Fluorescent Mineral Database

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Wollastonite from China

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Mar 27th, 2026
Locality: Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China (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:

Wollastonite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

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

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