Fluorescent Mineral Database

Natrolite from Mt. St. Hilaire, Canada

Contributed by: Axel Emmermann
Date: Jan 20th, 2025
Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada (See on Mindat)

Description:
Has anyone ever seen the scary horned natrolite from MSH? Some uranyl lights up the party...

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

Summary of luminescence responses:

Natrolite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

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