Fluorescent Mineral Database

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Agrellite and Vlasovite - Kipawa Complex, Canada

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Mar 15th, 2026
Locality: Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada (See on Mindat)

Description:
Found in nepheline syenites, syenitic pegmatites - alkaline complex. Green fluorescence is likely uranyl activated salts.

Originally posted by Mark Cole on Nature's Rainbows in 2015.

Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.
Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.
Fluorescence under shortwave UV light. Side 2
Fluorescence under shortwave UV light. Side 2

Summary of luminescence responses:

Agrellite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Pink
Vlasovite (Mindat) (RRUFF)
  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Yellow
Albite (Mindat) (RRUFF)
  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Red

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