Fluorescent Mineral Database

Albite from Konso, Ethiopia

Contributed by: FMS Admin
Date: Nov 14th, 2025
Locality: Konso, Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples\' Region, Ethiopia (See on Mindat)

Description:
Albite crystal, fluorescent red under shortwave UV light.
Originally posted by groensteenfreterke on Nature’s Rainbow.

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

Summary of luminescence responses:

Albite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

  • Fluorescence under 275nm LED UV light: Red