Luminescence Minerals.pdf

Compact Guide of

Luminescent Minerals

Gérard 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 6H2OLW: GreenMW:

SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Riviéral, Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France;◦ Fuemrol No. 2 mine (Fuemrole mine), Temple Mountain, San Rafael District (San

Rafael Swell), Emery Co., Utah, USA (type locality);

• achroiteLW: BlueMW: YellowSW: Not fluorescentMain 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 yellowMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Urals Mt, Russia;◦ Johns-Manville mine, Quebec, Canada (Byssolite fluo dim orange-brown LW & SW)

• ADAMITE Zn2(AsO4)(OH)LW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango County, Mexico;◦ Dachang Sn-polymetallic ore field, Nandan Co., Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang

Autonomous Region, China;

• adipoceriteLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

• ADOLFPATERAITE K(UO2)(SO4)(OH)(H2O)LW: Yellowish GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Svornost Mine (Einigkeit Mine), Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

• adulariaLW: MW: SW: RedMain Activator: Fe3+

Best Locality:

• AFGHANITE (Na,Ca,K)8 (Si,Al)12O24 (SO4,Cl,CO3)3 H2OLW: YellowMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: S2

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Best Locality: ◦ Sar-e-Sang District, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan;

• AFWILLITE Ca3Si2O4(OH)6

LW: No dataMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• agalmatoliteLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Orangy yellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

China?; Slovakia?

• agateLW: GreenMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

• AGRELLITE NaCa2Si4O10FLW: PinkMW: Violet PinkSW: Violet PinkMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Mt Kipawa Complex, Kipawa River, Sheffield Lake, Villedieu Township, Québec,

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: GreenMW: GreenSW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Rovnost Mine (Werner Mine), Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal) District, Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

• aquamarineLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

• alabasterLW: WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator:

Best Locality:

• ALBITE NaAlSi3O8

LW: RedMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Fe3+

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, Tsaratanàna 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 Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie,

Québec, Canada;◦ Crestmore Quarry, Crestmore, Riverside County, California, USA (var. Orthoclase,

dull blue-white SW);◦ Orchard Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford Co., Maine, USA (red SW associated with apatite

orange-yellow SW);◦ Middle Moat Mountain locality, Hale'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);

◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;◦ Gilgit-Skardu Road, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;◦ Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;◦ Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;◦ Sar-e-Sang River, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts,

Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan;◦ Manakana pegmatite, Manakana Commune, Tsaratanàna District, Betsiboka Region,

Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (blue albite with minor fluorescence SW, coming on the market in Tucson 2015);

• ALDERMANITE Mg5Al12(PO4)8(OH)22 32H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Angaston, South Australia, Australia;

• alexandriteLW: RedMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Cr3+

Best Locality:

• allingiteLW: Greenish whiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ Les Allinges, Haute-Savoie, France;

• ALLOPHANE Al2SiO5 nH2OLW: BlueMW: SW: Greenish YellowMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Grafenthal, Germany (light blue SW (De Ment))◦ Etienne mine, Schemnitz, Hungary (var. collyrite, white-brown, SW) (actual

name?: Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz), Banská Štiavnica Co., Banská 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 2H2OLW: Orange RedMW: SW: Orange RedMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Mt. Alluaiv, Lovozero, Kola Peninsula, Russia

• ALSTONITE BaCa(CO3)2

LW: Orangy yellowMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Minerva N°1 Mine, Cave in Rock, Illinois, USA;◦ Alston Moor, Cumberland, England;

• ALUMINITE Al2SO4(OH)4 7H2OLW: WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ New Haven, Sussex, England;◦ Saxony, Germany;

• ALUNITE K2Al6(SO4)4(OH)12

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Marysville, Utah, USA (light blue LW, nothing SW (De Ment))◦ Tolfa, Italy (white SW)

• ALUNOGEN Al2(SO4)3 17H2OLW: Yellowish White

MW: SW: RedMain Activator: Best Locality:

• alviteLW: MW: SW: Orange RedMain Activator: Best Locality:

• amazoniteLW: MW: SW: RedMain Activator: Fe3+

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 WhiteMW: SW: OrangeMain 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 C12H20OLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland;◦ Klaipėda County, Lithuania;◦ Beach of the Baltic Sea, especially between Liepāja 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);

• ambriteLW: BlueMW: SW: Main Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ Motupipi coal Mine, New Zealand;◦ Drury coal Mine, New Zealand;

• AMEGHINITE NaB3O3(OH)4

LW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Tincalayu Mine, Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Tincalayu borax deposit, Salta Province, Argentina;

• AMESITE-2A Mg2Al(SiAl)O5(OH)4

LW: RedMW: SW: Main Activator: Cr3+

Best Locality: ◦ Chromium deposit, Saranovskoye, Urals, Russia;

• amethystLW: MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Kedon, Magadanskaya Oblast, Far-Eastern Region, Russia

• AMINOFFITE Ca3(BeOH)2Si3O10

LW: MW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Best Locality:

Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden">

◦ Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

• ammoliteLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Alberta, Canada;

• ANALCIME-A Na[AlSi2O6] H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;

• ANAPAITE Ca2Fe+2(PO4)2 4H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

• ANCYLITE-(Ce) Sr(Ce,La)(CO3)2(OH) H2OLW: MW: SW: Yellow

Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Khibina Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia;

• ANDALOUSITE Al2SiO5

LW: MW: SW: GreenishMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Madera county, California, USA;

• ANDERSONITE Na2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3 6H2OLW: Bluish GreenMW: SW: Bluish GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Monti Cristo mine near Moab, Utah, USA;◦ Atomic King n°2 mine, near Moab, Utah, USA;◦ Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida

province, Spain;◦ Ambrosia Lake area, McKinley County, New Mexico, USA

• ANDESINE (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)4O8

LW: MW: SW: RedMain Activator: Fe3+

Best Locality: ◦ Monts Estérel, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France;◦ Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA (albite

dim white LW);◦ Szklary (Gläsendorf), Ząbkowice (Frankenstein), Ząbkowice District, Lower Silesia

(Dolnośląskie), Poland (albite, yellow-brown SW);

• ANGLESITE PbSO4

LW: YellowMW: SW: Orangy yellowMain 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: PinkMW: SW: RedMain 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: OrangeMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Best Locality:

• ANORTHITE CaAl2Si2O8

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• ANORTHOCLASE (Na,K)AlSi3O8

LW: OrangeMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Fe3+

Best Locality:

• ANTHOINITE AlWO3(OH)3

LW: MW: SW: Yellow


• ANTHOPHYLLITE XMg7Si8O22(OH)2

LW: Violet PinkMW: SW: Violet PinkMain Activator: Mn2+

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: BlueMain Activator: Best Locality:

• apatiteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• APHTHITALITE (K,Na)3Na(SO4)2


◦ Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;

• apophylliteLW: MW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA;

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

• AQUALITE (H3O)8(Na,K,Sr)5Ca6Zr3Si26O66(OH)9ClLW: Pale YellowMW: SW: Not fluorescentMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Inagli Massif, 30km ESE of Aldan, Sakha Republic (former yakutsk), Russia;

• ARAGONITE CaCO3

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: PinkSW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Mn2+

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, Fès-Boulemane Region, Morocco (Twinned xls

agregated in balls, dull green SW);◦ Chihuahua, Mexico (bright green SW);◦ Gallo river, Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (dull white

SW);◦ Pantoja, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (Acicular Aragonite bright blue-white

LW);◦ Great Southern Mine, Red Picacho District, Wickenburg area, Yavapai Co., Arizona,

USA;◦ Copper Canyon, Camp Verde, Camp Verde District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

(aragonite pseudomorph after glauberite, cream-yellow LW, MW & SW);◦ Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA (Patches of bright

green fluorescence under SW & patches of bright creamy white fluo LW);◦ Long Lake Zinc Mine, Olden Township, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada (fluo blue

SW in red fluo calcite);

• ARCTITE Na5Ca7Ba(PO4)6F3

LW: MW: SW: BlueMain Activator: Eu2+

Best Locality: ◦ Khibina, Russia;

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

LW: OrangeMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

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

• ARISTARAINITE Na2MgB12O20 8H2OLW: Yellowish GreenMW: Yellowish GreenSW: TawnMain Activator: Best Locality:

• ARSENURANOSPATHITE HAl(UO2)4(AsO4)4 40H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• ARSENURANYLITE Ca(UO2)4(AsO4)2(OH)4 6H2O (?)LW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality: Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida province, Spain;

• ARTINITE Mg2(CO3)(OH)2 3H2OLW: Bluish WhiteMW: Orange

SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ New Idria, California, USA;◦ Staten Island, New York, USA;

• aschariteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• ASHOVERITE Zn(OH)2

LW: MW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

On fluorite in a limestone, Milltown, near Ashover and Mattlock, Derbyshire, England

• attapulgiteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• AUGITE (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al,Ti)(Si,Al)2O6


Best Locality:

• AUSTINITE CaZn(AsO4)(OH)LW: Greenish whiteMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Gold hill, Tooele County, Utah, USA;◦ Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico;

• AUTUNITE Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 11H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Autun, France;◦ Daybreak mine (Dahl lease), Mount Kit Carson, near Mt Spokane, Spokane County,

Washington, USA;◦ Cunha Baixa Mine, Beira Alta Province, Portugal;◦ Assunção Mine, Sátão, Sao Vicente (Vizeu) District, Portugal;

• axiniteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• bacillariteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• BADDELEYITE ZrO2

LW: MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: n[TiO6] clusterBest 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: YellowMain Activator: Ti4+

Best Locality: ◦ Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan;

• BAKERITE Ca4B5Si3O15(OH)5

LW: WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• BANALSITE BaNa2Al4Si4O16

LW: Yellowish GreenMW: Yellowish GreenSW: Bluish WhiteMain 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 WhiteMain 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] 6H2OLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• BarsanovitLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• BARYLITE BaBe2Si2O7

LW: MW: SW: Violet PinkMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Franklin, New Jersey, USA;◦ Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden;◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;◦ Jakobsberg Mine (?), Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark district, Filipstad, Värmland,

Sweden;

• BARYSILITE Pb8Mn(Si2O7)3

LW: MW: SW: RedMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Langban, Sweden;◦ Franklin, New jersey, USA;

• BARYTE BaSO4

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest 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.);

• barytineLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• BARYTOCALCITE BaCa(CO3)2


◦ Langban, Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden;

• basaluminiteLW: WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Weymouth, Dorset, England;

• BASSANITE 2CaSO4 H2OLW: VioletMW: SW: VioletMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Franklin, New Jersey, USA (Sterling Mine?);

• BASSETITE Fe+2(UO2)2(PO4)2 8H2OLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• BASTNAESITE-(Ce) (Ce,La)(CO3)FLW: OrangeMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• BAVENITE Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26(OH)2

LW: OrangeMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Bustarviejo, Madrid, Spain

• BAYLEYITE Mg2(UO2)(CO3)3 18H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Hillside mine, Arizona, USA;◦ Hideout #1 mine, White Canyon district, San Juan County, Utah, USA;◦ Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida

province, Spain;

• BAZIRITE BaZrSi3O9

LW: MW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Ti - OBest 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,

Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan;

• BECQUERELITE Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6 8H2OLW: Green

MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• Shinkolobwe mine, Tantara, Shaba, Dem. Repub. Congo;

• beekiteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality: Devon, England, UK

• BELAKOVSKIITE Na7(UO2)(SO4)4(SO3OH)(H2O)3

LW: GreenMW: Not fluorescentSW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Blue Lizard mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA

• BENITOITE BaTiSi3O9

LW: RedMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: TiO6Best 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: OrangeMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Mn2+

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);

◦ Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;

• BEREZANSKITE KLi3Ti2Si12O30

LW: MW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Ti - OBest Locality:

◦ Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikhistan

• BERGENITE Ca2Ba4[(UO2)3O2(PO4)2]3 16H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenishMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• Bergen, near Falkenstein, Saxony, Germany;

• BERGSLAGITE CaBe(AsO4)(OH)LW: MW: SW: BluishMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Langban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden;

• BERTRANDITE Be4Si2O7(OH)2

LW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Brush Beryllium Mine, Juab County, Utah, USA;

• BERYL Be3Al2Si6O18

LW: Orangy yellowMW:

SW: Orangy yellowMain Activator: Cr3+

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 H2OLW: BluishMW: BluishSW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

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

◦ Kvanefjeld Mt, Kuannersuit Plateau, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

• BERZELIITE NaCa2(Mg,Mn+2)2(AsO4)3

LW: Not fluorescentMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Langban, Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden (seldom fluorescent in bright blue SW);

• beta-uranophaneLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• beta-uranopiliteLW: Not fluorescentMW: Not fluorescentSW: Not fluorescentMain Activator: Best Locality:

• beta-uranotileLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• beta-willemite LW: MW: OrangeSW: YellowMain Activator: Mn2+

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] H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Bikita pegmatite, Bikita area, Masvingo, Zimbabwe;

• BILLIETITE Ba(UO2)6O4(OH6)4-8H2OLW: GreenMW:

SW: GreenishMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• Shinkolobwe, Shaba, Congo;• Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida province,

Spain;

• BIPHOSPHAMMITE (NH4,K)H2PO4

LW: WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality: Bat cave, Mason County, Texas, USA;

• BITYITE-2M1 CaLiAl2BeAlSi2O10(OH)2

LW: MW: SW: GreenishMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Harding mine, Taos county, New Mexico, USA;

• BLATONITE UO2CO3 H2OLW: Yellowish GreenMW: SW: Greenish YellowMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Jomac mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA;

• blendeLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• BLOEDITE Na2Mg(SO4)2 4H2OLW: GreenishMW: SW: Greenish

Main Activator: Best Locality: Soda Lake, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA

• BLUELIZARDITE Na7(UO2)(SO4)4Cl(H2O)2

LW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Blue Lizard mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA

• BOBCOOKITE NaAl(UO2)2(SO4)4 18H2OLW: GreenMW: Not fluorescentSW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Blue Lizard Mine, Chocolate Drop, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah,

• BOEHMITE AlO(OH)LW: RedMW: SW: Main Activator: Cr3+

Best Locality:

• opalized wood (fossil)LW: MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ West of Bozeman, Gallatin County, MT, USA;

• BOLIVARITE Al2(PO4)(OH)3 4H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Congo (light green SW);◦ Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain (white-green, SW+LW);

• BOLTWOODITE (K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH) 1,5H2OLW: Dark Orange /TawnMW: SW: TawnMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Rössing Mine, Arandis, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia;

• BORAX Na2B4O5(OH)4 8H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA;

• boronatrocalciteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• BOTRYOGEN MgFe+3(SO4)2(OH) 7H2OLW: MW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Idria Mine (Idrija Mine), Idrija (Idria), Slovenia (var. idrizite, green SW)

• boweniteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Smithfield, RI, USA;

• brandisiteLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Glendale, Ca, USA;

• BRANDTITE Ca2(Mn+2,Mg)(AsO4)2 2H2OLW: MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;

• BRANNOCKITE KLi3Sn2Si12O30


◦ Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Lithium-Tin pegmatite, Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA (blue SW);

• BRAUNITE Mn+2Mn6+3SiO12

LW: OrangeMW: SW: Main Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality:

Aktas, Kazakhistan;

• BREWSTERITE-Ba (Ba,Sr)2(Al4Si12O32) 10H2OLW: Yellowish White

MW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain 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: GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:


• BROMELLITE BeOLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Saga 1 Larvikite Quarry, Sagåsen (Strandåsen), Mørje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, langesundfjord district, Larvik Plutonic complex, Norway (SW Cream);

• bromliteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• BRUCITE Mg(OH)2


◦ 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)

• brunckiteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• BRUSHITE Ca(HPO4) 2H2OLW: YellowMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

• BURBANKITE (Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5

LW: Orange RedMW: SW: Orange RedMain Activator: Fe3+

Best Locality: ◦ Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;◦ Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie,

Québec, Canada;◦ Murunskii Massif, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha

Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia;

• BURKEITE Na6(CO3)(SO4)2



• burmiteLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest 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


• BURTITE CaSn+4(OH)6

LW: GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality: Associated with Nordenskioldine, URSS, unkknown locality

• BURYATITE Ca3(Si,Fe+3,Al)[SO4][B(OH)4](OH,O)6 12H2OLW: MW: SW: BlueMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ The Solongo deposit, Buryatiya, Russia

• BUSTAMITE (Mn+2,Ca)3Si3O9

LW: RedMW: SW: Violet redMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;◦ Langban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden;◦ Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South

Africa;

• cacholongLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Greenish white


• CAHNITE Ca2B(AsO4)(OH)4


◦ Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;

• calamineLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Good Springs, Nevada, USA;◦ Adelanto, Ca, USA;

• limestoneLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• chalcedonyLW: Greenish whiteMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Yankee Dog Field, Hidalgo county, New Mexico, USA;◦ Potts Canyon, Near Superior, Arizona, USA;

• calciothomsonite syn: xonotliteLW: MW: SW:


◦ Franklin mine, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;

• CALCITE CaCO3

LW: PinkMW: RedSW: BlueMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Baelo-Claudia San Bartolome quarry, Tarifa, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain (unusual green

LW);◦ Calcite pseudomorph after glauberite, Camp verde, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA

(fluo SW bluish white);◦ Terlingua-type: 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);◦ Iraí, Alto Uruguai region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil ;◦ Calcite in fossilized clamshell (Mercenaria Permanga), Ruck s Pit, Fort Drum,

Okeechobee County, Florida, USA;◦ Challenger Cave, 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 Múzquiz, Mun. de Melchor Múzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico (pink LW, blue

SW);◦ Aghbar Mine, Aghbar, Bou Azer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-

Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco (pink-violet calcite with Intense fluorescence red-orange SW & LW);

◦ Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (red-orange);

◦ N Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (red, red-orange);

◦ Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia◦ Dal negorsk, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region,

Russia (pink, orange, red-orange);◦ Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru (red);◦ Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș Co., Romania (SW+LW);◦ Droujba Mine, Djurkovo Complex, Laki, Laki Obshtina, Rhodope Mts, Plovdiv

Oblast, Bulgaria (red);◦ Mogilata deposit, Septemvri mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast,

Bulgaria (red);◦ Knolle mine, Åmål, Dalsland, Sweden (deep red SW);

◦ Fuzichong Pb-Zn-Ag ore field, Cenxi Co., Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China (pink-red);

◦ Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China (red);◦ Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China (pink);◦ Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia

Autonomous Region, China (red-orange);

• CALCIUM CATAPLEIITE CaZrSi3O9 2H2OLW: MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

• calcium larseniteLW: MW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

Franklin, New Jersey, USA

• CALCURMOLITE Ca(UO2)3(MoO4)3(OH)2 11H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Rabejac, Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France;

• CaliforniteLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Pulga deposit, Pulga, Butte Co., California, USA;

• CALOMEL alpha Hg2Cl2LW: Orange RedMW: SW: Orange RedMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Alsenz-Obermoschel, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany;

◦ Mariposa mine, Terlingua District, Brewster county, Texas, USA;◦ Redwood City, San Mateo Co., California, USA;

• camselliteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Lake Douglas, BC, Canada;

• CANASITE-A K3NaCa(Na,Ca)6Si12O30F3(OH) H2OLW: Orange RedMW: SW: Main Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Nadym river, Krasnoyarsk territory, Russia;◦ Murun, North-West Aldan Plateau, Yakutia, Russia;

• CANAVESITE Mg2(CO3)(HBO3) 5H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Ivrea, Canavese, Italy;◦ Franklin, New jersey, USA;

• CANCRINITE Na6Ca2Al6Si6O24(CO3)2

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Orangy yellow


◦ 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) 3H2OLW: YellowMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia;

• CARACOLITE Na3Pb2(SO4)3ClLW: MW: SW: PinkMain Activator: Best Locality: Challocollo mine, Challocollo, Tarapaca Province, Chile;

• CARBOBORITE Ca2Mg(CO3)2B2(OH)8 4H2OLW: WhiteMW: 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)3FLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• CARBONATE-HYDROXYLAPATITE Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(OH)LW: OrangeMW: SW: Yellowish White


◦ Black Ridge fossil beds, Mesa, CO, USA;

• CARNALLITE KMgCl3 6H2OLW: Dark Orange /TawnMW: SW: WhiteMain 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) 1-3H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ uranium deposit, Uch-Kuduk, Uzbeckistan;

• carpathiteLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest 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: RedMW: SW: Red


◦ Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;

• CASSITERITE SnO2

LW: MW: SW: YellowMain 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 2H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: n[TiO6] clusterBest Locality:

◦ Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Småland, Sweden;◦ Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie,

Québec, Canada;

• cedariteLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ Cedar Lake, Mannitoba, Canada.

• CEJKAITE Na4(UO2)(CO3)3


◦ Svornost Mine, Jachymov, Northwestern Bohemia, Czech Republic;◦ “Mina Eureka” término de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella,

provincia de Lérida, Spain;

• celestineLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• CELESTITE SrSO4


◦ Floristella Mine, Enna, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy (fluo blue-white);◦ La Grasta mine, Delia, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy (fluo blue-white);◦ Agrigento district, Sicily, Italy (fluo blue-white);◦ Racalmuto Mine, Racalmuto, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy (fluo blue-white);◦ Machów mine, Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie, Poland (fluo blue-white LW+SW);◦ Kelly Island Stone Co. Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa Co., Ohio, USA (fluo orange);◦ Clay Center, Ottawa Co., Ohio, USA (white LW+SW);

• CELSIAN BaAl2Si2O8

LW: BlueMW: BlueSW: BlueMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Sanbornite deposit, Fresno county, California, USA;◦ Esquire No. 8 claim, Big Creek, California, USA;◦ Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;

• CERUSSITE PbCO3

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Pb2+

Best Locality: ◦ Mibladen Mining District, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region,

Morocco;◦ Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco;◦ Bou Zegger, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco;◦ Ressas Touireuf Mine, Ressas Touireuf, Tunisia (fluo LW);

◦ Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia (minor fluorescence);◦ Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy;◦ Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous

Region, China (very fluo SW+LW);◦ Handlebar Hill Open Cut, Hilton deposits, Mount Isa district, Mount Isa - Cloncurry

area, Queensland, Australia (yellow SW);◦ White Rake, Tideswell, Derbyshire, England, UK;

• CESSTIBTANTITE Cs(Sb+3,Na)(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH,F)7

LW: Orangy yellowMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

Kola Peninsula, Russia;

• CHABAZITE-Ca (Ca0,5,K,Na)4[Al4Si8O24] 12H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, USA (green SW+LW);

◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;◦ Franklin, New jersey, USA;◦ Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie,

Québec, Canada (fluo green):

• CHARLESITE Ca6(Al,Si)2(SO4)2B(OH)4(OH,O)12 26H2OLW: MW: SW: Greenish whiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Franklin-Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;

• CHAROITE (K,Na)5(Ca,Ba,Sr)8(Si12O30)(Si6O16)(OH) 4H2OLW: MW:

SW: RedMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Nadym river, Krasnoyarsk territory, Russia;

• CHELYABINSKITE =THAUMASITE (?) (Ca,Mg)3Si(OH)6(OH)6(SO4,CO3)2

9H2OLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Ural mountains, Russia;

• chemawiniteLW: BluishMW: SW: Not fluorescentMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ Cedar Lake, Manitoba, USA;

• CHERNIKOVITE (H3O)2(UO2)2(PO4)2 6H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Perus, São Paulo, São Paulo, Southeast Region, Brazil;◦ Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Central area, Katanga Copper

Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre);

• chiastoliteLW: MW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality: Madera county, California,USA;

• CHISTYAKOVAITE Al(UO2)2(AsO4)2(F,OH) 6,5H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Bota-Burum U deposit, Kazakhstan;

• CHKALOVITE Na2BeSi2O6

LW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:


◦ Alluaiv, Lovozero Massif, Kola peninsula, Russia;

• CHLORAPATITE Ca5(PO4)3ClLW: Orangy yellowMW: SW: Orangy yellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Taylorville, California, USA;◦ Odegardens Verk, Bamble, Langesundfjord, Norway;

• CHLORARGYRITE AgClLW: BlueMW: SW: Main Activator: Ag+

Best Locality:

Maikain, Kazakhstan;Kasmanchi, Uzbeckistan

• chlorophaneLW: Greenish whiteMW:

SW: Greenish whiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Blue Bird Mine, Cochise County, Arizona, USA;

• CHONDRODITE (Mg,Fe+2)5(SiO4)2(F,OH)2

LW: YellowishMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Franklin, New Jersey, USA;◦ Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;◦ Skräbböle quarry, Pargas (Parainen), Southwestern Finland Region, Finland (bright

yellow SW)

• CHRYSOBERYL BeAl2O4

LW: RedMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Cr3+

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 2H2OLW: Dark Orange /TawnMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• cleavelanditeLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: PinkMain Activator: Best Locality:

• cleiophaneLW: OrangeMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Best Locality:

• CLINOCHLORE (Mg,Fe+2)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8

LW: PinkMW: SW: PinkMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Korshunovskoye Iron mine, Zheleznogorsk, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (var. seraphinite, lighter areas fluoresce pink under shortwave UV);

◦ Bare Hills, Baltimore Co., Maryland, USA (cream-yellow LW);

• CLINOCHRYSOTILE Mg3Si2O5(OH)4

LW: YellowMW: SW: Main Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ a skarn at Kukhi-Lal, in the Pamirs, Tadjikistan(Fluo orange);◦ Franklin, New Jersey, USA;

• CLINOHEDRITE CaZnSiO4 H2OLW: OrangeMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Mn2+

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: OrangeMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Pamir Mountains, Tadzhikistan;

◦ Lake Albano (south of Rome), Italy;

• CLINOPTILOLITE-Ca (Ca0,5,Na,K)6[Al6Si30O72) 20H2OLW: MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;

• CLINOZOISITE Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH)LW: WhiteMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Buck creek, Clay Co., NC, USA (pink LW, nothing SW);

• CLINTONITE-1M Ca(Mg,Al)3(Al3SiO10)(OH)2


• COBALT-ZIPPEITE Co2(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10 16H2OLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• COLEMANITE Ca2B6O11 5H2OLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain 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; ◦ Bandırma (Panderma), Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey; ◦ Bigadiç, 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 5H2OLW: MW: SW: TawnMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Sylmar, West Nottingham Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA;

• COLLINSITE Ca2(Mg,Fe+2) (PO4)2 2H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain 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);

• collophaneLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• COMPREIGNACITE K2(UO2)6O4(OH)6 7H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• “Mina Eureka” término de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, provincia de Lérida, Spain;

• confolensiteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• COOKEITE LiAl4(AlSi3O10)(OH)8


◦ Mt Mica, near South Paris, Maine, USA;◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;

• copal / (Resine fossile / fossil resin )LW: YellowMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

• CORDEROITE Hg3S2Cl2

LW: RedMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• CORDIERITE (Mg,Fe)2Al(Al3Si5O18) x(H2O,CO2)LW: MW: SW: RedMain Activator: Fe3+

Best Locality: ◦ Tongul, Altaï;◦ Katun-Chuya Massif, Altaï;◦ Richmond, NH, USA (cited by De Ment 1947);

• CORINDON Al2O3


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;◦ Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New

Jersey, USA;◦ Kleggåsen Ruby Quarry, Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway;◦ Fiskenæsset (Fiskenaesset; Qeqertarsuatsiaat), Nuuk (Godthåb), Sermersooq,

Greenland;◦ Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Surobi District, Kabol (Kabul)

Province, Afghanistan;◦ Zazafotsy Quarry, Zazafotsy Commune, Ihosy District, Horombe Region,

Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar;◦ Ampanihy District, Southwestern Region, Tuléar Province, Madagascar;◦ Ali Abad, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;◦ Hassanabad Nala (Hasanabad), Hunza Valley (near Ali Abad), Gilgit District, Gilgit-

Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan;◦ Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam;◦ Ketito, Arusha Region, Tanzania;◦ Longido, Mt Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania (in green chrome-zoisite

(anyolite));◦ Mundarara Mine, Arusha Region, Tanzania (in green chrome-zoisite (anyolite));◦ Khit Ostrov, Northern Karelia, Karelia Republic, Northern Region, Russia;◦ Ganesh Himal deposit, Somdang, Rasuwa District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal;◦ Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma;

• COSKRENITE-(Ce) (Ce,Nd,La)2(SO4)2(C2O4) 8H2OLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• COTUNNITE PbCl2

LW: Orangy yellowMW: SW: Orangy yellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Mont Vesuvio, Italy;◦ slags of the Laurion district, Attica, Greece (artificial);

• COWLESITE Ca[Al2Si3O10] 5,3H2OLW: WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain 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 H2OLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Richelle (Visé), Prov. de Liège, Belgium (green SW);

• CRAWFORDITE Na3Sr(PO4)(CO3)LW: MW: SW: GreenMain 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 2H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain 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 mélange de / a mixture of TOBERMORITE et/and WILKEITELW: Pinkish WhiteMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ White Mountain, Inyo, CA, USA (altered specimen, pinkish white LW, nothing SW)

• CRISTOBALITE alpha SiO2


◦ in obsidian, Mono county, California, USA;

• CRYOLITE Na3AlF6

LW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: PinkMain Activator: Eu2+

Best Locality: ◦ Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Sermersooq, Kitaa

Province (West Greenland), Greenland;

• CUMMINGTONITE XMg7Si8O22(OH)2

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Homestake Mine, South Dakota, USA (pinkish white LW, nothing SW);

• cupro austiniteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality: Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico;

• cuproartinite (discredited)LW: MW: SW: BlueMain Activator: Best Locality:

• cuprohydromagnesite (discredited)LW: MW: SW: BlueMain Activator: Best Locality:

• cuproscheelite / ( mixed with an undefined Ca-Cu tungstate )LW: Greenish YellowMW: SW: Greenish YellowMain Activator: WO4

2-

Best Locality: ◦ Sinoloa, Sonora, Mexico;◦ Milford, UT, USA;

• CUPROTUNGSTITE Cu+23(WO4)2(OH)2

LW: MW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Mun. de Tonichi, Sonora, Mexico (white-yellow, green SW);◦ Choix, Mun. de Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico (bright yellow SW);

• curtisiteLW: Bluish WhiteMW:

SW: Greenish whiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality: Skaggs Springs, Sonoma county, California, USA;

• CUSPIDINE Ca16(Si2O7)4(F,OH)8

LW: YellowMW: Salmon pinkSW: Orangy yellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Buckwheat dump, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;

• CYANITE Al2SiO5


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 H2OLW: MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Langban (Långban), Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden;

• cyrtoliteLW: MW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

• dahlliteLW: Dark Orange /TawnMW: SW: Not fluorescentMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Black Ridge Fossil Beds, Mesa Co, Colorado, USA;

• dakeiteLW: Yellowish GreenMW: Yellowish GreenSW: Yellowish GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• DALYITE K2ZrSi6O15


• DANBURITE CaB2(SiO4)2

LW: BlueMW: SW: BlueMain Activator: Eu2+

Best Locality: ◦ Charcas Mineral District, Mun. de Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico (bright yellow

green or bright violet-blue LW+SW);◦ Japan, locality unknown (bright blue LW);◦ Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (bright green-

blue LW);◦ Hormuz Island, Hormozgan Province, Iran (modest yellow-green SW and purple

LW);

• DARAPSKITE Na3(SO4)(NO3) H2OLW: MW: Greenish BlueSW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• DATOLITE Ca2B2Si2O8(OH)2

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Eu2+

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 RedMW: SW: Orange RedMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Francon Quarry, Montreal, Canada;◦ Santo Fioro, Tuscany, Italy;

• delatyniteLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ Delyatyn, Ukraine.

• delawariteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• DELHAYELITE (Na,K)10Ca5Al6Si32O80(Cl2,F2,SO4)3 18H2OLW: OrangeMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: S2

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Best Locality: ◦ Kola peninsula, Russia;

• desmineLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• deweylite / ( mixture of LIZARDITE and STEVENSITE )LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain 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 12H2OLW: Brownish GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Wölsendorf, Bavaria, Germany;◦ Kasolo mine, Shaba, Congo;

• DIAMOND CLW: BlueMW: SW: Main Activator: N (Nitrogen)Best Locality:

◦ Kasaï, Congo;

• DIASPORE AlO(OH)LW: MW: SW: Yellowish White

Main Activator: Cr3+

Best Locality: ◦ Chester, Massachusets, USA (SW, pâle yellow);

• diatomite / (roche sedimentaire silicifere / siliceous sedimentary rock)LW: MW: SW: Greenish whiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• DICKITE Al2Si2O5(OH)4


◦ Saint Clair, Pennsylvania, USA;

• diderichiteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• DINITE C20H36

LW: BlueMW: SW: Main Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality: Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Serchio Valley, Tuscany, Italy;

• DIOPSIDE CaMgSi2O6

LW: BlueMW: SW: BlueMain Activator: n[TiO6] clusterBest 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;◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,

Greenland;◦ Zinc Corp. of America, mine 4, Balmat, St Lawrence County, New York, USA;◦ State Route 28N roadcut, Newcomb Township, Essex Co., New York, USA;◦ Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange Co., New York, USA (bright white SW);◦ Fort Ann, Washington Co., New York, USA;◦ Edwards, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA;◦ H.T. Campbell Quarry, Texas, Baltimore Co., Maryland, USA;◦ Long Lake Zinc Mine, Parham, Ontario, Canada (Diopside fl. SW cream to blue-

white + calcite fl. SW red + humite fl. SW yellow + chondrodite fl. SW yellow);◦ Jeffrey Mine ("Johns-Manville Mine"), Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec,

Canada (intense fluo SW+LW, associated with yellow-green to violet Vesuvianite);◦ Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania (Fluo

SW, dull fluo LW);

• dipyreLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• distheneLW: Greenish whiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• DOLOMITE CaMg(CO3)2

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Horn Silver Mine, Beaver County, Utah, USA;◦ Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden (red SW);

• DOYLEITE Al(OH)3

LW: No dataMW: SW: No data


◦ Baoshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China

• DRAVITE NaMg3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4

LW: MW: SW: Orangy yellowMain 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 H2OLW: WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Francon Quarry, Montreal, Canada;

• DUMONTITE Pb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 5H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Shinkolobwe mine, Tantara, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo;

• DUMORTIERITE (Al,Fe3+)7(SiO4)3(BO3)O3

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: TiO6Best Locality:

◦ Lyon, France;◦ Magadanskaya, Siberia, Russia;

◦ Dehesa Dumortierite deposit, Alpine, Laguna Mts, San Diego Co., California, USA;

• DUNDASITE PbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4 H2OLW: Greenish YellowMW: SW: GreenishMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ West Comet Mine and Kapi Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia;

• duxiteLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ Usti, Region (Ústecký kraj), Tschechien;◦ Dux (Duchcov), Erzgebirge;◦ Bílina coal mine, Bílina, Ústí Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic

• DYPINGITE Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 5H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Dypingdal Serpentine-magnesite deposit, Snarum, Modum, Buskerud, Norway;◦ Yoshikawa mine, Yoshikawa, Shinshiro city, Aichi Prefecture, Chubu Region,

Honshu Island, Japan;◦ Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New

Jersey, USA;◦ Near Gem Mine in San Benito County, California, USA;

• ECDEMITE Pb6As2+3O7Cl4

LW: YellowMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Laurion District, Attica, Greece;

• EDENITE NaCa2Mg5Si7AlO22(OH)2

LW: MW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain 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 Baïkal, Siberia, Russia;

• EFREMOVITE (NH4)2Mg2(SO4)3


• EKANITE ThCa2Si8O20


◦ Murunski Massif, near Aldon, south of the Lena River, Siberia, Russia;

• EKATERINITE Ca2B4O7(Cl,OH)2 2H2OLW: BluishMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• ELBAITE Na(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4


◦ Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA;◦ Nuristan, Afghanistan;◦ Stak Nala, Skardu District, Pakistan;◦ Paprook, Kunar Province, Afghanistan;

• eleoliteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• ellestaditeLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• ellweileriteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• ELPIDITE Na2ZrSi6O15 3H2OLW: Yellowish GreenMW: SW: Yellowish GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;


◦ Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;

• embolite Ag(Cl,Br)LW: GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: Ag+

Best Locality:

Kasmanchi, Uzbeckistan;

• emeraldLW: RedMW: SW: Main Activator: Cr3+

Best Locality: ◦ Muzo Mine, Mun. de Muzo, Vasquez-Yacopí Mining District, Boyacá Department,

Colombia;◦ Brumado, Bahia, Brazil (red LW);

• endlichite / (Arsenic rich variety of VANADINITE)LW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico

• ENSTATITE Mg2Si2O6

LW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Main Activator: TiO6Best Locality:

• EOSPHORITE Mn+2Al(PO4)(OH)2 H2OLW: RedMW: SW: Main Activator: Cr3+

Best Locality:

• epi-ianthiniteLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic

Best Locality:

• EPIDOTE Ca2(Fe+3,Al)3(SiO4)3(OH)LW: Not fluorescentMW: Not fluorescentSW: RedMain Activator: Cr3+

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] 4H2OLW: WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Berufjördhur, Iceland;

• EPISTOLITE Na4Nb2Ti+4(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2 4H2OLW: Orange RedMW: SW: Main Activator: Ti3+

Best Locality: ◦ Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;

• EPSOMITE MgSO4 7H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: BlueMain 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 WhiteMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Franklin, New Jersey, USA;◦ El Dragón mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

(microcrystals);

• ETTRINGITE Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12 26H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA;

• EUCLASE BeAlSiO4(OH)LW: RedMW: SW: Pale YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Villa Rica or Vila Rica (Vila Rica de Albuquerque was renamed to Ouro Preto in 1823), Minas Gerais, Brazil;

• eucoliteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• EUCRYPTITE LiAlSiO4


◦ 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: OrangeMW: SW: Main Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Alluaiv, Russia;

• EVANSITE Al3(PO4)(OH)6 6H2O (?)LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Organic impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Richelle, Visé, Liège Province, Belgium (yellowish-white SW+LW);◦ Argenteau, Visé, Liège Province, Belgium (yellowish-white SW+LW);◦ Železník (Vashegy), Sirk, Revúca Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (ex Gomor,

Hungary LT);

• EVENKITE C23H48

LW: Orangy yellowMW: 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 WhiteMW: SW: Greenish YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Zaïre;

• EZCURRITE Na4B10O17 7H2OLW: WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Tincalayu borate deposit, Salta Province, Argentina;

• FABIANITE CaB3O5(OH)LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ drill core at Rehden near Dienholz, Germany;

• FAIZIEVITE K2Na(Ca6Na)Ti4Li6Si24O66F2


◦ Dar-i-Pioz glacier, Tadjikistan

• FAUJASITE-Ca (Ca0,5,Na,Mg0,5,K)3-4 [Al3-4 Si9-8O24] 16H2OLW: WhiteMW:

SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Sasach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany;

• FEDORITE (Na,K)2-3(Ca,Na)7(Si,Al)16O38F2 3,5H2OLW: RedMW: SW: Main Activator: Fe3+

Best Locality: ◦ Murun, Aldan plateau, Yakutia, Russia;

• feldspar / (Group of minerals: ALBITE, MICROCLINE, SANIDINE)LW: MW: SW: RedMain Activator: Fe3+

Best Locality: ◦ Zomba, Malawi;

• FELSOBANYAITE Al4(SO4)(OH)10 4H2OLW: WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• FERRIERITE-K (K,Na,Mg0,5,Ca0,5)6 [Al6Si30O72] 18H2OLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain 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


◦ Barkevik, Langesundsfjord, Vestfold, Norway;

• FERSMANITE Ca4(Na,Ca)4(Ti+4,Nb)4(Si2O7)2O8F3

LW: MW: SW: Greenish whiteMain Activator: Ti3+

Best Locality:

• FERSMITE (Ca,Ce,Na)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2(O,OH,F)6

LW: Yellowish GreenMW: SW: BlueMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, California, USA;

• FICHTELITE C19H34

LW: Greenish BlueMW: SW: Main Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ Near Redwitz, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany;

• FLAGSTAFFITE C10H20O2 H2OLW: BlueMW: SW: Main Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest 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 ferriLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• FLUELLITE Al2(PO4)F2(OH) 7H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Greenish YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Richelle, Visé, Liège Province, Belgium (yellowish-green SW+LW);◦ Argenteau, Visé, Liège Province, Belgium (yellowish-green SW+LW);

• FLUOBORITE Mg3(BO3)(F,OH)3


◦ 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;◦ Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New

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, Värmland, Sweden;◦ Crystal Lake fluoborite occurrence, Galway Township, Peterborough Co., Ontario,

Canada (bright white SW)

• FLUORAPATITE Ca5(PO4)3FLW: Pale YellowMW: VioletSW: Orangy yellowMain Activator: Mn2+

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, Covilhã, Castelo

Branco District, Portugal;◦ Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico;◦ Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada (purple MW);◦ Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil (zoned

fluorescence SW+LW);◦ Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Cerro de los Remedios, Mun. de

Durango, Durango, Mexico (weak blue SW);◦ Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco (weak pink, SW)

• FLUORAPOPHYLLITE KCa4Si8O20(F,OH) 8H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: GreenishMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,

Greenland;◦ Franklin, New jersey, USA;◦ Paterson, NJ, USA;

• FLUORELLESTADITE Ca5(SiO4,PO4,SO4)3(F,OH,Cl)LW: WhiteMW: SW: Bluish White


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

• fluorineLW: BlueMW: BlueSW: BlueMain Activator: Best Locality:

• FLUORITE CaF2

LW: BlueMW: SW: BlueMain Activator: Eu2+

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


• FOGGITE CaAl(PO4)(OH)2 H2OLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Milgun Station, Western Australia, Australia;

• FONTANITE Ca(UO2)3(CO3)2O2 6H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Rabejac uranium deposit, Lodève, France;

• FORMICAITE Ca(HCO2)2


◦ Buryatia, Russian Federation;

• FORSTERITE Mg2SiO4


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


◦ Crestmore Quarry, Cretmore, Riverside Co, California, USA (yellowish-white, bluish-white SW);

• FRAIPONTITE (Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: GreenishMain Activator: Best Locality:

• francoliteLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

• FRANCONITE Na2Nb4O11 9H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:


• FRESNOITE Ba2TiSi2O8

LW: MW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Ti4+

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 8H2OLW: Greenish YellowMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Furong Lin, Ling Wu, Western Hunan Province, China;

• GAGEITE-1A (Mn+2,Mg,Zn)42Si16O54(OH)40


• GAIDONNAYITE Na2ZrSi3O9 2H2OLW: GreenMW: GreenSW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:


◦ 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: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Franklin, New Jersey, USA;

• GAULTITE Na4[Zn2Si7O18] 5H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Mont St Hilaire, Québec, Canada;

• GAYLUSSITE Na2Ca(CO3)2 5H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: PinkSW: Yellowish White


◦ 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 H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: RedMain 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);

• gedaniteLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ Gdansk (Danzig), Pomorskie, Poland.

• gedano-succiniteLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

• GENTHELVITE Zn4Be3(SiO4)3SLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:


◦ Bratthagen, Lågendalen (lagendalen), Hedrum, Larvik, Vestfold, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;

◦ Wisconsin, USA (Blue-white SW);

◦ Nakalak Mt (Nakalaq; Nakkaalaaq), Taseq area, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland;

◦ Motzfeldt Centre, Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland;◦ Passaic pit, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New

Jersey, USA

• GERSTMANNITE (Mg,Mn+2)2ZnSiO4(OH)2

LW: GreenishMW: Not fluorescentSW: Not fluorescentMain Activator: Best Locality:


• geyseriteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• GIBBSITE gamma Al(OH)3



• giobertiteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• GIORGIOSITE Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 5-6H2O (?)LW: VioletMW: SW: VioletMain Activator:

Best Locality:

• GISMONDINE Ca[Al2Si2O8] 4,5H2OLW: WhiteMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

• GITTINSITE CaZrSi2O7

LW: MW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Kipawa Alkaline Complex, Sheffield Lake, Villedieu Township Témiscamingue Co., Québec, Canada

• glaseriteLW: Greenish whiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:


• GLAUBERITE Na2Ca(SO4)2

LW: YellowMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Boron, California, USA;◦ Chile;

• glendoniteLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain 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] 22H2OLW: YellowMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Iceland;◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,

Greenland;

• GONNARDITE (Na,Ca)6-8[(Al,Si)20O40] 12H2OLW: Pinkish WhiteMW: SW: Pinkish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Mont St hilaire, Quebec, Canada;

• GORGEYITE K2Ca5(SO4)6 H2OLW: YellowMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Inder Lake borate deposit, Kazakhstan;

• gosheniteLW: MW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China (var. goshenite bluish-white SW)

• GOTZENITE Na4Ca10Ti2(Si2O7)4F8


◦ Barkevik, Langesundfjord, Norway;

• GOWERITE CaB6O8(OH)4 3H2OLW: WhiteMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Mott prospect, Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek District, Inyo Co., California, USA;

• GREENOCKITE CdSLW: Orangy yellowMW: SW: Orangy yellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Tsumeb, Namibia;◦ Ecton mine, Aubudon, Pennsylvania, USA (LW,jaune/yellow)

• garnetLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality:

• GRICEITE LiFLW: Pale YellowMW: SW: Pale YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:


• GROSSULAR Ca3Al2(SiO4)3

LW: RedMW: RedSW: RedMain Activator: Cr3+

Best Locality: ◦ Lake Jaco, Chihuahua Mexico;◦ Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada (pink under LW);◦ Lelatema Mountains, near Arusha, Tanzania (colorless crystal luminescent in strong

apricot color under SW);◦ variety hessonite from Beaver Mine, Thetford Mine, Quebec, Canada (bright orange

under SW);◦ King mine, Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec,

Canada (orange SW);◦ Sierra de Cruces, Mun. de Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico;

• GRUMANTITE NaHSi2O5 H2OLW: MW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;

• GUERINITE Ca5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2 9H2OLW: WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;

• GUILLEMINITE Ba(UO2)3(SeO3)2O2 3H2OLW: Yellowish GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• gummite /(terme gén. pour désigner les oxydes secondaires d'U) /LW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• GYPSUM CaSO4 2H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Organic impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Hourglass figure: Nanton, Alberta, Canada;◦ Baja, Mexico;◦ Zaragoza, Spain;

• GYROLITE NaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)5 15H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA;◦ Radzein, near Teplitz, Bohemia, Czech Republic;

• hackmaniteLW: OrangeMW: SW: Orangy yellowMain Activator: S2

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Best Locality: ◦ The Ilímaussaq 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 Saint-

Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada◦ Princess Sodalite quarry and Cancrinite Hill, Bancroft, Canada;◦ Ladjuar Medam, Sar e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts,

Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan;◦ Kiran, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province,

Afghanistan

◦ Pein-Pyit, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (fluo+strong tenebrescence);

◦ Saga I Quarry Morje Porsgrunn, Sagasen Quarry and Ostskogen Quarry in Tvedalen, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;

◦ Cancrinite Hill, Dungannon Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada (dark blue sodalite dull red fluorescing with yellow cancrinite);

• HAIWEEITE Ca[(UO2)2Si5O12(OH)2] 3H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Haiwee Reservoir, Coso Mountains, California, USA;◦ Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brésil

• HALITE NaClLW: Orange RedMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Mn2+

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, Inowrocław, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland (fluo orange-red SW);◦ Salar de Antofalla, Antofalla, Antofagasta de la Sierra department, Catamarca,

Argentina (orange-red SW);◦ Wieliczka Mine, Wieliczka, Małopolskie, Poland (pink orange SW or white SW);◦ Salton Sea, Imperial Co., California, USA (orange-red SW);◦ Lubin, Lubin District, Legnica, Lower Silesia, Poland (pink-orange SW);◦ PCS mine, Rocanville, Saskatchewan, Canada (blue-white LW);◦ Dead Sea, Jordan (dull pink SW);◦ Sigmundshall mine, Bokeloh, Wunstorf, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany (orange

red SW)

• HALLOYSITE-10A Al2Si2O5(OH)4 2H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Greenish whiteMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Vardasen Quarry near Larvik, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;


◦ Beez, Belgium;

• HAMBERGITE Be2BO3(OH,F)LW: OrangeMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain 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)2ClLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:


• HARDYSTONITE Ca2ZnSi2O7

LW: MW: Violet blueSW: Violet blueMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Franklin mine, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;

• HARKERITE Ca24Mg8Al2(SiO4)8(BO3)6(CO3)10 2H2OLW: RedMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

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

• HARMOTOME (Ba0,5,Ca0,5,K,Na)5[Al5Si11O32] 12H2OLW: WhiteMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Harz, Germany;

• HARSTIGITE Ca6(Mn+2,Mg)Be4(SiO4)2(Si2O7)2(OH)2

LW: RedMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Langban, Sweden;

• HARTITE C20H34

LW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ Bílina coal mine, Bílina (Bilin), Ústí Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic

• hatchettiteLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ Charbonnage de Winterslag, Genk, Belgium;

• HAUSMANNITE Mn+2Mn2+3O4


Best Locality:

• HAUYNE (Na,Ca)4-8Al6Si6(O,S)24(SO4,Cl)1-2

LW: Orange RedMW: SW: RedMain Activator: S2

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Best Locality: ◦ In den Dellen quarries, Niedermendig, Mendig, Laach lake (Laacher See) volcanic

complex, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany;◦ Punta Camello, Arucas, Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain;◦ Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy;◦ Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts,

Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan;◦ Sacrofano, Sacrofano Caldera, Rome Province, Latium, Italy (light pink);

• HAWLEITE alpha CdSLW: YellowMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Glory Hole mine, Central City, Colorado, USA;

• HAYNESITE (UO2)3(Se+4O3)2(OH)2 5H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Repete mine, San Juan county, Utah, USA;

