Fluorescent Mineral Database

Botryoidal Willemite - Namibia

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Apr 1st, 2026
Locality: Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia (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.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Calcite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

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