Fluorescent Mineral Database

Calcite, Willemite – Puttapa, Australia

Contributed by: FMS Admin
Date: May 3rd, 2026
Locality: Puttapa, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia (See on Mindat)
Size: 3.75 inches

Description:
A nice example from Puttapa, Australia from the Warrington collection, WA (Western Australia????). Photographed under LW and SW with a 60mm macro lens at F32. The yellow is very bright under LW. The green areas are extremely phosphorescent.

Originally posted by UV Studio on Nature's Rainbows in 2018.

Fluorescence under longwave and shortwave UV light.
Fluorescence under longwave and shortwave UV light.
Normal light.
Normal light.
Fluorescence under longwave and shortwave UV light. Side 2
Fluorescence under longwave and shortwave UV light. Side 2
Normal light. Side 2.
Normal light. Side 2.
Fluorescence under longwave and shortwave UV light. Side 3.
Fluorescence under longwave and shortwave UV light. Side 3.
Normal light. Side 3.
Normal light. Side 3.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Calcite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Red
Willemite (Mindat) (RRUFF)
  • Fluorescence under Longwave (365nm LED) UV light: Yellow
  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Green
  • Afterglow after exposure to Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Green

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