Carpathite

Carpathite, also known as Karpatite, is one of the few organic minerals. It is chemically identical to coronene, a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.

Carpathite is typically fluorescent bright blue under any UV light, best under longwave UV.

Fluorescence under longwave UV light.

Normal light.

Fluorescent carpathite in my collection:

Nov 2, 2024

Yellow carpathite crystals coated by quartz. Quite nice how some crystals are fully exposed, some...

Anthophyllite.SC301 – Anthophyllite, Clino-suenoite, and Tremolite from the International Talc...

AragoniteSC343 – Aragonite from Sant’Agostino di Coli, Emilia-Romagna, ItalyFluorescence under...

BaryteSC1112 – Baryte from the Meikle Mine, Nevada, USAFluorescence under longwave UV light.Normal...

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Fluorescence under fullwave: shortwave plus midwave plus longwave UV light.Normal...

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