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Calcite, Aragonite and Cerussite from Greece

Contributed by: FMS Admin
Date: Mar 8th, 2026
Locality: Passa Limani Cove slag locality, Lavreotiki Municipal Unit, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece (See on Mindat)

Description:
On less than 1 cm2 we find these three minerals. Calcite fluoresces red, aragonite fluoresces greenish white, cerussite is intergrown with aragonite and shows a yellowish fluorescence. Both daylight and SW UV photos are stacks of 24 shots.

Locality: Passa Limani Cove slag locality, Passa Limani area, Lavrion District , Attikí Prefecture (Attica), Greece.

Source: Fluorescent Minerals Workgroup MKA : http://fluo.mineralogie.be/

Originally posted by Axel Emmermann on Nature's Rainbows.

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

Summary of luminescence responses:

Aragonite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (255nm LED) UV light: White
Calcite (Mindat) (RRUFF)
  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (255nm LED) UV light: Red
Cerussite (Mindat) (RRUFF)
  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (255nm LED) UV light: Yellow

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