Phlogopite - Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Apr 2nd, 2026
Locality: Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan (See on Mindat)
Description:
Originally posted by Mark Cole on Nature's Rainbows in 2015.
Summary of luminescence responses:
Phlogopite (Mindat) (RRUFF)
- Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Yellow