;
TUNISITE NaCa2Al4(CO3)4(OH)8Cl
LW: Orange
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
TURKESTANITE Th (Ca,Na)2 (K1-x Xx) Si8 O20 nH2 O

LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
TURNEAUREITE Ca5(AsO4,PO4)3 Cl
LW:
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA;
N4 Mine, Balmat, St Lawrence County, New York, USA;
Langban, Sweden;
TURQUOISE CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 4H2O

LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
TUSCANITE K(Ca,Na)6(Si,Al)10O22(SO4,CO3,(OH)2) H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Ditch Attica, near Rome, Italy;
TVEITITE-(Y) Ca14Y5F43
LW:
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Barringer Hill, Llano and Burnet Counties, Texas, USA (now under Lake
Buchanan!);
Hoydalen, Telemark, Norway;
TYCHITE Na6Mg2(CO3)4(SO4)
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
TYUYAMUNITE Ca(UO2)2(V2O8) 5-8H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
ULEXITE NaCaB5O6(OH)6 5H2O

LW: White
MW:
SW: White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
UMBITE K2ZrSi3O9 H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Khibina Massif, Kola peninsula, Russia;
URALBORITE CaB2O2(OH)4
LW:
MW:
SW: Violet
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Turinsk, Northern Ural Mountains, Russia;
URALOLITE Ca2Be4(PO4)3(OH)3 5H2O

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
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:
Best Locality:
found in a uranium-coal deposit in the former Soviet Union;
URANOCIRCITE Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2 12H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Bergen, Germany;
Menzenschwand, Black Forest region, Germany;
San Pedro mine, Malacacheta, Minas Gerais, Brazil;
URANOPHANE Ca(UO2)2[SiO3(OH)]2 5H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Grants District, New Mexico, USA;
province, Spain;
URANOPHANE-BETA Ca(UO2)2[(SiO3OH)]2 5H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Badgastein, Austria;
URANOPILITE (UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6 14H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Rabejac, Lodve, Hrault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France ;
Eisleben, former DDR, Germany;
URANOSPATHITE Al0,5-1(UO2)4(PO4)4 20-21H2O F<1

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Mina El Pedregal, Badajoz, Coimbra, Spain
URANOSPINITE Ca(UO2)2(AsO4)2 10H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Hje, Pbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Bhmen; Boehmen), Czech
Republic;
URSILITE (?) (Mg,Ca)4(UO2)4(Si2O5)5,5(OH)5 13H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Green

Best Locality:
Former Soviet union;
USSINGITE Na2AlSi3O8(OH)
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Lovozero massif, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia;
Greenland;
UVAROVITE Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
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
Best Locality:
Franklin marble, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
Brumado, Bahia, Brazil; Bradu Valley, Pakistan;
Bush Farm, Richville, St. Lawrence Co, NY, USA;
valchovite / (polymeric sesquiterpen alcohol)

LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Greenish
Best Locality:
Valchov, Boskovice, South Moravia Region, Moravia, Czech Republic;
VANADINITE Pb5(VO4)3Cl
LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico;
VANDENBRANDEITE Cu+2(UO2)(OH)4
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo(Zare);
VANDENDRIESSCHEITE Pb1,5[(UO2)10)O6(OH)11] 11H2O

LW: Tawn
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
VANMEERSSCHEITE U(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6 4H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality: Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Congo;
VANURALITE Al(UO2)2(V2O8)(OH) 11H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Best Locality: Munana, Gabon;
vanuxemite
LW: Tawn
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
VARISCITE AlPO4 2H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Fairfield, Utah, USA;
Lewiston, Utah, USA;
VATERITE CaCO3
LW:
MW: Greenish Blue
SW:
Best Locality:
VAUXITE Fe+2 Al2 (PO4)2 (OH)2 6H2 O

