Fluorescent Mineral Database

Delicately Bladed Calcite Crystals - China

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Apr 14th, 2026
Locality: Hubei, China (See on Mindat)

Description:
Thin, transparent bladed crystals of calcite perched on matrix. Equally fluorescent shortwave or midwave. Locality given as Hubei.

SW fluorescent picture was taken at ISO-100, f/11 for 6 seconds.

Originally posted by Mark Cole on Nature's Rainbows in 2016.

Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.
Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.
Normal light.
Normal light.
Normal light. Side 2.
Normal light. Side 2.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Calcite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

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