• HECTORITE Na0,3(Mg,Li)3Si4O10(F,OH)2

LW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: BlueMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Hector mine near Hector, San Bernardino County, Mojave Desert, California, USA;

• HEDYPHANE Pb3Ca2(AsO4)3ClLW: OrangeMW: Red

SW: OrangeMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (red to orange, MW best);

◦ Langban (Långban), Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden (pink LW, pale orange MW, bright orange SW);

◦ Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden (very pale yellow-brown SW mimetite?);◦ Vrančice, Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic (pale orange

MW)

• HEINRICHITE Ba(UO2)2(AsO4)2 10-12 H2OLW: Greenish YellowMW: SW: Greenish YellowMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Schmiedestollen dump, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany;

◦ Krunkelbach Valley Uranium deposit, Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany;

◦ White King Mine, Lakeview, Lake Co., Oregon, USA;◦ Fuemrol No. 2 mine (Fuemrole mine), Temple Mountain, San Rafael District (San

Rafael Swell), Emery Co., Utah, USA;◦ ina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida

province, Spain;

• HELVITE Mn4+2Be3(SiO4)3S

LW: RedMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Sandoya, Porsgrund, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;◦ Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie,

Québec, Canada (red SW);◦ Saga 1 Quarry, Sagåsen, Mørje, Porsgrunn, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic

Complex, Telemark, Norway (SW & LW Red);◦ Navegadora claim, Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais,

Brazil (weak fluo SW+LW)

• HEMIMORPHITE Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 H2OLW: MW: SW: Blue


◦ Hill Top Mine, Cochise county, Arizona, USA;◦ Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New

Jersey, USA (white or green SW);

• HERDERITE CaBe(PO4)FLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Eu2+

Best Locality: ◦ Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Pakistan;

• herkimer diamondLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Organic impuritiesBest Locality: USA

• hessoniteLW: Salmon pinkMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Asbestos, Quebec, Canada

• HEULANDITE-Ca (Ca0,5,Na,K)9[Al9Si27O72] 24H2OLW: Greenish BlueMW: SW: RedMain 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] 24H2OLW: Greenish YellowMW: Not fluorescentSW: Greenish YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Traun river dam, Pucking, Traun, Linz-Land, Upper Austria, Austria (yellow-green fluorescence);

• hexagoniteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Edwards, NY, USA;

• HIBSCHITE Ca3Al2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x (x=0,2-1,5)LW: MW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Mosjoen, Nordland, Norway;

• hiddeniteLW: Orange RedMW: SW: Orange RedMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality:

• HILAIRITE Na2ZrSi3O9 3H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Bratthagen farm in Lagendalen ( yellowish white SW and LW), Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;

• HILLEBRANDITE Ca2SiO3(OH)2

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

• HILLITE Ca2(Zn,Mg)(PO4)2 2H2 OLW: MW: SW: Greenish YellowMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Reaphook Hill, South Australia, Australia

• HINSDALITE (Pb,Sr)Al3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6


• HIORTDAHLITE-I Ca8(Na,Ca)4Zr2(Y,Ti,Ca,Mn,Fe)2(Si2O7)4(F,O)8

LW: MW: SW: VioletMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Langesundfjord, Norway

• HODGKINSONITE Mn+2Zn2(SiO4)(OH)2


◦ 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 fluorescentSW: Not fluorescentMain Activator: Best Locality:


• HOLTITE Al6(Al,Ta)(Si,Sb)3BO15(O,OH)2

LW: YellowMW: SW: OrangeMain 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 4H2OLW: MW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

• HOWLITE Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5

LW: OrangeMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Eu2+

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: BlueMW: SW: BlueMain Activator: WO4

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Best Locality: ◦ Huanzala mine, Huallanca district, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru;

• HUBNERITE Mn+2WO4


• HUMITE (Mg,Fe+2)7(SiO4)3(F,OH)2


◦ Long Lake Zinc Mine, near Parham, Ontario, Canada; Franklin, New jersey, USA;

• HUNTITE CaMg3(CO3)4


◦ 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 WhiteMain 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);

• hyaliteLW: MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Valeč (Waltsch), Doupov, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic;

◦ Tarcal, Eperjes-Tokaj Mts., Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary (coming on the market in Munchen in 2014, fluo strong green SW, moderate green LW);

◦ Monok, Zemplén mts, Hungary ◦ Bárdos Hill, Gyöngyössolymos, Heves County, Mátra,Hungary◦ Squaretop Mountain, Dalby, Queensland, Australia (Valeč like hyalite);◦ Chalk Mountain Mine, Spruce Pine, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North

Carolina, USA◦ Zacatecas Mexico;◦ Erongo Mountains, Namibia;◦ Lesbos Island, Lésvos Prefecture, Aegean Islands Department, Greece (very similar

to samples of Czech Republic);◦ Squaretop Mountain, Kaimkillenbun, Wambo Shire, Western Downs Region,

Queensland, Australia (very similar to samples of Czech Republic but moderate lime-green fluo SW);

◦ Zacatecas, Mexico (coming on the market in 2014 in Tucson, very strong green fluo even in daylight!)

• HYALOPHANE (K,Ba)Al(Si,Al)3O8

LW: MW: SW: Violet redMain Activator: Fe3+

Best Locality: ◦ Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark district, Filipstad, Värmland,

Sweden (Blue SW);◦ Old Mill Site, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (fluo

red SW);◦ Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

(blue fluo SW due to inclusions of margarosanite? and also Pale red SW);◦ Langban, Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden;◦ Zagradski Potok Mine, Zagradski Creek, Busovača, 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: YellowMain Activator: Dy3+

Best Locality: ◦ Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikistan. Fluoresces under both SW and LW.◦ Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;

• hydro-herderiteLW: MW:

SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• HYDROBORACITE CaMgB6O8(OH)6 3H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Thomson Mine, Death Valley, San Bernardino Co., California, USA (blue-white to cream, LW+SW);

◦ Bigadiç Mine, Bigadiç, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey (pink Fluo SW and LW);

• hydrocarbonLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Organic impuritiesBest 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 WhiteMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Upper Roughton Gill, Cumberland, England;◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,

Greenland;

• hydrodolomiteLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy (white-blue LW);

• hydrogen autunite LW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• HYDROGLAUBERITE Na10Ca3(SO4)8 6H2OLW: Greenish whiteMW: Not fluorescentSW: Greenish whiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Bertram Siding, Imperial Co., California, USA;

• hydrogrossularLW: MW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Halsøy Marble Quarry, Mosjøen, Vefsn, Nordland, Norway (orange SW, no fluo LW);

• hydroherderiteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• HYDROMAGNESITE Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 4H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain 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)

• hydromagnocalciteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• hydrophaneLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• HYDROTALCITE Mg6Al2(CO3)(OH)16 4H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Snarum, Norway;◦ Franklin, New jersey, USA;

• HYDROXYAPOPHYLLITE KCa4Si8O20(OH,F) 8H2OLW: MW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Franklin, New jersey, USA;

• HYDROXYLAPATITE Ca5(PO4)3(OH)LW: Orangy yellowMW: SW: Orangy yellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

• HYDROXYLBORITE Mg3(BO3)(OH)3


◦ Titovskoe deposit, Chersky Ridge, Dogdo River basin, Sakha Republic (former Yakutsk), Russia;

• HYDROXYLHERDERITE CaBe(PO4)(OH)LW: MW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain 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: OrangeMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Pb2+

Best Locality: ◦ Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, 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 OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• iddingsite / (melange de silicates / a mixture of silicate)LW: Yellowish White

MW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Conejos, CO, USA (dim yellow LW)

• idocraseLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• IDRIALITE C22H14

LW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Greenish whiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest 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 15H2OLW: MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Idria Mine (Idrija Mine), Idrija (Idria), Slovenia (green SW);

• INDERBORITE CaMg[B3O3(OH)5]2 6H2OLW: Pale YellowMW: SW: Pale YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Inder Lake, Kazakhstan;

• INDIGIRITE Mg2Al2(CO3)4(OH)2 15H2OLW: MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Sarylakh deposit, Indigirski River basin, Yakutia, former Soviet Union;

• INYOITE Ca2B6O6(OH)10 8H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Organic impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Bigadiç Mine, Bigadiç, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey;◦ Death Valley, CA, USA (cited by De Ment, 1949);

• IRANITE Pb10Cu(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(F,OH)2


• ISOKITE CaMg(PO4)FLW: BlueMW: SW: BlueMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Nkumbwa Hill Carbonatite (Nkombwa Hill Carbonatite), Isoka, Isoka District, Muchinga Mts., Northern Province, Zambia (blue LW);

• ivoryLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

• JACHYMOVITE (UO2)8(SO4)(OH)14 13H2OLW: YellowMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Jachymov, Bohemia, Czech.

• JADARITE LiNaSiB3O7(OH)LW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

Jadar Valley, Serbia;

• JADEITE Na(Al,Fe+3)Si2O6

LW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Fe3+

Best Locality:

• JAGOWERITE BaAl2(PO4)2(OH)2

LW: Greenish whiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Hess River, Mayo Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada (greenish-white, LW);

• JasperLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• JENNITE Ca9Si6O18(OH)6 8H2OLW: MW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, california, USA;

• JEREMEJEVITE Al6(BO3)5(F,OH)3

LW: WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• JOHACHIDOLITE CaAlB3O7


◦ 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 8H2OLW: MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• JOHANNSENITE CaMn+2Si2O6

LW: Dark Orange /TawnMW: Not fluorescentSW: Not fluorescentMain Activator: Best Locality:


• JOHNBAUMITE Ca5(AsO4)3(OH,F)LW: MW: SW: Dark Orange /TawnMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Parker Shaft, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (yellow SW)

◦ Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (orange SW);

◦ Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (weak orange SW)

◦ Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden (pink-violet SW);

◦ Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden (?) (Johnbaumite is not supposed to have been found in Langban);

• JOLIOTITE (UO2)(CO3) nH2O (n=2)LW: Greenish YellowMW: SW: Greenish YellowMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:


• JONESITE Ba2(K,Na)[Ti2(Si5Al)O18 nH2OLW: OrangeMW: SW: OrangeMain 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 H2OLW: YellowMW:

SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:


• jurupaite (magnesian xonotlite)LW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

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

◦ Las Vegas, NV, USA;

• KAMOTOITE-(Y) Y2U4+6(CO3)3O12 14,5H2O

LW: Yellowish GreenMW: SW: Yellowish GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Kamoto East mine, Shaba province, Congo;

• KAOLINITE Al2Si2O5(OH)4

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest 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)4O28FLW:

MW: SW: PinkMain Activator: Dy3+

Best Locality: ◦ The moraine of the Dara-i-Pioz glacier, Garm region, Tajikistan (Lat. 39°30' N, Long.

70°40')

• KARIBIBITE Fe2+3As4

+3(O,OH)9


Karibib pegmatite, Namibia;

• KARPATITE C24H12

LW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest 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


◦ Iwagi Shima, Ehimi prefecture, Japan;

• KATOITE Ca3 Al2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x (x=1.5-3)LW: MW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Best Locality:

• KELDYSHITE Na2-xHxZrSi2O7 nH2OLW: YellowMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: n[TiO6] clusterBest Locality:

◦ Bratthagen, Lagendalen, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;◦ Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;◦ Mt Rasvumchorr, Khibiny massif, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia;◦ Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia;

• KENHSUITE gamma Hg3S2Cl2

LW: Orange RedMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Mac Dermitt Mercury Mine, North Central Nevada, USA (associated with cinabre and corderoite);

• KENYAITE Na2Si22O41(OH)8 6H2OLW: YellowMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Point of Rocks, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA;

• KERNITE Na2B4O6(OH)2 3H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Boron, California, USA;

• kerolite / (mél./mix. de/of LIZARDITE & STEVENSITE)LW: WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Bluemont, MD, USA;

• KHIBINSKITE K2ZrSi2O7

LW: MW: SW: BlueMain Activator: n[TiO6] clusterBest Locality:

◦ Hackman Valley, Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia;

• KIMURAITE-(Y) CaY2(CO3)4 6H2OLW: VioletMW: SW: Violet redMain Activator: Best Locality:

• KINGITE Al3(PO4)2(F,OH)2 8(H2O,OH)LW: WhiteMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Tom's Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia;

• KLEINITE Hg2N(Cl,SO4) nH2OLW: Dark Orange /TawnMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• KOGARKOITE Na3(SO4)FLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada (very bright pale blue);

• KORNERUPINE (X,Mg,Fe+2)(Al,Mg,Fe)9(Si,Al)4(Si,Al,B)O21(OH,F)LW: Yellowish GreenMW: SW: Yellowish GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

• KRATOCHVILITE C13H10

LW: BlueMW: SW: BlueMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ Freital near Dresden, Saxony, Germany;◦ Near Kladno, Bohemia, Tchek Republic;

• KRAUSKOPFITE BaSi2O4(OH)2 2H2OLW: YellowMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

• KUKSITE Pb3Zn3Te+6O6(PO4)2


◦ Gold mine in Central Aldan, Siberia, Russia;

• kunziteLW: OrangeMW: SW: Salmon pinkMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Nuristan, Afghanistan;◦ Mt Apatite, Maine, USA (phosphorescent);◦ Newry, Maine, USA (phosphorescent)

• KURCHATOVITE-M CaMg[B2O5]LW: VioletMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic, Transbaikalia, Eastern-Siberian

Region, Russia;

• KURNAKOVITE MgB3O3(OH)5 5H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Boron, California, USA;◦ Inder Lake, Kazakhstan;

• kutnahoriteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• KUTNOHORITE Ca(Mn+2,Mg,Fe+2)(CO3)2


• kyaniteLW: RedMW: SW: RedMain 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: VioletMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Best Locality:

• LABYRINTHITE [np+] (Na,K,Sr)35Ca12Fe3Zr6TiSi51O144(O,OH,H2O)9Cl3


• LALONDEITE [np+] (Na,Ca)6(Ca,Na)3Si16O38(F,OH)2 3H2OLW: MW: Violet blueSW: Violet blueMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Poudrette Quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;

• LANARKITE Pb2O(SO4)LW: YellowMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK (yellow SW+LW);◦ Langban (Långban), Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden (SW Yellow);

• LANGBEINITE K2Mg2(SO4)3


◦ Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy and Lea Counties, New Mexico, USA;

• LANSFORDITE MgCO3 5H2 OLW: VioletMW: SW: BlueMain Activator: Best Locality:

• LANTHANITE-(Ce) (Ce,La,Nd)2(CO3)3 8H2OLW: MW: SW: PinkMain Activator: Best Locality:

• LARISAITE Na(H3O)(UO2)3(SeO3)2O2 4H2OLW: MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Repete mine, San Juan county, Utah, USA;

• LARSENITE PbZnSiO4

LW: MW: SW: VioletMain Activator: Best Locality:

• LAUMONTITE Ca4[Al8Si16O48] 18H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish White


◦ Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA (weak white SW+LW);

• LAURIONITE PbCl(OH)LW: MW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Furnace slags, Laurion district, Attica, Greece;

• LAZURITE Na6Ca2Al6Si6O24[(SO4),S,Cl,(OH)]2

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: S2

-

Best Locality: ◦ Lyadjvar, Pamir Mountains, Tadjikistan (bluish LW);◦ Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts,

Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan;

• LEADHILLITE Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2


◦ Leadhill, Scotland, UK;◦ Beer Cellar Mine, Granby Field, Tri-State District, Newton Co., Missouri, USA

(bright yellow LW, weaker SW);

• LEGRANDITE Zn2(AsO4)(OH) H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico;

• LEIFITE (Na, H2O)Na6[Be2Al3Si15O39F2]LW: Orangy yellowMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;

• lenniliteLW: 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 4H2OLW: WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Wunsdorf, Hanover, Germany;◦ Neuhof, Germany;

• lepidoliteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan

• LEUCITE K[AlSi2O6]LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Ariccia, Alban Hills, Rome Province, Latium, Italy (bright orange LW);

• LEUCOPHANITE (Ca,RRE)CaNa2Be2Si4O12(F,O)2

LW: Violet PinkMW: Violet PinkSW: PinkMain Activator: Ce3+

Best Locality: ◦ Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie,

Québec, Canada (strong fluo SW);◦ Bjorndalen Quarry, Sagasen Quarry and Saga I Quarry, Morge, Strandasen,

Porsgrunn, east side of Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway (strong fluo MW);

◦ Saga 1 Quarry, Sagåsen, Mørje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway (strong fluo MW);◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Nakalaq, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;◦ Leucophanite occurrence, Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq,

Kujalleq, Greenland;

• LEUCOSPHENITE BaNa4Ti2B2Si10O30

LW: MW: SW: BlueMain Activator: TiO6Best Locality:

◦ Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada (yellowish-white SW);


• leverrieriteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality: Saint-Etienne, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France;

• LEVINSONITE-(Y) (Y,Nd,Ce,Sm)Al(SO4)2(C2O4) 12H2OLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

• LEVYNE-Ca (Ca0,5,Na,K)6[Al6Si12O36] 17H2OLW: YellowMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Beach Creek, Oregon, USA;

• LIBERITE Li2BeSiO4


◦ China;

• LIEBIGITE Ca2(UO2)(CO3)3 11H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Jachymov, Bohemia, former Czechoslovakia;◦ Schwartzwalder Mine, Ralston Buttes District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA;◦ Pitch Mine, Marshall Pass District, Saguache Co., Colorado, USA;

• LigniteLW: MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

• LINEKITE K2Ca3[(UO2)(CO3)3]2 7H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Geschieber vein, Svornost Mine (Einigkeit Mine), Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

• LISITSYNITE KBSi2O6

LW: MW: SW: PinkMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Koashva quarry, Khibina alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia

• LITHIOPHILITE Li(Mn+2,Fe+2)PO4

LW: YellowMW: SW: Main Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Vishniakovskoye, East Siberia, Russia;

• lithomarge / (mix de/of KAOLINITE & HALLOYSITE)LW: TawnMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• lizarditeLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• LIZARDITE-1T Mg3Si2O5(OH)4


• LONDONITE (Cs,K,Rb)Al4Be4(B,Be)12O28

LW: MW: SW: Greenish YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Antandrokomby granitic pegmatite, near Mt. Ibity, south of the Sahatany Valley, Madagascar

• LORENZENITE Na2Ti2Si2O9

LW: Greenish YellowMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: TiO6Best Locality:


◦ Jones Mill Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USA (pale yellow MW very similar to Mont Saint-Hilaire samples);

◦ Bratthagen 1 road cut pegmatites, Lågendalen, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Hedrum, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway;

◦ Tvedalen, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;◦ Lysebo near Farris, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Hedrum, Larvik,

Vestfold, Norway;◦ Selsurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern

Region, Russia (yellowish LW+SW);◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,

Greenland;◦ Burpala, Patom plateau, East Siberia, Russia;

• LOVDARITE K4Na12[Be8Si28O72] 18H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Point of Rocks, Colfax county, New Mexico, USA;


• LUESHITE NaNbO3

LW: OrangeMW: SW: Main Activator: Eu3+

Best Locality: ◦ Salanlatva, Kola peninsula, Russia;

• lussatiteLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• Lussat, near Pont-du-Chateau, Puy-de-Dome, France

• MACDONALDITE BaCa4Si16O36(OH)2 1OH2OLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• MACPHERSONITE Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2


◦ Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland, England;

• MAGADIITE NaSi7O13(OH)3 4H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;◦ Trinity Lake, Trinity county, California, USA;

• MAGNESIO-AXINITE Ca2MgAl2BSi4O15(OH)LW: RedMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Cr3+

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 BlueMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Franklin marble, Franklin, New jersey, USA;◦ Sparta, new Jersey, USA;

• MAGNESIORIEBECKITE XNa2(Mg3Fe+32)Si8O22(OH)2


◦ Old Mill Site, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;

• MAGNESIOTAAFFEITE-2N'2S Mg3Al8BeO16

LW: RedMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• magnesiozippeiteLW:

MW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• MAGNESITE MgCO3

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain 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 Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil (weak luminescence SW+LW);◦ Wiry, Gogołów-Jordanów Massif, Lower Silesia, Poland (blue LW+SW);

• MAGNESIUM-ZIPPEITE Mg(UO2)2(SO4)O2 3,5H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• MAKATITE Na2Si4O8(OH)2 4H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: GreenishMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

◦ Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada (weak to moderate whitish SW and LW)

• malacon (altered zircon)LW: Orangy yellowMW:

SW: Orangy yellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Langesund fjord area, Norway;

• MALAYAITE CaSnSiO5

LW: YellowMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: TiO6Best 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


◦ Dara-i-Pioz glacier, the Alai range, Tien Shan, Garmskii district, northern Tajikistan;

• MALINKOITE NaBSiO4

LW: Greenish YellowMW: SW: VioletMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Mount Karnasurt, Lovozero alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia

• MAMMOTHITE Pb6Cu4+2AlSb+5(SO4)2Cl4O2(OH)16


◦ Furnace slags of the Laurion Region, Attica, Greece;

• manganapatiteLW: RedMW: SW: Orangy yellowMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Bennett Mine, Buckfield, Maine, USA (SW dull orange-yellow);

• MANGANAXINITE Ca2Mn+2Al2BSi4O15(OH)LW: RedMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Mn2+

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);

• manganocalciteLW: PinkMW: RedSW: RedMain Activator: Mn2+

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


◦ Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;

• marble / (calcaire métamorphique / Metamorphised carbonate rock)LW: Yellowish White

MW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Organic impuritiesBest Locality:

• MARGARITE-2M1 CaAl2XAl2Si2O10(OH)2

LW: BlueMW: SW: BlueMain 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 redMW: RedSW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Parker Shaft (Parker Mine), Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;◦ Langban, Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden;◦ Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark district, Filipstad, Värmland,

Sweden;◦ Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

(blue SW + red MW);

• MARIALITE Na4Al3Si9O24ClLW: YellowMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Mn2+

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);◦ Franklin, New jersey, USA;◦ Karur, Tamilnadu, India (red SW);◦ Old Mine Park, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA (pink-lavender

SW);◦ Pitwak Mine, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan

Province, Afghanistan (pseodomorph after orthoclase, bright yellow LW);

• MARSHITE CuILW: RedMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Cu+

Best Locality: ◦ Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia (red SW);◦ Chuquicamata, Chile;

• MASCAGNITE (NH4)2SO4

LW: YellowMW: SW: Orangy yellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Zeravshan, Tadzikhistan;

• MASSICOT PbOLW: YellowMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Durango, Popocatepetl, Mexico;◦ Silver King Mine, Pinal, AZ, USA;

• MASUYITE Pb[(UO2)3O3(OH)2] 3H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Aue, former DDR;

• MATLOCKITE PbFClLW: YellowMW: SW: YellowMain 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


◦ Leadhills, Scotland, England;

• MCALLISTERITE Mg2B12O14(OH)12 9H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;

• MCNEARITE NaCa5(AsO4)(AsO3OH)4 4H2OLW: VioletMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• MEIONITE 3CaAl2Si2O8CaCO3

LW: YellowMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: S2

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Best Locality: ◦ Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;◦ Old Mill Site, Franklin, New jersey, USA (orange SW associated with amazonite);◦ Skräbböle quarry, Pargas, Southwestern Finland Region, Finland (dim white-blue

SW);◦ Ahvensaari, Pargas, Southwestern Finland Region, Finland (red SW)◦ Webster prospects, Sanford, York Co., Maine, USA (red SW);◦ Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada (var. wernerite orange-yellow

LW);◦ Marble Quarry, Grand Forks, Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

(strong orange SW)

◦ Six Hundred Meter Locality, Sanford, York Co., Maine, USA (microxls, dim orange SW);

◦ Passaic pit, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (red SW);

◦ Lead Hill Mines, Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga Township, Essex Co., New York, USA (deep dark magenta-red SW);

◦ Hazen quarry, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA (pink SW);

• MEISSERITE Na5(UO2)(SO4)3(SO3OH)(H2O)LW: GreenMW: Not fluorescentSW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Blue Lizard Mine, Chocolate Drop, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

• MELANOPHLOGITE (SiO2)46(CO2,N2)6(CH4,N2)2

LW: WhiteMW: SW: YellowMain 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


• MELIPHANITE Ca4(Na,Ca)4Be4AlSi7O24(F,O)4

LW: Violet PinkMW: SW: Violet PinkMain Activator: Eu2+

Best Locality: ◦ Stokkoya, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;

• MELLITE Al2[C6(COO)6] 16H2OLW: BlueMW: SW: BlueMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ Csordakúti Mine, Bicske-Csordakút, Bicske-Zsámbéki Basin, Fejér Co., Hungary;◦ Csordakut Mine, Tatabanya, Hungary;◦ Tatabánya, Gerecse Mts, Komárom-Esztergom Co., Hungary;◦ Artern, Unstrut valley, Thuringia, Germany;◦ Voigstedt, Germay;

• MERWINITE Ca3Mg(SiO4)2

LW: OrangeMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Commercial quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA;

◦ Velardeña, Velardeña District, Mun. de Cuencamé, Durango, Mexico (pale orange LW, cited by De Ment, but no merwinite cited there in Mindat!);

• MESOLITE Na16Ca16[Al48Si72O240] 64H2OLW: WhiteMW: SW: YellowMain 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 2H2OLW: YellowMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

• META-ANKOLEITE K2(UO2)2(PO4)2 6H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Mongenyi pegmatite, Ankole district, Uganda;◦ Franklin, New jersey, USA;

• META-AUTUNITE Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 2-6H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Autun, France;◦ Daybreak mine (Dahl lease), Mount Kit Carson, near Mt Spokane, Spokane County,

Washington, USA;◦ Cunha Baixa Mine, Beira Alta Province,Portugal;◦ Assunção Mine, Sátão, Sao Vicente (Vizeu) District, Portugal;

• META-URANOCIRCITE (I) Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2 8H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Davier Mine, Black Hills, South Dakota, USA;

• META-URANOCIRCITE II (?) Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2 6H2OLW: Greenish YellowMW: SW: Greenish YellowMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• META-URANOPILITE (UO2)6(SO4)(OH)10 5H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Rabejac, Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

• META-URANOSPINITE Ca(UO2)2(AsO4)2 8H2OLW: Yellowish GreenMW: SW: Yellowish GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• METAHAIWEEITE (?) Ca(UO2)2Si6O15 nH2O (n<5)LW: GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Haiwee Reservoir, Coso District (New Coso District), Coso Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA;

• METAHEINRICHITE Ba(UO2)2(AsO4)2 8H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Schmiedestollen Halde, Wittichen, Schwarzwald, Germany;

• METAKIRCHHEIMERITE Co(UO2)2(AsO4)2 8H2OLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• METALODEVITE Zn(UO2)2(AsO4)2 10H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Lodève, Hérault, France;◦ Franklin, New jersey, USA;

• METAMUNIRITE NaVO3

LW: PinkMW: SW: PinkMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ San Miguel County, Colorado, USA;

• METANATRO-AUTUNITE Na2(UO2)2(PO4)2 6-8H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia;

• METANOVACEKITE Mg(UO2)2(AsO4)2 4-8H2OLW: Greenish YellowMW: SW: Greenish YellowMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• METASALEEITE Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2 8H2OLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• METASCHODERITE Al2(PO4)(VO4) 6H2OLW: Greenish YellowMW: SW: Greenish YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

• METASCHOEPITE UO3 nH2O (n=0,75-1)LW: MW: SW: Greenish YellowMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

Musonoi, Shaba province, Congo; Shinkolobwe, Congo;

• METASTUDTITE UO4 2H2OLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• METATYUYAMUNITE Ca(UO2)2(V2O8) 3H2OLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• METAVANDENDRIESSCHEITE PbU7O22 nH2O (n< 12)LW: MW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• METAVANMEERSSCHEITE U+6(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6 2H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Congo;

• METAVANURALITE Al(UO2)2 (V2O8)(OH) 8H2OLW:


• METAVOLTINE K2Na6Fe+2Fe6+3O2(SO4)12 18H2O


◦ 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 3H2OLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• METAZEUNERITE Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2 8H2OLW: Yellowish GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA (weak yellow-green LW)

• MEYERHOFFERITE Ca2B6O6(OH)10 2H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain 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: GreenMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Fe3+

Best Locality: ◦ Limecrest Quarry, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (red SW);◦ Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,

Greenland;◦ Old Mill Site, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New

Jersey, USA (pale blue SW)◦ Dassu, Skardu District, Pakistan;◦ Raikot, Chilas, Diamar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (bright blue SW);◦ Kenticha Mine, Ethiopia (fluo bright Red SW);◦ Burns Hill area, Milford, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, USA (red SW);◦ Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA (red SW);◦ Spinelli prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA (magenta-red SW);◦ Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA (blue SW)◦ Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA (blue

SW)◦ Cheyenne District, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA (red SW);◦ Buckwheat pit, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New

Jersey, USA (blue SW)

• MICROLITE (Ca,Na)2Ta2O6(O,OH,F)LW: Yellowish GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

• MILARITE KCa2AlBe2Si12O30 0,5H2OLW: Bluish WhiteMW: Bluish WhiteSW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Ce3+

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)3ClLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Langban, Sweden;◦ Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia (minor luminescence SW+LW);◦ Velardeña District, Mun. de Cuencamé, Durango, Mexico (minor luminescence

SW+LW);◦ San Pedro Mine, San Pedro Corralitos, Mun. de Casas Grandes, Chihuahua,

Mexico (minor luminescence SW+LW);◦ Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico (minor luminescence

SW+LW);◦ Mt Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory,

Australia (minor luminescence SW+LW);◦ Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico (minor

luminescence SW+LW);◦ Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic (minor luminescence

SW+LW);

• MINEEVITE-(Y) Na25Ba(Y,Gd,Dy)2(CO3)11(HCO3)4 (SO4)2F2ClLW: GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Alluaiv, Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia;

• MINEHILLITE (K,Na)2Ca28Zn5Al4Si40O112(OH)16

LW: BlueMW: BlueSW: BlueMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Franklin, New jersey, USA;

• MINIUM Pb2+2Pb+4O4

LW: OrangeMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Wendon, Arizona, USA;◦ Broken Hill, Australia

• MINYULITE KAl2(PO4)2(OH,F) 4H2OLW: WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Minyulo Well, Dandaragan, Western Australia, Australia;

• MIRABILITE Na2SO4 10H2OLW: MW: SW: Pinkish WhiteMain Activator: Organic impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Kara-Bogaz-gol bay, Turkmenistan;

• MISERITE K2(Ca,Y)10-11(Si12O30)(Si2O7)(OH)2F2

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Darai-Pioz Glacier (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz), Alai Range (Alayskiy), Tien Shan Mtn, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan;

◦ Vanadium mine at Wilson Hot Springs near Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA (Bright lemon-yellow SW associated with wollastonite (or pectolite?) fl.orange SW));

◦ North Wilson pit, Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs (Potash Sulfur Springs), Garland Co., Arkansas, USA (yellowish-white SW);

• MITRIDATITE Ca2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3 3H2O

LW: RedMW: SW:


• mizzoniteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• MOISSANITE-10R SiCLW: Orangy yellowMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• molybdoscheeliteLW: Not fluorescentMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ xjoeberg, Sweden;◦ Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden;

• MONAZITE-(Ce) (Ce,La,Nd,Th)PO4

LW: MW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Berg, Råde, Østfold, Norway (red-orange phosphorescence, De Ment, 1949);

• MONOHYDROCALCITE CaCO3 H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;

• MONTEBRASITE LiAl(PO4)(OH,F)LW: BlueMW: SW: Main Activator: UnknownBest Locality:

◦ Steward Mine, San Diego County, California, USA;◦ Russia;

• MONTEREGIANITE-(Y) (Na,K)6(Y,Ca)2Si16O38 10H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;

• MONTICELLITE CaMgSiO4

LW: PinkMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Best Locality:

• MONTMORILLONITE (Na,Ca)0,3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2 nH2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Langesundfjord, Norway;◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,

Greenland;◦ Grafton Center, NH, USA;

• MONTROYALITE Sr4Al8(CO3)3(OH,F)26 10-11H2OLW: White

MW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Francon Quarry, Montreal, Canada;

• MORDENITE (Na2,Ca,K2)4[Al8Si40O96] 28H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Conejo Grade summit at Thousand Oaks, California, USA;

• MOREAUITE Al3(UO2)(PO4)3(OH)2 13H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• morganiteLW: RedMW: 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 fluorescentMW: Not fluorescentSW: VioletMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Dara-i-Pioz glacial moraine, Alaisky mountain ridge, Tajikistan

• mossottiteLW: RedMW: RedSW: PinkMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Boccheggiano Mine, Siena, Tuscany, Italy;

• MULLITE Al6Si2O13


◦ Island of Mull, Loch Scridian, Scotland, England;

• MUNDITE Al(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)3 5,5H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• MURMANITE Na4Ti4+4(Si2O7)2O4 4H2OLW: MW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Lovozero massif, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia;

• MUSCOVITE-1M KAl2XAlSi3O10(OH)2


• NABAPHITE NaBaPO4 9H2OLW: WhiteMW:

SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Mine Dumps on Mount Yukspor, Khibina Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia

• NACAPHITE Na(Na,Ca)2(PO4)FLW: MW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Mn2+


• NAHCOLITE NaHCO3

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain 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


