Scapolite - Valyermo, California
Contributed by: FMS Admin
Date: May 27th, 2026
Locality: Valyermo, Los Angeles County, California, USA (See on Mindat)
Size: 4 x 6 inches
Description:
California has a wide variety of minerals from a wide variety of locales. Here is a scapolite from Valyermo, in the High Desert area of California. Brightest in longwave, but the specimen has some interesting, though not very bright unknowns in shortwave.
Originally posted by Fire Viper on Nature's Rainbows in 2016.
Summary of luminescence responses:
Scapolite (Mindat) (RRUFF)
- Fluorescence under Longwave (365nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Orange