Fluorescent Mineral Database

Dumortierite - Alpine, California

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Mar 29th, 2026
Locality: Dehesa Dumortierite deposit (Lehesa Dumortierite deposit), Alpine, Laguna Mountains, San Diego County, California, 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.
Normal light.
Normal light.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Dumortierite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

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