Fluorapatite from Shengus, Pakistan
Contributed by: FMS Admin
Date: Mar 7th, 2026
Locality: Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (See on Mindat)
Description:
Tourmaline, Fluorapatite, Spessartine & Albite. The fluorapatite fluorescence yellow under UV light.
Originally published by Wish Wang on Nature’s Rainbows.
Summary of luminescence responses:
Fluorapatite (Mindat) (RRUFF)
- Fluorescence under Midwave (305nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Yellow