Fluorescent Mineral Database

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Deep under the sea... aragonite

Contributed by: Axel Emmermann
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Date: Jan 23rd, 2025
Locality: Millau, Aveyron, Occitanie, France (See on Mindat)

Description:
This banded aragonite has formed on the sea-floor by compression of all kind of small skeletons and shells of living creatures. Photo in SW UV.

Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.
Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Aragonite

  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: White

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