Topaz, Kunzite, Pollucite - Pakistan

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Mar 26th, 2026
Locality: Skardu Area, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (See on Mindat)

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

Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.

Normal light.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Spodumene var. Kunzite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

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

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