Fluorescent Mineral Database

Sodalite (Hackmanite), Fluorite, Fluorapatite, Johachidolite, Phlogopite - Myanmar

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Mar 27th, 2026
Locality: Pein-Pyit (Painpyit; Pyan Pyit), Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar (See on Mindat)

Description:
Gotta get to Burma one day!

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

Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.
Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.
Fluorescence under midwave UV light.
Fluorescence under midwave UV light.
Fluorescence under longwave UV light.
Fluorescence under longwave UV light.
Tenebrescence after exposure to shortwave UV light.
Tenebrescence after exposure to shortwave UV light.
Normal light.
Normal light.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Fluorapatite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

  • Fluorescence under Midwave (305nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Yellow
  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Yellow
Fluorite (Mindat) (RRUFF)
  • Fluorescence under Longwave (365nm LED) UV light: Green
  • Fluorescence under Midwave (305nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Green
  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Green
Hackmanite (Mindat) (RRUFF)
  • Fluorescence under Longwave (365nm LED) UV light: Orange
  • Fluorescence under Midwave (305nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Orange
  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Orange
  • Tenebrescence after exposure to Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Purple
Johachidolite (Mindat) (RRUFF)
  • Fluorescence under Longwave (365nm LED) UV light: Blue
  • Fluorescence under Midwave (305nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Blue
  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Blue

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