Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Thaumasite - Talnakh, Russia

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Mar 18th, 2026
Locality: Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Norilsk-Talnakh Mining Region, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (See on Mindat)

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

Afterglow after exposure to shortwave UV light.

Normal light.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Fluorapophyllite-(K) (Mindat) (RRUFF)

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

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