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Luminescence

Fluorescence

Shortwave: Red [25], Blue [16], Yellow [5], White [4], Violet [1], Pink [1], Orange [1]
Longwave: Pink [13], Yellow [9], White [3], Red [2], Violet [1], Orange [1]
Unknown excitation: Red [5], Yes [1], Yellow [1]

Phosphorescence/Afterglow

Shortwave: Blue [16], White [2]
Longwave: Blue [5], White [2]

Localities

Canada
    Québec
        Montérégie
            La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM
                Mont Saint-Hilaire
                    LW-White [1], LW-Red [1], SW-Red [1], SW-White [1]
Mexico
    Coahuila
        LW-Pink [1], SW-Blue [1], SWA-Blue [1]
    Nuevo León
        LW-Pink [3], SW-Blue [2], SWA-Blue [2]
Namibia
    Oshikoto Region
        Tsumeb
            SW-Red [1]
Russia
    Murmansk Oblast
        Lovozero Massif
            SW-Red [1]
Sweden
    Värmland County
        Filipstad
            Långban Ore District
                Långban Mine
                    SW-Red [3], SW-Orange [1], LW-Red [1]
USA
    Arizona
        Cochise County
            Bisbee
                SW-Red [2]
            Montezuma Canyon
                SW-Red [1]
            Tombstone Mining District
                Tombstone
                    SW-Red [1], SW-Blue [1], SWA-Blue [1]
        La Paz County
            Silver Mining District
                Black Rock Wash
                    Black Rock Mine
                        FL-Red [1]
        Maricopa County
            Vulture Mining District
                Potter-Cramer Mine
                    FL-Yes [1], FL-Red [1]
        Pinal County
            Casa Grande Mining District
                SW-Red [2]
        Santa Cruz County
            Oro Blanco Mountains
                Oro Blanco Mining District
                    Ruby
                        SW-Red [1]
        Yuma County
            Castle Dome Mountains
                Castle Dome Mining District
                    Castle Dome Mine group
                        SW-Red [2]
            Kofa Mining District
                SW-Red [1]
    California
        San Bernardino County
            Ludlow
                SW-Red [2], SW-White [1]
            San Bernardino Mountains
                Bear Valley District
                    Fawnskin
                        Desert View Mine
                            SW-Red [1]
    Colorado
        Ouray County
            Sneffels Mining District
                Imogene Basin
                    Camp Bird Mine
                        SW-Red [1]
        San Juan County
            Eureka Mining District
                Gladstone
                    Bonita Peak
                        Sunnyside Mine group
                            FL-Red [1]
    Illinois
        Hardin County
            Rosiclare
                LW-White [1], LWA-White [1], SW-White [1], SWA-White [1]
    Indiana
        Bartholomew County
            Columbus
                Meshberger Stone Company Quarry
                    SW-Blue [1], SWA-Blue [1], LW-Pink [1], LWA-Blue [1], LW-Yellow [1], SW-Yellow [1]
        Shelby County
            Norristown
                Cave Stone County Quarry
                    SW-Blue [1], SWA-Blue [1], LW-Pink [1], LWA-Blue [1], LW-Yellow [1], SW-Yellow [1]
    Nebraska
        Sioux County
            FL-Red [1]
    New Jersey
        Somerset County
            Watchung
                SW-Red [1]
        Sussex County
            Franklin Mining District
                FL-Red [1]
                Franklin
                    Franklin Mine
                        SW-Red [2], SW-Yellow [1], LW-Violet [1], LW-Yellow [1]
                Ogdensburg
                    Sterling Hill
                        Sterling Mine
                            SW-Red [1], LW-Yellow [1]
            Sparta Township
                Franklin Marble
                    Lime Crest Quarry
                        SW-Pink [1]
    New Mexico
        Luna County
            Deming
                SW-Blue [1], SWA-Blue [1], LW-Pink [1], LW-Yellow [1]
        Socorro County
            Magdalena Mining District
                Magdalena
                    Kelly Mine
                        SW-Red [1]
    New York
        St. Lawrence County
            Gouverneur
                Rylestone Marble Quarry
                    SW-Violet [1], SWA-Blue [1], LW-Yellow [1]
    Ohio
        Clinton County
            Wilmington
                Melvin Stone Company Melvin Quarry
                    SW-Blue [1], SWA-Blue [1], LW-Pink [1], LWA-Blue [1], LW-Yellow [1], SW-Yellow [1]
    Oklahoma
        Caddo County
            Apache
                SW-Blue [1], SWA-Blue [1], LW-Pink [1], FL-Yellow [1]
    Pennsylvania
        Lycoming County
            Muncy
                SW-Blue [1], SWA-Blue [1], LW-Yellow [1]
    Texas
        Lampasas County
            Lampasas area
                SW-Blue [1], SWA-Blue [1], LW-Pink [1], LWA-Blue [1]
        San Saba County
            SW-Blue [1], SWA-Blue [1], LW-Orange [1]
        Terlingua Mining District
            SW-Blue [4], LW-Pink [3], SWA-Blue [3], LW-White [1], LWA-White [1], SW-White [1], SWA-White [1], LWA-Blue [1], LW-Yellow [1], SW-Yellow [1]

