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

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Apr 2nd, 2026
Locality: Long Lake Zinc Mine (Richardson Zinc Mine; Lynx Mine), Olden Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada (See on Mindat)

Description:
Originally posted by Mark Cole on Nature's Rainbows in 2015.

Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Aragonite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

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

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

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