Fluorescent Mineral Database

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Eucryptite - Parker Mountain, New Hampshire

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Mar 19th, 2026
Locality: Parker Mountain Mine, Strafford, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA (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.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Eucryptite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

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