Scheelite

Nov 18, 2024 | Fluorescent Minerals by Species

Scheelite is one of the minerals with intrinsic fluorescence: the tungstate group in scheelite, WO42- is always fluorescent. That is, unless there is a quencher, dimming the response. The fluorescence is typically bright blue under shortwave UV light. Sometimes, scheelite can also fluoresce orange/red under mid or long wave UV. This is typically due to rare earth elements (REE) impurities.

SC1017 – Scheelite from Tae Hwa Mine, South Korea

Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.
Fluorescence under midwave UV light.

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