• NASONITE Pb6Ca4Si6O21Cl2


◦ Parker Shaft, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;◦ Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden (associated with SW blue fluo Baryte and SW

red fluo calcite);

• NATISITE Na2(TiO)SiO4

LW: MW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: TiO6Best Locality:

◦ Lovozero, Karnasurt Mt, Kola peninsula, Russia;◦ Khibina massif, Kola peninsula, Russia;

• NATRITE gamma Na2CO3

LW: Greenish whiteMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Lovozero, Kola peninsula Russia;

• NATROALUNITE Na2Al6(SO4)4(OH)12

LW: YellowMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Big Star deposit, Marysvale, Utah, USA;

• NATROBISTANTITE (Na,Cs)Bi(Ta,Nb,Sb)4O12

LW: Orange RedMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Pegmatite at Kyokbogor, China

• natroboltwooditeLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• NATROFAIRCHILDITE = NYEREREITE (?) Na2Ca(CO3)2


◦ Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia (weak orange LW + SW);

• NATROLITE Na2[Al2Si3O10] 2H2OLW: Greenish whiteMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Poudrette Quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada;◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,

Greenland;

• NATRON Na2CO3 10H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: O-

2Best Locality:

◦ A dry Lake in Kenya;◦ Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;◦ Keeler, Ca, USA (blue + blue afterglow)◦ Grenn River, Wyoming (pale orange LW, nothing SW)

• NATROPHOSPHATE Na7(PO4)2(F,Cl) 19H2OLW: OrangeMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Mount Yukspor, Khibina Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia;

• natrouranospiniteLW: MW:

SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• natrozippeiteLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• Bukov Mine, Rožná deposit, Vysočina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic

• NEFEDOVITE Na5Ca4(PO4)4FLW: Violet blueMW: SW: Main Activator: Ce3+


• NEIGHBORITE NaMgF3


Best Locality: ◦ Katuginskoye, East Siberia, Russia;

• NEKOITE Ca3Si6O15 7H2OLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• NENADKEVICHITE Na8-xNb4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4 8H2OLW: MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,

Greenland;

• NEPHELINE Na3KAl4Si4O16

LW: OrangeMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:


◦ Jebel Bou-Agrao, Tamazeght Mountain Range, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco (weak yellowish SW and LW, could be an alteration or other mineral covering nepheline);

◦ Michelsberg Quarry, Katzenbuckel, Eberbach, Odenwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (white-blue LW);

◦ Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan (not really fluorescent but covering sodalite)

• NESQUEHONITE Mg(HCO3)(OH) 2H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Puy Saint Gulmier, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France;◦ Golden, Colorado, USA;

• NEWBERYITE Mg(PO3OH) 3H2OLW: YellowMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Skipton Caves, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia;◦ Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;

• nicholsonite (Zincian aragonite)LW: MW: SW:


◦ 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 16H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Bukov Mine, Rožná deposit, Vysočina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic;

• NIFONTOVITE Ca3B6O6(OH)12 2H2OLW: VioletMW: SW: VioletMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Turinsk Region, North Urals, Russia;

• NIOCALITE Ca14Nb2(Si2O7)4(O6,F2)LW: MW: SW: Orange RedMain Activator: Best Locality:

• NITRATINE NaNO3


• NITER KNO3

LW: WhiteMW: SW: Main Activator:

Best Locality:

• noceriteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• NORBERGITE Mg3(SiO4)(F,OH)2

LW: Orangy yellowMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: TiO6Best Locality:

◦ Skräbböle quarry, Pargas (Parainen), Southwestern Finland Region, Finland (bright yellow SW)

◦ Crystal Lake fluoborite occurrence, Galway Township, Peterborough Co., Ontario, Canada (dull orange SW)

◦ York River, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada;◦ Limecrest Quarry, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (bright yellow

SW);◦ Franklin Quarry (Moses Bigelow Quarry; Farber Quarry), Franklin Marble, Franklin,

Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (bright yellow SW);◦ 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 RedMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain 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

Main Activator: Sm3+

Best Locality: ◦ Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;◦ Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikistan;

• NORDSTRANDITE Al(OH)3


• NORSETHITE BaMg(CO3)2

LW: OrangeMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Kremikovtzi Quarry, Sofiya Oblast, Bulgaria;

• NORTHUPITE Na3Mg(CO3)2ClLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA (bright yellowish-wite LW + phospho);

• NOSEANE Na8Al6Si6O24(SO4) H2OLW: Orangy yellowMW: SW: Orange RedMain 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);

• noseliteLW:


◦ Laach lake (Laacher See) volcanic complex, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (bright orange LW);

• NOVACEKITE Mg(UO2)2(AsO4)2 10-12H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Serra das Éguas, Brumado (Bom Jesus dos Meiras), Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil;

• NYEREREITE Na2Ca(CO3)2


◦ Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia;

• OKENITE Ca10Si18O46 18H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Godhavn, Greenland ( dim yellowish-white SW);◦ Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA (dim white-blue SW);

• OLDHAMITE (Ca,Mg,Fe,Mn)SLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• OLGITE Na(Sr,Ba)PO4


Best Locality: ◦ Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;

• OLIGOCLASE (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)408

LW: YellowMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Fe3+

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: RedMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Mn2+

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 WhiteMain Activator: Organic impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Khibina, Russia;

• onyxLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• OPALE SiO2 nH2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest 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);

• orangiteLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Langesundfjord Region, Norway;

• ORPHEITE PbAl3(PO4,SO4)2(OH)6 (?)LW: BlueMW: SW: BlueMain Activator: Best Locality: Bulgaria;

• ORTHOCLASE KAlSi3O8

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Fe3+

Best Locality:

• ORTHOSERPIERITE Ca(Cu+2,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 3H2OLW: VioletMW: SW: BlueMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Chessy Mine, France;

• OTAVITE CdCO3


◦ Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia;

• OYELITE Ca10Si8B2O29 12,5H2OLW: WhiteMW: SW: VioletMain Activator: Best Locality:


• ozocerite / (cire organique / organic wax)LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ Borislaw, URSS;◦ Tiflis, Iran;

• p-VEATCHITE Sr2B11O16(OH)5 H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Orangy yellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Billie Mine, Death Valley, California, USA;

• PABSTITE Ba(Sn,Ti)Si3O9

LW: Not fluorescentMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain 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 H2OLW: GreenishMW: SW: Main Activator: n[TiO6] clusterBest Locality:

◦ Katugin, East Siberia, Russia;

• PALYGORSKITE-M (Mg,Al)4Si8(O,OH,H2O)26 5H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• pandermiteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Bandirma, Balikesir, Turkey

• PARACELSIAN BaAl2Si2O8


◦ Bennalt mine, Caernarvonshire, Wales, United Kingdom (cherry red SW);

• PARAHOPEITE Zn3(PO4)2 4H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ International Adit, Oxide Mine, Ymir, British Columbia, Canada;◦ H.B. Mine, Salmo, British Columbia, Canada;

• PARAKELDYSHITE Na2ZrSi2O7

LW: Orangy yellowMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: n[TiO6] clusterBest Locality:

◦ Pegmatite Roadcut at Bratthagen, Lågendalen, Hedrum, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway◦ Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;◦ Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern

Region, Russia (yellow SW);◦ Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia;

• PARALAURIONITE PbCl(OH)LW: MW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Furnace slags of Laurion District, Attica, Greece;

• PARALSTONITE BaCa(CO3)2


◦ Minerva N°1 Mine, Cave in Rock, Illinois, USA;

• PARANIITE-(Y) Ca2Y(AsO4)(WO4,MoO4)2


◦ Pizzo Cervandone, Alpe Devero, Valle d’Ossola, Piedmont,Italy.◦ Fianel mine, Val Ferrera, Graubünden, Switzerland.

• PARASCHOEPITE (?) UO3 1-2H2OLW: Greenish Yellow


◦ San Rafael Swell, eastern Utah, USA;

• PARAVINOGRADOVITE (Na,X)2(Ti+4,Fe+3)4(Si7 Al)O22(OH)4 H2OLW: Yellowish GreenMW: SW: Yellowish GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Mount Kukisvumchorr, Khibina alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia

• parawollastonite CaSiO3

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Crestmore Quarry, Riverside county, California, USA;◦ a mine near Bau, Sarawak, Borneo (Bright orange SW);

• PARGASITE NaCa2(Mg4Al)Si6Al2O22(OH)2


◦ Amity, New York, USA;◦ Franklin, New jersey, USA;◦ Rudeville Quarry, Sussex County NJ, USA;◦ Limecrest Quarry, Sparta, NJ, USA (green pargasite fl.gray/blue SW associated with

phlogopite fl. brownish/yellow SW);

• PARVOWINCHITE Na(Na Mn)2(Mg4Fe+3)5Si8O22(OH)2

LW: RedMW: SW: Salmon pinkMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Balmat and Talcville, New York, USA;

• pecto-prehnite / (mixture / mélange PECTOLITE + PREHNITE)LW: MW: SW: Orange RedMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Parker Shaft, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;

• PECTOLITE NaCa2Si3O8(OH)LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: PinkSW: OrangeMain Activator: Mn2+

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);◦ Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie,

Québec, Canada (magenta pink LW+SW);◦ Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway (yellowish white SW);◦ Lower New Street, Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, USA (orange LW, pink

SW);◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,

Greenland;

• PENFIELDITE Pb2Cl3(OH)LW: YellowMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Furnace slags of the Laurion District, Attica, Greece ;◦ Margarita mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Chile;

• PENKVILKSITE-1M Na4Ti2Si8O22 5H2OLW: MW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Ti3+

Best Locality:

• PENNANTITE Mn5+2Al (Si3Al)O10(OH)8


Best Locality: ◦ Saranovskoye chromium deposit , North Urals, Russia;

• pennineLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• PENTAHYDROBORITE CaB2O(OH)6 2H2OLW: VioletMW: SW: VioletMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Turinsk, Ural Mountains, Russia;

• PERICLASE MgOLW: MW: SW: Pale YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;◦ Brewster, Terlingua, TX, USA;

• periclineLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;

• pearlsLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• perthite ORTHOCLASELW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• PETALITE LiAlSi4O10


◦ 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 WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• PEZZOTTAITE CsBe2LiAl2Si6O18


Best Locality: ◦ Sakavalana, Madagascar;

• phacoliteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• PHARMACOLITE Ca(HAsO4) 2H2OLW: WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Wittichen, Germany;◦ Franklin, New jersey, USA;

• PHENACITE Be2SiO4

LW: MW: SW: RedMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Mount Antero, Chaffe county, Colorado, USA; Madagascar;

• PHILLIPSITE-Ca (Ca0,5,K,Na,Ba0,5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32] 12H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Vesuvio, Napoli, Italy;

• PHLOGOPITE-1M KMg3AlSi3O10(OH)2

LW: MW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Mn2+

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 RedMain Activator: Best Locality:

• PHOSGENITE Pb2(CO3)Cl2

LW: YellowMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Monteponi, Sardinia, Italy;◦ Touissit, Morocco;

• phosphorite roche sedimentaire riche en phosphate /sedimentary rockLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Greenish whiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• PHOSPHURANYLITE (H3O)3KCa(UO2)7O4(PO4)4 8H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest 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 10H2OLW: MW: SW: Yellowish GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Kobokobo Pegmatite, Lusungu River District, Kivu, Congo(Zaïre);

• PHURCALITE Ca2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 7H2OLW: Yellowish GreenMW: SW: Yellowish GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Posey mine, San Juan county, Utah, USA;

• PICKERINGITE MgAl2(SO4)4 22H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Cerros Pintados, near Iquique, Chile (?);

• PICROMERITE K2Mg(SO4)2 6H2OLW: WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Rossleben, former DDR (German Democratic Republic);

• PICROPHARMACOLITE Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO3OH)2 11H2OLW: WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Sainte-Marie-aux-mines, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France;◦ Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New jersey, USA;

• moonstoneLW: MW: SW:


• pinite / (pseudomorphs after silicate minerals mix of mica and clay minerals)LW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• PINNOITE MgB2O(OH)6



• PIRSSONITE Na2Ca(CO3)2 2H2OLW: OrangeMW: SW: Greenish BlueMain Activator: Best Locality:


• plagioclase / Anglo-Saxon name for ALBITE/ANORTHITE serieLW: MW: SW: RedMain Activator: Fe3+

Best Locality: ◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,

Greenland;

• PLASILITE Na(UO2)(SO4)(OH) 2H2OLW: GreenMW: Not fluorescentSW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Blue Lizard Mine, Chocolate Drop, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

• PLOMBIERITE Ca5H2Si6O18 6H2O (?)LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:


• plumbocalcite / (voir/see CALCITE (Pb bearing calcite))LW: RedMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Best Locality:

• PLUMBOJAROSITE Pb0,5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6


• PLUMBONACRITE (?) Pb5O(CO3)3(OH)2 (?)LW: YellowMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Furnace slags of the Laurion district , Attica, Greece;

• POLDERVAARTITE Ca(Ca0,5Mn0,5+2)(SiO3OH)(OH)


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 WhiteMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Mn2+

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


◦ Poudrette Quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada;◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,

Greenland;◦ Vesle Aroya, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;

• POWELLITE CaMoO4

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: MoO4

2-

Best Locality: ◦ Pandulena quarry, Nasik district, India;◦ Mahodari, Nasik, Pune (Poona), Maharashtra, India;◦ Nangaon, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India;◦ Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India;

• pravditeLW: GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:


• PREHNITE Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Pb2+

Best Locality: ◦ Franklin mine, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;◦ Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Shipton Township, Richmond Co., Québec, Canada;◦ Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada;◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,

Greenland;◦ Taza, Taza Province, Taza-Al Hoceïma-Taounate Region, Morocco (dull

luminescence SW+LW);◦ Near Langban, Sweden (SW White);

• PREOBRAZHENSKITE Mg3B11O15(OH)9



• PRETULITE ScPO4


• PRICEITE Ca2B5O7(OH)5 H2OLW: Orangy yellowMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Thomson and Boraxo n°1 Pit, Death Valley, California, USA;

• PROBERTITE NaCaB5O7(OH)4 3H2OLW: YellowMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Billie Mine, Death Valley, California, USA (fl. creamy white);

• PROSOPITE CaAl2(F,OH)8

LW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Orangy yellowMain Activator: Ce3+

Best Locality: ◦ Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland;

• PRZHEVALSKITE Pb(UO2)2(PO4)2 4H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• PSEUDO-AUTUNITE (H3O)4Ca2(UO2)2(PO4)4 5H2O (?)LW: MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Found in ultrabasic-alkalic rock in Northern Karelia, Russia;

• pseudowavelliteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• ptiloliteLW:


• PYROCHLORE (Na,Ca)2Nb2O6(OH,F)LW: Yellowish GreenMW: SW: Yellowish GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

• PYROMORPHITE Pb5(PO4)3ClLW: YellowishMW: Orangy yellowSW: OrangeMain Activator: Eu3+

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 RedMW: SW: Main Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality:

• PYROPHYLLITE-1A Al2Si4O10(OH)2


◦ Staley, NC, USA (pale orange SW, De Ment);◦ Graves Montain, GA, USA;

• QUARTZ alpha (low) SiO2

LW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest 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 18H2OLW: Greenish YellowMW: SW: Greenish YellowMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Lucky Strike N°2 mine, Emery county, Utah, USA;◦ Belorechenskoe deposit (Belorechenskoye; Dakhovskoe; Belaya Rechka), Adygea

Republic (Adygeya), Northern Caucasus Region, Russia;

• RABEJACITE Ca(UO2)4(SO4)2(OH)6 6H2OLW: YellowMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Rabejac, near Lodève, France;

• ramsayiteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator:

Best Locality:

• ranquiliteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• RANUNCULITE HAl(UO2)PO4(OH)3 4H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: Yellowish GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Kobokobo, Kivu, Congo

• RAPIDCREEKITE Ca2(SO4)(CO3) 4H2OLW: MW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada;

• RASPITE PbWO4

LW: MW: SW: Brownish GreenMain Activator: WO4

2-

Best Locality: ◦ Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales,

Australia;

• RAVATITE C14H10

LW: BlueMW: SW: BlueMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest 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 WhiteMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

Dushanbe, Tadzhikistan

• REEDMERGNERITE NaBSi3O8


◦ Dara-I-Poiz, Tadzhikistan;

• REFIKITE C20H32O2

LW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ From Mont´orio al Vomano, 10 km southwest of Teramo, Abruzzi, Italy;◦ Found near Kolbermoor, Bavaria, Germany;◦ Kr´asno, Czech Republic;

• REMONDITE-(Ce) Na3(Ce,La,Ca,Na,Sr)3(CO3)5


◦ Mont-St-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;

