Fluorescent Mineral Database

Calcite, Willemite, Fluorite - Hogan Claim, Wickenberg, Arizona

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Mar 31st, 2026
Locality: Great Southern Mine, Monarch Wash area, Black Rock Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, 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.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Calcite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Red
Fluorite (Mindat) (RRUFF)
  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Blue
Willemite (Mindat) (RRUFF)
  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Green