Fluorescent Mineral Database

Scheelite - Glenorchy, New Zealand

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Apr 1st, 2026
Locality: Glenorchy, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago Region, New Zealand (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:

Scheelite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

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