Lepidolite and Microcline - Padrón river, Estepona, Malaga, Spain

Contributed by: Daniel C. Montero
Date: May 4th, 2026
Locality: Padrón river, Estepona, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain (See on Mindat)

Description:
From the lithium pegmatites in the Padrón river, Estepona, Malaga, Andalusia, Spain, better known for their beautiful elbaite and rubellite crystals found by the Mancilla brothers in 1988, we can also find lepidolite crystal clusters with yellow fluorescence under shortwave UV light and blue microcline.

Originally posted by Daniel C Montero on Nature's Rainbows in 2023.

Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.

Normal light.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Lepidolite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

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

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