Three fluorescent minerals.

Hi mineral lovers! I'm David and today i'm going to show you three fluorescent minerals. I hope you enjoy it!


1.- Benitoite



This mineral has a rare blue color under a short wave of ultraviolet light. This mineral was first described in 1907 by George D. Louderback. Benitoite is a strange mineral who can be found in hydrothermally altered of serpentinite, in places like Japan, Arkansas and California.


2.- Hardystonite



Hardystonite is a strange mineral that can emit a fluorescence from dark purple or bright violet blue under a short wave of ultraviolet light. This mineral is normally found with Willemite and Calcite. It was first described by J.E. Wolff and it can be found in places like New Jersey.


3.- Willemite




Willemite is a mineral that under a short wave of ultraviolet light emit a fluorescence from dark green or light green. This mineral found in 1830 in Netherlands, also it can be found in Sterling Hill mine and New Jersey.