SC423 - Eucryptite

Locality: Harding Mine (Harding pegmatite), Picuris District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA (MINDAT)
Size: 5 x 4 x 4 cm - Miniature (3-6 cm)
Weight: 75.4 g
minID: TNG-KKT

Eucryptite in matrix. Under shortwave UV light the eucryptite fluoresces red, while the matrix fluoresces weak green.

Left: Fluorescence under 254nm UVC (shortwave) Hg light. Right: normal light.

Fluorescence spectrum under 275nm UVC (shortwave) LED excitation.

Last update: 02 October 2021