LW: Pinkish White
MW: Not fluorescent
SW: Pinkish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province (Bustillos Province), Potos Department, Bolivia;
veatchite-p
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
VESUVIANITE Ca10Mg2Al4(SiO4)5(Si2O7)2(OH)4
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Orange
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Qubec, 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:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Point of Rocks, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA (fluo orange);
Khibina Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia (fluo orange);
Mont-St-Hilaire, Quebec (fluo red); Canada and Rouma, Los Archipelago, Guinea
(fluo red);
Greenland;
VINOGRADOVITE Na8Ti8O8(Si2O6)4[(Si3Al)O10]2 [(H2O),(Na,K)2]

LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish
Best Locality:
Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern
Region, Russia;
Greenland;
VITUSITE-(Ce) Na3(Ce,La,Nd)(PO4)2
LW: Red
MW:
SW: Blue
Best Locality:
Yubileinaya vein, Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
Rasvumchorr Mt. Khibiny, Kola, Russia;
Kitaa Province, Greenland;
VLASOVITE-1A Na2ZrSi4O11
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow

Best Locality:
Kipawa Complex, Sheffield Lake, Tmiscamingue County, Quebec, Canada;
Burpala, Patom plateau, East Siberia, Russia;
VOGLITE Ca2Cu+2(UO2)(CO3)4 6H2O (?)
LW: Greenish Blue

MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Jchymov (St Joachimsthal), Krusn Hory (Erzgebirge), Zpadocesk 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 Locality:
VUONNEMITE Na11Ti+4Nb2(Si2O7)2(PO4)2O3(F,OH)
LW: Greenish white
MW:
SW: Greenish Yellow
Best Locality:
Ilimaussaq, Greenland;
WADEITE K2ZrSi3O9
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality:
Khibina, Kola peninsula, Russia;
walchovite
LW: Yellowish White
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Best Locality:
Moravia, Czech republic;
WALSTROMITE BaCa2Si3O9
LW:
MW: Orange
SW: Orange
Best Locality:
Cat head mountains, Big Creek-Rush Creek area, Fresno County, California, USA
(bright orange MW);
Esquire No. 8 claim (Lander's Gillespite locality), Big Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Big
Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA (Bright yellow-orange MW);
WAVELLITE Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3 5H2O

LW: Bluish White
MW: Green
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
WEEKSITE (K,Ba,Ca)2(UO2)2Si5O13 H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
weinschenkite
LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
WELOGANITE Na2Sr3Zr(CO3)6 3H2O

LW: Pink
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Francon Quarry, Montreal, Jacques Cartier County, Qubec, Canada;
wernerite / (voir aussi/see also MARIALITE)

LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellowish
Otter Lake, Grenville, Quebec, Canada;
McGill Scapolite Prospect (Mc Gill Farm), Pointe-au-Chne, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge,
Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Qubec, Canada
Grenville Scapolite Prospect, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides,
Qubec, 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, Qubec, Canada exploited by Darryl
MacFarlane around 1996;
wheelerite
LW:
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality: variety of retinite occuring in lignite beds in Northern Mexico
WHEWELLITE CaC2O4 H2O

LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality:
Crystals in septarian concretions of Elk Creek, Meade county, South Dakota, USA;
Dolny, Bilina, Tchquie;
Blina coal mine, Blina (Bilin), st Region, Bohemia (Bhmen; Boehmen), Czech
Republic
Paitzdorf, Ronneburg U deposit, Gera, Thuringia, Germany (former DDR);
Burgk, Dresden, Saxony, Germany;
WICKENBURGITE Pb3CaAl2Si10O27 4H2O
LW: Yellowish White

MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
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 Locality:
WIGHTMANITE Mg5O(BO3)(OH)5 2H2O
LW: Tawn
MW:
SW: Tawn
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
wilkeite
LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White

