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.
SC1168 – Carpathite from the Picacho Mine, California, USA
Fluorescence under longwave UV light.
Normal light.
Fluorescent carpathite in my collection:
SC1340 – Carpathite from the Picacho Mine, California, USA
Large matrix piece of carphatite in quartz. The long acicular carpathite crystals are protected...
SC1168 – Carpathite from the Picacho Mine, California, USA
Yellow carpathite crystals coated by quartz. Quite nice how some crystals are fully exposed, some...
