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Meliphanite, Sagasen Quarry, Porsgruun, Norway

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Mar 31st, 2026
Locality: Sagåsen Quarry, Sagåsen, Auenlandet, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway (See on Mindat)

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

Fluorescence under midwave UV light.
Fluorescence under midwave UV light.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Meliphanite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

  • Fluorescence under Midwave (305nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Pink

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