Fluorescent Mineral Database

Scheelite with a little Hyalite - Indian Wells Canyon, California

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Mar 15th, 2026
Locality: Indian Wells, Indian Wells Canyon Mining District, Kern County, California, USA (See on Mindat)

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

Afterglow after exposure to shortwave UV light.
Afterglow after exposure to shortwave UV light.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Scheelite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

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