• RENARDITE (discredited) / ( Pb(UO2)4(PO4)2(OH)4 7(H2O) probably a form of DEWINDTITE )LW: MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• retinite / (general term for a group of fossil resinscontaining no succinic acid)LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Greenish whiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ Espenhain, former DDR, Germany;

• REVDITE Na16[Si4O6(OH)5]2[Si8O15(OH)6](OH)10 28H2OLW: BlueMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:


• RHODIZITE (K,Cs)Al4Be4(B,Be)12O28

LW: YellowMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Manjaka Mine, Mount Bity (Ibity), Madagascar;◦ Anjanabonoina, Madagascar (fluo bright orange SW and weak white LW);

• RHODOCHROSITE Mn+2CO3


Best Locality: ◦ N Chwaning 2 Mine, near Kuruman, South-Africa;◦ Marquette, MI, USA (pink LW);

• rhodoliteLW: Orange RedMW: SW: Main Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality:

• RHODONITE (Mn+2,Fe+2,Mg,Ca)SiO3

LW: RedMW: SW: Main Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Kapnik, Hungary (bright red LW, dim red SW);◦ Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden (dim red LW?);◦ Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

(dull red LW);

• RICHTERITE Na(CaNa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2

LW: GreenishMW: SW: Main Activator: Fe3+

Best Locality: ◦ Murun, Aldan Plateau Yakutia;

• RIVERSIDEITE Ca5Si6O16(OH)2 2H2OLW: YellowMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

• ROEBLINGITE Pb2Ca6Mn+2(Si6O18)(SO4)2(OH)2 4H2OLW: RedMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Langban, Sweden;

◦ Parker Shaft, Franklin, New jersey, USA;

• ROSENBUSCHITE (Ca,Na)12(Zr,Ti)4(Si2O7)4(O4F4)LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Skutesundskjaer near Barkevik, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,

Greenland;

• ROSENHAHNITE Ca3Si3O8(OH)2


◦ Highway 101 Cut, near Cloverdale, Mendocino County, California, USA;◦ Durham Quarry, Wake County, North Carolina, USA;

• rumanite / ( ou rumanite)LW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ Colţi (Buzău County), Romania

• rubelliteLW: 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);

• RubyLW: Red

MW: RedSW: RedMain Activator: Cr3+

Best Locality: ◦ Longido, Kilimandjaro, Tanzania;◦ Kleggåsen 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: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Urugurse Mt., East Africa;◦ Newry, ME, USA;◦ Beryl Montains, NH, USA;

• SABINAITE Na4Zr2TiO4(CO3)4


◦ Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;◦ Francon Quarry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada;

• SABUGALITE H0,5Al0,5(UO2)2(PO4)2 8H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Quarta Seira mine, Sabugal, Portugal;◦ Mine de Margnac, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France;

• SALEEITE Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2 10H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Urucum pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil;◦ Saléeite de Shinkolobwe, Katanga, R.D. du Congo;

• SAL AMMONIAC (SALMIAC) alpha NH4ClLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: BlueMain Activator: Best Locality:

• salpeterLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• SAMFOWLERITE Ca28Mn6Zn4(Be,Zn)4Be12(SiO4)12(Si2O7)8(OH)12


◦ Franklin, NJ, USA;

• SANBORNITE BaSi2O5


◦ Rush creek, Fresno county, California, USA;

• SANIDINE (K,Na)(Si,Al)4O8

LW:

MW: SW: PinkMain Activator: Best Locality:


• sapphireLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• SAPONITE (Ca0,5,Na)0,3(Mg,Fe+2)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2 4H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Lavec, CA, USA;

• SASSOLITE H3BO3

LW: BlueMW: SW: BlueMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Larderello, Tuscany, Italy;

• SATIMOLITE KNa2Al4B6O15Cl3 13H2OLW: MW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Ivrea, Italy;

• SAZYKINAITE-(Y) Na5YZrSi6O18 6H2OLW: MW: SW: Green


• scapolite / (Group: MEIONITE, MARIALITE )LW: Violet redMW: Orange RedSW: RedMain Activator: Fe3+

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, Québec, 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, Québec, Canada (dull pink)

• SCAWTITE Ca7(Si6O18)(CO3) 2H2OLW: MW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:


• schöniteLW: WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Rossleben, former DDR, Germany;

• schalenblendeLW: OrangeMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Olkusz, Olkusz District, Małopolskie, Poland;◦ Plombières-Vieille Montagne (Plombières-Altenberg) District, Verviers, Liège

Province, Belgium;◦ Schmalgraf Mine, Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne (Plombières-

Altenberg) District, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium;

• SCHEELITE CaWO4

LW: Violet PinkMW: YellowSW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: WO4

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Best Locality: ◦ 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


◦ Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre);

◦ Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre);

◦ San Rafael Swell, eastern Utah, USA;

• SCHROECKINGERITE NaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F 10H2OLW: Bluish GreenMW: SW: Bluish GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Hillside mine, Yavapai county, Arizona, USA;

• SCOLECITE Ca[Al2Si3O10] 3H2OLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

• SEARLESITE NaBSi2O5(OH)2

LW: OrangeMW: SW: Greenish whiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;◦ Point of Rocks, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA;◦ Green River area, Sweet Water County, Wyoming, USA;

• seleniteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• SELLAITE MgF2


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 GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Djebel-Hamimat mine , Ain Beida, Algeria;

• SEPIOLITE Mg4Si6O15(OH)2 6H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Eskisehir, Turkey;

• septariaLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Boom, Belgium;

• serpentineLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• severginiteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• SHARPITE Ca(UO2)6(CO3)5(OH)4 6H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• SHIBKOVITE K(Ca,Mn,Na)2(K2-xXx)2Zn3Si12O30

LW: MW: Orangy yellowSW: Red

Main Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikistan;

• SHOMIOKITE-(Y) Na3(Y,Dy)(CO3)3 3H2OLW: MW: SW: Orangy yellowMain Activator: Eu3+

Best Locality: ◦ Mt Alluaiv, Kola peninsula, Russia;

• SHORTITE Na2Ca2(CO3)3

LW: YellowMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Dy3+

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 WhiteMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Paris, ME, USA (var. fibrolite, dim red SW);

• simetiteLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ Simeto River, Sicily, Italy

• SIMONELLITE C19H24

LW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ Fognano, Montepulciano, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy;

• SIMPSONITE Al4(Ta,Nb)3O13(O,OH,F)LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain 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 4H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Kamoto-Est, Katanga, R.D. du Congo;◦ Shinkolobwe, Katanga, R.D. du Congo;

• SLAWSONITE (Sr,Ca)Al2Si2O8

LW: MW: SW: Violet redMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Kagami Village, Tosagun, Kochi Prefecture, Japan;

• SMITHSONITE ZnCO3

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Mn2+

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: OrangeMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: S2

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Best Locality: ◦ Brevik, Langesundfjord, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;◦ Bancroft, Ontario, Canada;◦ Khibiny massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia;◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,

Greenland;◦ Kangerluarsuk Fjord (Kangerdluarssuq Fjord), Ilímaussaq 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 2H2OLW: TawnMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• SODIUM AUTUNITE Na2(UO2)2(PO4)2 10-16H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ From a granodiorite in an unspecified locality in the former Soviet Union;

• SODIUM BOLTWOODITE (Na,K)(UO2)SiO3(OH) 1,5H2OLW: MW: SW: Yellowish GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia;

• SODIUM URANOSPINITE (Na2,Ca)(UO2)2(AsO4)2 5H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ “Mina Eureka” término de Castell-estaó, La Torre de Cabdella, provincia de Lérida, Spain;

• SODIUM-ZIPPEITE Na4(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10 4H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Bukov Mine, Rožná deposit, Vysočina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic;◦ Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida

province, Spain;

• SOGDIANITE (Zr,Ti+4,Fe+3,Al)2(X,Na)2K[Li3Si12O30] ou Zr2KLi3Si12O30

LW: MW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Ti - OBest Locality:

◦ Dara-I-Poiz glacier, Alayskiy Range, Tien Shan mountains, Tadzhikistan;

• sombreriteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Sombrero Island (Sombrero; Hat Island), Anguilla, British West Indies;

• SORENSENITE Na4Sn+4Be2(Si3O9)2 2H2OLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: TiO6Best Locality:


• SULPHUR (ALPHA) alpha SLW: MW: SW: GreenishMain Activator: UnknownBest Locality:

• SPENCERITE Zn4(PO4)2(OH)2 3H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Hudson Bay Mine, Salmo, British Colombia, Canada;

• SPESSARTINE Mn3+2Al2(SiO4)3

LW: Orange RedMW: SW: Main Activator: Cr3+

Best Locality:

• SPHALERITE (Zn,Fe)SLW: Orange

MW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Sterling Hill mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, Sussex county, New jersey, USA;◦ Massive sphalérite in Baryte matrix, Hot Springs, Madison County, North Carolina,

USA;◦ Luccheti Quarry, Carrara area, Tuscany, Italy (xl in marble fluorescing yellow);◦ Hasselhojden, Grythyttan, Hällefors, Västmanland, Sweden;◦ Las Manforas Mine, Camaleño, Cantabria, Spain (red LW);

• spheneLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• SPINELLE MgAl2O4


Best Locality: ◦ Mogok, Burma;◦ Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam;

• SPODUMENE LiAlSi2O6

LW: Orange RedMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Mn2+

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: WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Velardeña District, Mun. de Cuencamé, Durango, Mexico (De Ment 1949);

• STEACYITE Th(Ca,Na)2K1-xSi8O20 (x=0.2-0.4)LW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Murunski Massif, near Aldon, south of the Lena River, Siberia, Russia;◦ Aldan Shield, Sahka republic (Yakutia), Russia;

• steatiteLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Greenish whiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• STEENSTRUPITE-(Ce) Na14Ce6Mn+2Mn+3Fe2+2(Zr,Th)(Si6O18)2(PO4)7 3H2O

LW: MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:


• STEIGERITE AlVO4 3H2OLW: Pale YellowMW: SW:


• STELLERITE Ca[Al2Si7O18] 7H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• STEVENSITE (Ca/2)0,3Mg3Si4O10(OH)2


◦ New Street quarry, Paterson, New jersey, USA;

• STILBITE-Ca (Ca0,5,Na,K)9[Al9Si27O72] 28H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Organic impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Upper New Sreet, Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, USA;

• STILLWELLITE-(Ce) (Ce,La,Ca)BSiO5

LW: MW: SW: BlueMain Activator: Sm3+

Best Locality: ◦ Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikistan;

• STOLZITE Pb(WO4)LW: Orange RedMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: WO4

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Best Locality:

◦ Sainte-Lucie Mine, St Léger-de-Peyre, Marvejols, Lozère, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (Zoned fluo yellow LW+SW);

◦ Tsumeb, Namibia (Bright yellow SW and Bright orange-red LW);◦ Broken Hill Proprietary Mine (Proprietary Mine; BHP Mine), Broken Hill,

Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

• STRELKINITE Na2(UO2)2(V2O8) 6H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: Yellowish GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Basaral occurrence, Bota-Burum U deposit, Alakol' Lake, Chu-Ili Mts, Balkhash Region, Dzhezkazgan Oblast', Kazakhstan former Soviet Union;

• stroganoviteLW: 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 WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Organic impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Winfield, Union Co., Pennsylvania, USA;◦ Münsterland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (pink LW);◦ Strontian, North West Highlands, Scotland, UK (yellowish-white LW with baryte

bluish white LW);

• strontio-aragoniteLW: RedMW: SW: PinkMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Boccheggiano mines, Montieri, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy (red SW and LW);

• strontiocalciteLW: YellowMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain 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 RedMain Activator: Sm3+

Best Locality: ◦ Lake Sayd, Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;

• STRUNZITE Mn+2Fe2+3(PO4)2(OH)2 6H2O


◦ Mount Palermo, North groton, New hampshire, USA;◦ Hagendorf pegmatite, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany;

• STUDTITE UO4 4H2OLW: MW: SW: Yellowish GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Shinkolobwe-Kasolo, Shaba, Congo;◦ Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Germany;

• succiniteLW: Yellowish WhiteMW:

SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

• SULFOHALITE Na6(SO4)2FClLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:


• SUOLUNITE Ca2Si2O5(OH)2 H2OLW: Greenish whiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Al Khawd, Oman;

• SUSANNITE Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2


◦ Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland, England;

• SVABITE Ca5(AsO4)3(F,OH)LW: MW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Mn2+

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 )◦ Franklin, New Jersey, USA;◦ A skarn at Solongo, Buriat Republic, Russia;◦ Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark district, Filipstad, Värmland,

Sweden (Svabite pseudomorphose after Tilasite see picture: http://www.mindat.org/photo-436631.html )

• SVYATOSLAVITE CaAl2Si2O8

LW: YellowishMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

◦ From burning coal dumps in the Chelyabinsk coal basin, Southern Urals, Russia;

• SWARTZITE CaMg(UO2)(CO3)3 12H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Hillside mine, Yavapai county, Arizona, USA;◦ Rifle mine, East Rifle Creek area, Garfield County, Colorado, USA;

• SWEDENBORGITE NaBe4SbO7

LW: RedMW: SW: BlueMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Langban, Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden (LW red or blue) (?);

• sylviniteLW: MW: SW: RedMain Activator: Best Locality:

• SYLVITE KClLW: MW: SW: PinkMain Activator: Best Locality:

• SZAIBELYITE Mg2(B2O4OH)(OH)LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Coating on a serpentine at Stinson Beach, California, USA;◦ Crestmore, Riverside, CA, USA;

• taaffeiteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• TACHARANITE Ca12Al2Si18O51 18H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• TADZHIKITE-(Ce) Ca4Ce2TiX2[Si4B4O22](OH)2

LW: MW: SW: Greenish YellowMain Activator: Ti - OBest Locality:

◦ Darai-Pioz Glacier, Alai Range, Tien Shan Mtn, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan;

• TAINIOLITE-1M KLiMg2Si4O10F2

LW: MW: SW: PinkMain Activator: Fe3+

Best Locality: ◦ Magnet Cove, AR., USA;

• TALC-1A Mg3Si4O10(OH)2


Best Locality: ◦ Balmat and Talcville, New york, USA;◦ Franklin, New jersey, USA;◦ Jefferson, NY, USA (var Rensselaerite, talc after pyroxene yellowish-white LW);

• TALMESSITE Ca2Mg(AsO4)2 2H2OLW: Yellowish GreenMW: SW: Yellowish GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, USA;◦ Talmessi Mine, Anarak, Iran;

• taprobaniteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• TARANAKITE (K,Na)3(Al,Fe+3)5(PO4)2(PO3OH)6 18H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ South Farallon Island (Southeast Farallon Island), Farallon Islands, San Francisco Co., California, USA;

• TARBUTTITE Zn2(PO4)(OH)LW: OrangeMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia;

• tarnowitziteLW: WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain 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: RedMain Activator: Fe3+

Best Locality: ◦ Murun, near Aldan, Yakutia, Russia;

• TELYUSHENKOITE CsNa6[Be2(Si,Al,Zn)18O39F2]LW: MW: SW: VioletMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Dara-i-Pioz, Tadzhikistan;

• TERLINGUAITE Hg2ClOLW: Salmon pinkMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA;

• TERSKITE Na4ZrSi6O15(OH)2 H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: GreenSW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:


◦ Shkatulka pegmatite, Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia;

• TERTSCHITE Ca4B10O19 20H2OLW: VioletMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Kurtpinari mine, Faras, Turquey;

• tetranatrolite (IMA discredited)LW: PinkMW: SW: PinkMain Activator: S2

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Best Locality: ◦ Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,

Greenland;

• THAUMASITE Ca6Si2(CO3)2(SO4)2(OH)12 24H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Paterson, New Jersey, USA;◦ Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA;

• THENARDITE Na2SO4

LW: Yellowish WhiteMW:

SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Near Sodaville, Nevada, USA;◦ Searles Lake, California, USA;

• thinoliteLW: OrangeMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• THOMSONITE-Ca Ca2Na[Al5Si5O20] 6H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: BluishMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Lower and Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, USA;◦ Franklin, New jersey, USA;

• THORIKOSITE Pb3(Sb+3,As+3)O3(OH)Cl2LW: MW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Laurion District, Attica, Greece;

• THORITE (Th,U)SiO4


◦ Langesundfjord Region, Norway (yellowish variety called orangite and fluorescing green SW&LW);

• THORNASITE Na12Th3[Si8O19]4 18H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ DeMix-Varennes Quarry, Saint Amable Sill, Varennes, Quebec, Canada;

• THOROGUMMITE Th(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x

LW: MW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

• thorstite ?LW: Greenish YellowMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality: Murun Alkali Massif

• THREADGOLDITE Al(UO2)2(PO4)2(OH) 8H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Kobokobo, Kivu, Congo;

• thuliteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• Tiffany stoneLW: GreenMW: SW: Green

Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Brush Beryllium Mine in Juab Co., Utah, USA;◦ Spor Mountain deposit, Spor Mountain, Juab Co., Utah, USA;

• TILASITE CaMg(AsO4)FLW: MW: SW: Salmon pinkMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Langban, Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden ◦ Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;◦ Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark district, Filipstad, Värmland,

Sweden

• TILLEYITE Ca5Si2O7(CO3)2


◦ Crestmore Quarry, Crestmore, Riverside County, California, USA;

• TINAKSITE K2N (Ca,Mn+2)2TiSi7O19(OH)LW: OrangeMW: SW: Main Activator: n[TiO6] clusterBest Locality:

◦ Murun, Aldan, Russia;Khibina Massif, Russia (Tinaksite-(Mn));

• TINCALCONITE Na6[B4O5(OH)4]3 8H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:


• tiroditeLW: RedMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ International Talc Company Mine (Reynolds Mine), Talcville, St. Lawrence Co.,

New York, USA;

• TITANITE CaTiSiO5

LW: MW: SW: Dark Orange /TawnMain Activator: Radiation induced centersBest Locality:

◦ Franklin Marble, Rudeville, New Jersey, USA (weak brown SW);◦ Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil;

• TOBERMORITE Ca5Si6(O,OH)18 5H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:


• TOPAZE Al2SiO4(F,OH)2

LW: OrangeMW: SW: Greenish whiteMain Activator: TiO6Best Locality:

◦ Shingus, Skardu District, Gilgit valley, Pakistan (yellowish);◦ Mine de Vermelhão, Saramenha,Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil (very weak or laser

induced red,Cr3+);◦ Schneckenstein, former DDR, Germany (SW weak Yellow/green (De Ment));◦ Boise Co., Idaho, USA (Yellow-orange)

• tourmaline / (Group: see/voir ELBAITE, UVITE, DRAVITE)LW: MW:

SW: Main Activator: Cr3+

Best Locality:

• travertin / (variete de calcaire / variety of limestone)LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Greenish whiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• TREMOLITE XCa2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2

LW: OrangeMW: SW: Orange RedMain Activator: Mn2+

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


◦ Obsidian Cliff in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, USA (in obsidian);◦ Big Lue Mountains, Greenlee county, Arizona, USA;

• TRIMERITE CaMn2+2Be3(SiO4)3


◦ Langban, Sweden (SW pink, LW Yellow);

• tripoli / (roche sedimentaire / sedimentary rock)LW: MW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• TROEGERITE (UO2)3(AsO4)2 12H2O (?)LW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• TRONA Na3(CO3)(HCO3) 2H2OLW: Orangy yellowMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Westvaco, Wyoming, USA (Pale yellow);◦ Searles Lake, California, USA (Bright blue-white);

• troostiteLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

• Franklin, New Jersey, USA;

• TSCHERNICHITE-M Ca3,8Mg1,7Na1,6K0,4(Al,Si)64O128 65H2OLW: Pale YellowMW: SW: Pale YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

• tugtuliteLW: Orange RedMW: OrangeSW: Pinkish White

Main Activator: S2-

Best Locality:

• TUGTUPITE Na4AlBeSi4O12ClLW: OrangeMW: Pinkish WhiteSW: Orange RedMain Activator: S2

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Best Locality: ◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,

Greenland;◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Taseq slopes, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,

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

Greenland;◦ Mont St hilaire, Quebec, Canada;

• TUNELLITE SrB6O9(OH)2 3H2OLW: YellowMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Boron, california, USA;

• TUNISITE NaCa2Al4(CO3)4(OH)8ClLW: OrangeMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• TURKESTANITE Th (Ca,Na)2 (K1-x Xx) Si8 O20 nH2 OLW: MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikistan;

• TURNEAUREITE Ca5(AsO4,PO4)3 ClLW: MW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA;◦ N°4 Mine, Balmat, St Lawrence County, New York, USA;◦ Langban, Sweden;

• TURQUOISE CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 4H2OLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• TUSCANITE K(Ca,Na)6(Si,Al)10O22(SO4,CO3,(OH)2) H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Ditch Attica, near Rome, Italy;

• TVEITITE-(Y) Ca14Y5F43


◦ Barringer Hill, Llano and Burnet Counties, Texas, USA (now under Lake Buchanan!);

◦ Hoydalen, Telemark, Norway;

• TYCHITE Na6Mg2(CO3)4(SO4)LW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:


• TYUYAMUNITE Ca(UO2)2(V2O8) 5-8H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• ULEXITE NaCaB5O6(OH)6 5H2OLW: WhiteMW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:


• UMBITE K2ZrSi3O9 H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Main Activator: n[TiO6] clusterBest Locality:

◦ Khibina Massif, Kola peninsula, Russia;

• URALBORITE CaB2O2(OH)4

LW: MW: SW: VioletMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Turinsk, Northern Ural Mountains, Russia;

• URALOLITE Ca2Be4(PO4)3(OH)3 5H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish GreenMain 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)2.6H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Bota-Burum U-Mo Deposit, south of Alakol'Lake, southwestern Balkhash area, Southern Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan;

• URAMPHITE (NH4)2(UO2)2(PO4)2 6H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ found in a uranium-coal deposit in the former Soviet Union;

• URANOCIRCITE Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2 12H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Bergen, Germany;◦ Menzenschwand, Black Forest region, Germany;◦ San Pedro mine, Malacacheta, Minas Gerais, Brazil;

• URANOPHANE Ca(UO2)2[SiO3(OH)]2 5H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Grants District, New Mexico, USA;◦ Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida

province, Spain;

• URANOPHANE-BETA Ca(UO2)2[(SiO3OH)]2 5H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Badgastein, Austria;

• URANOPILITE (UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6 14H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Rabejac, Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France ;◦ Eisleben, former DDR, Germany;

• URANOSPATHITE Al0,5-1(UO2)4(PO4)4 20-21H2O F<1LW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:


◦ Mina El Pedregal, Badajoz, Coimbra, Spain

• URANOSPINITE Ca(UO2)2(AsO4)2 10H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Háje, Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic;

• URSILITE (?) (Mg,Ca)4(UO2)4(Si2O5)5,5(OH)5 13H2OLW: MW: SW: Green

Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Former Soviet union;

• USSINGITE Na2AlSi3O8(OH)LW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Lovozero massif, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia;◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,

Greenland;

• UVAROVITE Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3


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: YellowMW: SW: Orangy yellowMain Activator: TiO6Best 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 WhiteMW: SW: GreenishMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ Valchov, Boskovice, South Moravia Region, Moravia, Czech Republic;

• VANADINITE Pb5(VO4)3ClLW: YellowMW: SW: Greenish YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

• Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico;

• VANDENBRANDEITE Cu+2(UO2)(OH)4


• Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo(Zaïre);

• VANDENDRIESSCHEITE Pb1,5[(UO2)10)O6(OH)11] 11H2OLW: TawnMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• VANMEERSSCHEITE U(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6 4H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality: Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Congo;

• VANURALITE Al(UO2)2(V2O8)(OH) 11H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality: Munana, Gabon;

• vanuxemiteLW: TawnMW: SW:


• VARISCITE AlPO4 2H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Fairfield, Utah, USA;◦ Lewiston, Utah, USA;

• VATERITE CaCO3

LW: MW: Greenish BlueSW: Main Activator: Organic impuritiesBest Locality:

• VAUXITE Fe+2 Al2 (PO4)2 (OH)2 6H2 OLW: Pinkish WhiteMW: Not fluorescentSW: Pinkish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province (Bustillos Province), Potosí Department, Bolivia;

• veatchite-pLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• VESUVIANITE Ca10Mg2Al4(SiO4)5(Si2O7)2(OH)4

LW: Orangy yellowMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Québec, Canada;◦ Lake Jaco, Chihuahua, Mexico (en association avec grenats / with garnet );◦ Pulga deposit, Pulga, Butte Co., California, USA (var. californite);

◦ Ludwig, NV, USA (yellow LW);

• VILLIAUMITE NaFLW: RedMW: SW: RedMain 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);◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,

Greenland;

• VINOGRADOVITE Na8Ti8O8(Si2O6)4[(Si3Al)O10]2 [(H2O),(Na,K)2]LW: MW: SW: YellowishMain Activator: TiO6Best Locality:

◦ Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;◦ Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern

Region, Russia;◦ Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province,

Greenland;

• VITUSITE-(Ce) Na3(Ce,La,Nd)(PO4)2

LW: RedMW: SW: BlueMain Activator: Ce3+

Best Locality: ◦ Yubileinaya vein, Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;◦ Rasvumchorr Mt. Khibiny, Kola, Russia;◦ Kitaa Province, Greenland;

• VLASOVITE-1A Na2ZrSi4O11

LW: Orangy yellowMW: SW: Orangy yellow

Main Activator: n[TiO6] clusterBest Locality:

◦ Kipawa Complex, Sheffield Lake, Témiscamingue County, Quebec, Canada;◦ Burpala, Patom plateau, East Siberia, Russia;

• VOGLITE Ca2Cu+2(UO2)(CO3)4 6H2O (?)LW: Greenish BlueMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Krusné Hory (Erzgebirge), Západoceský Kraj, Bohemia, Czech Republic;

• White Canyon #1 Mine, Frey Point, San Juan County, Utah, USA;

• voltzite / (mix of WURTZITE and organometalic zinc compound)LW: OrangeMW: SW: OrangeMain Activator: Best Locality:

• VUONNEMITE Na11Ti+4Nb2(Si2O7)2(PO4)2O3(F,OH)LW: Greenish whiteMW: SW: Greenish YellowMain Activator: Ti3+

Best Locality: ◦ Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;◦ Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;◦ Ilimaussaq, Greenland;

• WADEITE K2ZrSi3O9

LW: MW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: n[TiO6] clusterBest Locality:

◦ Khibina, Kola peninsula, Russia;

• walchoviteLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ Moravia, Czech republic;

• WALSTROMITE BaCa2Si3O9

LW: MW: OrangeSW: OrangeMain Activator: Mn2+

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 5H2OLW: Bluish WhiteMW: GreenSW: Bluish WhiteMain 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

• websteriteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• WEEKSITE (K,Ba,Ca)2(UO2)2Si5O13 H2OLW: MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic

Best Locality:

• weinschenkiteLW: MW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• WELOGANITE Na2Sr3Zr(CO3)6 3H2OLW: PinkMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Francon Quarry, Montreal, Jacques Cartier County, Québec, Canada;

• wernerite / (voir aussi/see also MARIALITE)LW: YellowMW: SW: YellowishMain Activator: S2

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Best Locality: ◦ Otter Lake, Grenville, Quebec, Canada;◦ McGill Scapolite Prospect (Mc Gill Farm), Pointe-au-Chêne, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge,

Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada◦ Grenville Scapolite Prospect, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides,

Québec, Canada◦ Valyermo, California, USA;◦ Fort Coulonge Quebec, Canada (associated with blue sodalite, hauyne fl.orange LW

and diopside fl.blue SW);◦ Old St. Joe Mine in Edwards NY, USA (1969, associated with lazurite, phlogopite fl.

yellow SW, hauyne fl. orange LW, diopside fl.skyblue SW);◦ Autoroute 50 roadcut, Argenteuil County, Quebec, Canada;◦ Beluga sapphire property, Kimmirut (Lake Harbour), Baffin Island, Nunavut

Territory, Canada;◦ Lady Smith, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada exploited by Darryl

MacFarlane around 1996;

• wheeleriteLW: MW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic material

Best Locality: variety of retinite occuring in lignite beds in Northern Mexico

• WHEWELLITE CaC2O4 H2OLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

◦ Crystals in septarian concretions of Elk Creek, Meade county, South Dakota, USA;◦ Dolny, Bilina, Tchéquie;◦ Bílina coal mine, Bílina (Bilin), Ústí Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech

Republic◦ Paitzdorf, Ronneburg U deposit, Gera, Thuringia, Germany (former DDR);◦ Burgk, Dresden, Saxony, Germany;

• WICKENBURGITE Pb3CaAl2Si10O27 4H2OLW: Yellowish WhiteMW: SW: RedMain 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: GreenMain Activator: Best Locality:

• WIGHTMANITE Mg5O(BO3)(OH)5 2H2OLW: TawnMW: SW: TawnMain Activator: Best Locality:

• wilkeiteLW: MW:

SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

• WILLEMITE Zn2SiO4

LW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: Mn2+

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, Hällefors, Västmanland, Sweden

• WITHERITE BaCO3


◦ Cave in Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, USA;◦ Hexham, England;

• WOHLERITE Na4Ca8(Zr,Nb)4(Si2O7)4(O,OH,F)8

LW: Orange RedMW: SW: RedMain Activator: Best Locality:

• WOLLASTONITE-1A CaSiO3


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;

◦ Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden;

• WOLLASTONITE-2M CaSiO3

LW: PinkMW: Not fluorescentSW: Not fluorescentMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Sarabau Mine, North Bau, Sarawak, Borneo (associated with non fluorescent sarabauite)

• WULFENITE PbMoO4

LW: RedMW: SW: Main Activator: MoO4

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Best Locality: ◦ Red Cloud Mine, Yuma County, Arizona, USA; ◦ Mammoth, Arizona, USA;

• WURTZITE-2H (Zn,Fe)SLW: RedMW: SW: Main Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Mont St Hilaire, Québec, Canada;◦ Tsumeb, Namibia (probably containing cadmium, fluo jaune/yellow);◦ Olkusz, Olkusz District, Małopolskie, Poland;◦ Plombières-Vieille Montagne (Plombières-Altenberg) District, Verviers, Liège


Altenberg) District, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium;

• WURTZITE-4H ZnSLW: OrangeMW: SW:

Main Activator: Mn2+

Best Locality: ◦ Mont St Hilaire, Québec, Canada;◦ Olkusz, Olkusz District, Małopolskie, Poland;◦ Plombières-Vieille Montagne (Plombières-Altenberg) District, Verviers, Liège


Altenberg) District, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium;◦ Luccheti Quarry, Carrara area, Tuscany, Italy (xl in marble fluorescing yellow);

• XENOTIME-(Y) YPO4

LW: Orangy yellowMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

• XONOTLITE Ca6Si6O17(OH)2


◦ 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 H2OLW: VioletMW: SW: Main Activator: Best Locality:

• YINGJIANGITE K2Ca(UO2)7(PO4)4(OH)6 6H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• youngiteLW: MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impuritiesBest Locality:

◦ Mississippian limestone near Glendo and Guernsey reservoirs in Platte County, Wyoming, USA;

• yttrocerite CaF2 + (Y,Ce)F3


• yttrofluorite / (Y bearing fluorite)LW: YellowMW: SW: YellowMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Globe Mine, Petaca District, New Mexico,USA;

• YUKSPORITE (K,Ba)NaCa2(Si, Ti)4O11(F,OH) H2OLW: MW: SW: Yellowish WhiteMain Activator: Best Locality:

◦ Yukspor Mountains, Khibina massif, Kola peninsula, Russia;

• ZEKTZERITE NaLiZrSi6O15

LW: MW: SW: WhiteMain Activator: Ti - OBest 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 5H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Musonoï, Congo;

• ZEUNERITE Cu (UO2)2(AsO4)2 12H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: Main Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• ZINC-ZIPPEITE Zn2(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10 16H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

• ZINCITE (Zn,Mn+2)OLW: Greenish YellowMW: 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 (Oława), Lower Silesia, Poland

• ZIPPEITE K (UO2)2(SO4)(OH)3 H2OLW: GreenMW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest Locality:

◦ Sec. 35 mine, Grants, New Mexico, USA;◦ Green River, Emery county, Utah, USA;

• ZIRCON ZrSiO4

LW: MW: SW: Orangy yellowMain Activator: Radiation induced centersBest Locality:

◦ OstSkogen Quarry, Tuften Quarry, Arent Quarry, Tvedalen, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic complex, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway;

◦ Goias, Brazil;

• ZNUCALITE CaZn11(UO2)(CO3)3(OH)2O 4H2OLW: MW: SW: GreenMain Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsicBest 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 yellowMW: SW: Main Activator: V2+

Best Locality: ◦ Mitchell county, North Carolina, USA;

• ZUGSHUNSTITE-(Ce) (Ce,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4) 12H2OLW: Bluish WhiteMW: SW: Bluish WhiteMain Activator: Intrinsic organic materialBest Locality:

• ZUNYITE Al13Si5O20(OH,F)18ClLW: Not fluorescentMW: SW: Red


Zuni Mine, near Silverton, Colorado, USA; Big Bertha Extension mine, near Quartzite, Arizona, USA;

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