Strong purple fluorescence in feldspar from Massachusetts

Aug 24, 2022 6:45 PM

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Brightest i have seen in feldspar, never mind found.

Lighting in LED and I think 301nm Longwave UV.

geology

minerals

mineralogy

rocks

selfcollected

Is it calcite? My grandfather was a big rockhound of UV minerals, had thousands of specimens.

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I have some other UV specimans I have self collected in my page :) including some phosphorescent calcite!

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Fluorecent feldspar, calcite is typicly phosphorescent in this area with a red glow instead of purple, this is plagioclase feldspar!

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