Fluorescent Mineral Database

A new secret project! Trying to create a nice Fluorescent Mineral Database (FMDB), which would be searchable by mineral, locality, and luminescence properties. Also making it easy for people to contribute with their own specimens!

"Pea-Green" Sodalite - Greenland

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Mar 12th, 2026
Locality: Tugtup Agtakôrfia, Tunulliarfik Fjord, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland (See on Mindat)
Size: 4 x 3 x 5 inches
Weight: 2.5 lb

Description:
This variety of sodalite from Greenland is perhaps the brightest fluorescing sodalite in the world.

Originally posted by Mark Cole on Nature's Rainbows.

Fluorescence under longwave UV light.
Fluorescence under longwave UV light.
Normal light.
Normal light.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Sodalite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

  • Fluorescence under Longwave (365nm LED) UV light: Yellow