Main Activator:
Best Locality:
WILLEMITE Zn2SiO4
LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
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 (associated with
calcite and fluorite);
Star Zinc Mine, Broken Hill, North Western province, Zambia;
Hasselhojden, Grythyttan, Hllefors, Vstmanland, Sweden
WITHERITE BaCO3
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Cave in Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, USA;
Hexham, England;
WOHLERITE Na4Ca8(Zr,Nb)4(Si2O7)4(O,OH,F)8
LW: Orange Red
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
WOLLASTONITE-1A CaSiO3
LW:
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Best Locality:
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;
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;
Sweden;
WOLLASTONITE-2M CaSiO3
LW: Pink
MW: Not fluorescent
SW: Not fluorescent
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Sarabau Mine, North Bau, Sarawak, Borneo (associated with non fluorescent
sarabauite)
WULFENITE PbMoO4
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Main Activator: MoO42Best Locality:
Red Cloud Mine, Yuma County, Arizona, USA;
Mammoth, Arizona, USA;
WURTZITE-2H (Zn,Fe)S
LW: Red
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
Tsumeb, Namibia (probably containing cadmium, fluo jaune/yellow);
Province, Belgium;
WURTZITE-4H ZnS
LW: Orange
MW:
SW:

Best Locality:
Province, Belgium;
Luccheti Quarry, Carrara area, Tuscany, Italy (xl in marble fluorescing yellow);
XENOTIME-(Y) YPO4
LW: Orangy yellow
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
XONOTLITE Ca6Si6O17(OH)2
LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Wessels Mine, South Africa;
Franklin mine, Franklin, New jersey, USA;
Crestmore, Riverside, CA, USA (var. jurupaite=Mg-xonotlite, weak white, SW &
LW)
YAROSLAVITE Ca3Al2F10(OH)2 H2O

LW: Violet
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
YINGJIANGITE K2Ca(UO2)7(PO4)4(OH)6 6H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
youngite
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Mississippian limestone near Glendo and Guernsey reservoirs in Platte County,
Wyoming, USA;
yttrocerite CaF2 + (Y,Ce)F3

LW:
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
yttrofluorite / (Y bearing fluorite)

LW: Yellow
MW:
SW: Yellow
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Globe Mine, Petaca District, New Mexico,USA;
YUKSPORITE (K,Ba)NaCa2(Si, Ti)4O11(F,OH) H2O

LW:
MW:
SW: Yellowish White
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Yukspor Mountains, Khibina massif, Kola peninsula, Russia;
ZEKTZERITE NaLiZrSi6O15
LW:
MW:
SW: White
Best Locality:
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
Best Locality:
Musono, Congo;
ZEUNERITE Cu (UO2)2(AsO4)2 12H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW:
Best Locality:
ZINC-ZIPPEITE Zn2(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10 16H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
ZINCITE (Zn,Mn+2)O
LW: Greenish Yellow
MW:
SW:
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Franklin and Sterling Hill Mine (340 foot level), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;
Artificial zincite: a factory near Olkusz, Katowice, Schlesien, Poland
Olawa (Oawa), Lower Silesia, Poland
ZIPPEITE K (UO2)2(SO4)(OH)3 H2O

LW: Green
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Sec. 35 mine, Grants, New Mexico, USA;
Green River, Emery county, Utah, USA;
ZIRCON ZrSiO4
LW:
MW:
SW: Orangy yellow
Main Activator: Radiation induced centers
Best Locality:
OstSkogen Quarry, Tuften Quarry, Arent Quarry, Tvedalen, Langesundfjord, Larvik
Plutonic complex, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway;
Goias, Brazil;
ZNUCALITE CaZn11(UO2)(CO3)3(OH)2O 4H2O
LW:
MW:
SW: Green
Best Locality:
Lill mine, Pribram, Bohemia, former Czechoslovakia;
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 Locality:
Mitchell county, North Carolina, USA;
ZUGSHUNSTITE-(Ce) (Ce,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4) 12H2O