References

Igor V. Pekov. "Lovozero Massif: History, Pegmatites, Minerals." Ocean Pictures LTD, 2000. ISBN: 9785900395272

• Russia, Murmansk Oblast, Lovozero Massif (SW-Red)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. Franklin's Fluorescent Minerals: Can They Be Found Elsewhere?." Rocks & Minerals, 60(5):235-244, 1985. 10.1080/00357529.1985.11764415

• USA, New Jersey, Sussex County, Franklin Mining District, Franklin, Franklin Mine (LW-Violet, SW-Red, SW-Yellow)
• USA, New Jersey, Sussex County, Franklin Mining District, Ogdensburg, Sterling Hill, Sterling Mine (SW-Red)
• USA, Arizona, Pinal County, Casa Grande Mining District (SW-Red)
• USA, Arizona, Cochise County, Bisbee (SW-Red)
• USA, Arizona, Santa Cruz County, Oro Blanco Mountains, Oro Blanco Mining District, Ruby (SW-Red)
• USA, Arizona, Yuma County, Castle Dome Mountains, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mine group (SW-Red)
• USA, Arizona, Yuma County, Kofa Mining District (SW-Red)
• USA, California, San Bernardino County, Ludlow (SW-Red)
• Sweden, Värmland County, Filipstad, Långban Ore District, Långban Mine (SW-Red)
• USA, Colorado, Ouray County, Sneffels Mining District, Imogene Basin, Camp Bird Mine (SW-Red)
• USA, New Mexico, Socorro County, Magdalena Mining District, Magdalena, Kelly Mine (SW-Red)
• USA, New Jersey, Somerset County, Watchung (SW-Red)
• USA, Texas, Terlingua Mining District (SW-Blue)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. Holcomb Valley: Apatite, Calcite, Willemite." Rocks & Minerals, 61(1):33-34, 1986. 10.1080/00357529.1986.11768430

• USA, California, San Bernardino County, San Bernardino Mountains, Bear Valley District, Fawnskin, Desert View Mine (SW-Red)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. Fluorescent Minerals of Mont Saint-Hilaire." Rocks & Minerals, 61(4):219-221, 1986. 10.1080/00357529.1986.11762717

• Canada, Québec, Montérégie, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Mont Saint-Hilaire (LW-Red, LW-White, SW-Red, SW-White)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. Fluorescent Minerals at the '86 Tucson Show." Rocks & Minerals, 61(6):364-365, 1986. 10.1080/00357529.1986.11768472

• Mexico, Coahuila (LW-Pink, SW-Blue, SWA-Blue)
• USA, Texas, Terlingua Mining District (LW-Pink, SW-Blue, SWA-Blue)
• Namibia, Oshikoto Region, Tsumeb (SW-Red)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. The Fluorescent Minerals of Southern Illinois." Rocks & Minerals, 63(3):237-238, 1988. 10.1080/00357529.1988.11761842

• USA, Illinois, Hardin County, Rosiclare (LW-White, LWA-White, SW-White, SWA-White)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. Willemite. Part II." Rocks & Minerals, 63(4):327-329, 1988. 10.1080/00357529.1988.11761859

• USA, Arizona, Maricopa County, Vulture Mining District, Potter-Cramer Mine (FL-Yes)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. The 1987 Franklin, New Jersey, Show." Rocks & Minerals, 63(5):399-399, 1988. 10.1080/00357529.1988.11761870

• USA, New Jersey, Sussex County, Franklin Mining District (FL-Red)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. Fluorescent Minerals at the 1988 Tucson and Wayne, New Jersey, Shows." Rocks & Minerals, 63(6):487-488, 1988. 10.1080/00357529.1988.11761889

• USA, Arizona, Cochise County, Tombstone Mining District, Tombstone (SW-Red)
• USA, Arizona, Cochise County, Bisbee (SW-Red)
• USA, Arizona, Pinal County, Casa Grande Mining District (SW-Red)
• USA, Arizona, Cochise County, Montezuma Canyon (SW-Red)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. The Many Fluorescences of Fluorite." Rocks & Minerals, 65(5):455-459, 1990. 10.1080/00357529.1990.11761711

