Fluorescent Mineral Database

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Wollastonite from Desert View Mine, Holcomb Valley, California

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Mar 15th, 2026
Locality: Desert View Mine, Fawnskin (Grout), Bear Valley District, San Bernardino County, California, USA (See on Mindat)

Description:
At one time the people selling this material wanted to keep the location secret, so they only used the general location of Holcomb Valley.

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

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

Summary of luminescence responses:

Wollastonite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Orange

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