Agrellite from the Kipawa Complex, Canada
Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Mar 31st, 2026
Locality: Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada (See on Mindat)
Description:
Green fluorescence first thought to be calcite, and now appears to be uranyl activated hyalite?? fluorescence
Originally posted by Mark Cole on Nature's Rainbows in 2015.
Summary of luminescence responses:
Agrellite (Mindat) (RRUFF)
- Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Pink
- Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Green