• USA, Colorado, San Juan County, Eureka Mining District, Gladstone, Bonita Peak, Sunnyside Mine group (FL-Red)
• USA, Arizona, La Paz County, Silver Mining District, Black Rock Wash, Black Rock Mine (FL-Red)
• USA, Arizona, Maricopa County, Vulture Mining District, Potter-Cramer Mine (FL-Red)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. The Mercury Mines of Terlingua, Texas - Blue-fluorescing Calcite. Part 1." Rocks & Minerals, 67(1):43-47, 1992. 10.1080/00357529.1992.9926458

• USA, Texas, Terlingua Mining District (LW-Pink, LW-White, LWA-White, SW-Blue, SW-White, SWA-Blue, SWA-White)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. The Mercury Mines of Terlingua, Texas - Blue-fluorescing Calcite. Part 2." Rocks & Minerals, 68(3):188-192, 1993. 10.1080/00357529.1993.9926554

• USA, Texas, Terlingua Mining District (LW-Pink, LW-Yellow, LWA-Blue, SW-Blue, SW-Yellow, SWA-Blue)
• USA, Arizona, Cochise County, Tombstone Mining District, Tombstone (SW-Blue, SWA-Blue)
• USA, Indiana, Bartholomew County, Columbus, Meshberger Stone Company Quarry (LW-Pink, LW-Yellow, LWA-Blue, SW-Blue, SW-Yellow, SWA-Blue)
• USA, Indiana, Shelby County, Norristown, Cave Stone County Quarry (LW-Pink, LW-Yellow, LWA-Blue, SW-Blue, SW-Yellow, SWA-Blue)
• USA, Ohio, Clinton County, Wilmington, Melvin Stone Company Melvin Quarry (LW-Pink, LW-Yellow, LWA-Blue, SW-Blue, SW-Yellow, SWA-Blue)
• USA, Oklahoma, Caddo County, Apache (FL-Yellow, LW-Pink, SW-Blue, SWA-Blue)
• USA, New Mexico, Luna County, Deming (LW-Pink, LW-Yellow, SW-Blue, SWA-Blue)
• USA, New York, St. Lawrence County, Gouverneur, Rylestone Marble Quarry (LW-Yellow, SW-Violet, SWA-Blue)
• USA, Pennsylvania, Lycoming County, Muncy (LW-Yellow, SW-Blue, SWA-Blue)
• USA, Texas, San Saba County (LW-Orange, SW-Blue, SWA-Blue)
• USA, Texas, Lampasas County, Lampasas area (LW-Pink, LWA-Blue, SW-Blue, SWA-Blue)
• Mexico, Nuevo León (LW-Pink, SW-Blue, SWA-Blue)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. The Crystal Faces of Fluorescence." Rocks & Minerals, 71(1):57-60, 1996. 10.1080/00357529.1996.11761538

• Mexico, Nuevo León (LW-Pink, SW-Blue, SWA-Blue)
• USA, California, San Bernardino County, Ludlow (SW-Red, SW-White)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. Ultraviolation and oher 1996 shows." Rocks & Minerals, 72(2):131-132, 1997. 10.1080/00357529709605024

• USA, Nebraska, Sioux County (FL-Red)
• Sweden, Värmland County, Filipstad, Långban Ore District, Långban Mine (SW-Red)
• Mexico, Nuevo León (LW-Pink)
• USA, Arizona, Yuma County, Castle Dome Mountains, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mine group (SW-Red)

Steven M. Kuitems. "Field Trip Report: Lime Crest Quarry, Sparta, N.J.; 6-19-04." Picking Table, 45(2):6, 2004.

• USA, New Jersey, Sussex County, Sparta Township, Franklin Marble, Lime Crest Quarry (SW-Pink)

Richard C. Bostwick. "Wollastonite from Franklin, New Jersey." Picking Table, 45(2):9-36, 2004.

• USA, New Jersey, Sussex County, Franklin Mining District, Franklin, Franklin Mine (SW-Red)

James Van Fleet, Earl R. Verbeek. "Yellow-fluorescing calcite from Sterling Hill." Picking Table, 52(2):29-32, 2011.

• USA, New Jersey, Sussex County, Franklin Mining District, Franklin, Franklin Mine (LW-Yellow)
• USA, New Jersey, Sussex County, Franklin Mining District, Ogdensburg, Sterling Hill, Sterling Mine (LW-Yellow)

Dan Holtstam. "Langban: the mines, theis minerals, geology and explorers." Excalibur Mineral Company, 1999. ISBN: 9789187214882

• Sweden, Värmland County, Filipstad, Långban Ore District, Långban Mine (LW-Red, SW-Orange, SW-Red)