Fluorescent Mineral Database

Selenite - Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Canada

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Mar 31st, 2026
Locality: Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Metro Region, Manitoba, Canada (See on Mindat)

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

Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.
Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.
Normal light.
Normal light.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Gypsum var. Selenite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

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