Fluorescent Mineral Database

Calcite - Mexico

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Mar 18th, 2026
Locality: Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico (See on Mindat)

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

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

Summary of luminescence responses:

Calcite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

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