Fluorescent Mineral Database

Fantasy Rock - Tugtupite, Chkalovite, Analcime - Ilimaussaq Complex, Greenland

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Apr 7th, 2026
Locality: Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland (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:

Analcime (Mindat) (RRUFF)

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