Fluorescent Mineral Database

Tugtupite and Polylithionite - Greenland

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: May 18th, 2026
Locality: Taseq Slope, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland (See on Mindat)

Description:
Originally posted by Mark Cole on Nature's Rainbows in 2016.

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

Summary of luminescence responses:

Albite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Red
Analcime (Mindat) (RRUFF)
  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Blue
Polylithionite (Mindat) (RRUFF)
  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Yellow
Tugtupite (Mindat) (RRUFF)
  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Red

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