Calcite, Aragonite, Chondrodite, Diopside - Long Lake Zinc Mine, Canada

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Mar 31st, 2026
Locality: Long Lake Zinc Mine (Richardson Zinc Mine; Lynx Mine), Olden Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada (See on Mindat)

Description:
Taken under "fullwave" - SW+MW+LW - very rare layered material from Long Lake Zinc Mine

Originally posted by Mark Cole on Nature's Rainbows in 2016.

Fluorescence under fullwave (LW + MW + SW) UV light.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Calcite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

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

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

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