Fluorescent Mineral Database

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Long Lake Zinc Mine combo

Contributed by: Axel Emmermann
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Date: Jan 23rd, 2025
Locality: Long Lake Zinc Mine (Richardson Zinc Mine; Lynx Mine), Olden Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada (See on Mindat)

Description:
The Parham combos are top material for the fluorophile collectors. Calcite = red, diopside = greenish blue, chondrodite = orange, aragonite/hydrozincite = blue.

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

Summary of luminescence responses:

Diopside

  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Green
Chondrodite
  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Yellow
Aragonite
  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Blue
Calcite
  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Red

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