LW: Bluish White
MW:
SW: Bluish White
Best Locality:
ZUNYITE Al13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl
LW: Not fluorescent
MW:
SW: Red
Main Activator:
Best Locality:
Zuni Mine, near Silverton, Colorado, USA; Big Bertha Extension mine, near Quartzite,
Arizona, USA;
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ABERNATHYITE K2(UO2)2(AsO4)2 6H2O

AFGHANITE (Na,Ca,K)8 (Si,Al)12O24 (SO4,Cl,CO3)3 H2O

Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;

ALDERMANITE Mg5Al12(PO4)8(OH)22 32H2O

ALLOPHANE Al2SiO5 nH2O

Steindorfel, Czechoslovakia (?) (var. Malthacite, bright blue SW))

ALLUAIVITE Na19(Ca,Mn+2)6(Ti,Nb)3Si26O74Cl 2H2O

ALUMINITE Al2SO4(OH)4 7H2O

ALUNOGEN Al2(SO4)3 17H2O

La Cumbre mine, Cordillera Septentrional, Santiago Province, Dominican Republic

ANALCIME-A Na[AlSi2O6] H2O

ANAPAITE Ca2Fe+2(PO4)2 4H2O

ANCYLITE-(Ce) Sr(Ce,La)(CO3)2(OH) H2O

ANDERSONITE Na2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3 6H2O

Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco;

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

ARFVEDSONITE Na Na2 (Fe4 +2 Fe+3) Si8 O22 (OH)2

ARISTARAINITE Na2MgB12O20 8H2O

ARSENURANOSPATHITE HAl(UO2)4(AsO4)4 40H2O

ARSENURANYLITE Ca(UO2)4(AsO4)2(OH)4 6H2O (?)

ARTINITE Mg2(CO3)(OH)2 3H2O

SW: Bluish White

Gold hill, Tooele County, Utah, USA;

AUTUNITE Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 11H2O

LW: Yellowish Green

BARRERITE Na2[Al2Si7O18] 6H2O

BASSANITE 2CaSO4 H2O

BASSETITE Fe+2(UO2)2(PO4)2 8H2O

BAYLEYITE Mg2(UO2)(CO3)3 18H2O

BECQUERELITE Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6 8H2O

BENSTONITE (Ba,Sr)6 (Ca,Mn)6 Mg (CO3 )13

BERGENITE Ca2Ba4[(UO2)3O2(PO4)2]3 16H2O

SW: Orangy yellow

BERYLLITE Be3SiO4(OH)2 H2O

BIKITAITE-1A Li[AlSi2O6] H2O

BLATONITE UO2CO3 H2O

BLOEDITE Na2Mg(SO4)2 4H2O

BOBCOOKITE NaAl(UO2)2(SO4)4 18H2O

opalized wood (fossil)

BOLIVARITE Al2(PO4)(OH)3 4H2O

Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Congo (light green SW);

BOLTWOODITE (K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH) 1,5H2O

BORAX Na2B4O5(OH)4 8H2O

BOTRYOGEN MgFe+3(SO4)2(OH) 7H2O

Smithfield, RI, USA;

BRANDTITE Ca2(Mn+2,Mg)(AsO4)2 2H2O

BREWSTERITE-Ba (Ba,Sr)2(Al4Si12O32) 10H2O

BRUSHITE Ca(HPO4) 2H2O

Hukawng Valley, northern Kachin State, Myanmar (Burma).

BURYATITE Ca3(Si,Fe+3,Al)[SO4][B(OH)4](OH,O)6 12H2O

LW: Yellowish White

calciothomsonite syn: xonotlite

CALCIUM CATAPLEIITE CaZrSi3O9 2H2O

CALCURMOLITE Ca(UO2)3(MoO4)3(OH)2 11H2O

CALOMEL alpha Hg2Cl2

CANASITE-A K3NaCa(Na,Ca)6Si12O30F3(OH) H2O