Fluorescent Mineral Database

Fluorapatite on Unknown - Shigar Valley, Pakistan

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Apr 4th, 2026
Locality: Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (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:

Fluorapatite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

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