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SC476 - Pinolite


Locality: Magnesite deposit, Sunk, Hohentauern, Murtal District, Styria, Austria (MINDAT)
Size: 12 x 5 x 5 cm
Weight: 275 g
minID: VN0-PJ3

Pinolite, a rock formed by white magnesite grains in a black matrix of dolomite and graphite. The magnesite fluoresces yellow with interesting patterns under longwave UV light. On the back there is a vein of calcite which shows a little red fluorescence.

Left: Fluorescence under 365nm UVA (longwave) LED. Right: normal light.
Left: Fluorescence under 365nm UVA (longwave) LED. Right: normal light.
Last update: 04 December 2021