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.
Summary of luminescence responses:
Agrellite (Mindat) (RRUFF)
- Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Pink
- Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Red
- Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Yellow