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Scapolite (Var. "Wernerite"), from Grenville, Quebec, Canada, with green gemmy areas in daylight

Shown here is a nice cabinet-sized specimen of dark green scapolite Var. "wernerite", from Grenville-Sur-La-Rouge, Quebec, Canada. It is...

"Rainbow" assortment of longwave UV reactive minerals

As all experienced fluorescent minerals collectors know, shortwave UV is the wavelength under which there's the greatest variety of...

Scapolite v. Wernerite - Grenville, Quebec, Canada

Wernerite and diopside with brassy pyrite microcrystals. One of the very brightest LW minerals, it fluoresces a blinding yellow. Lit by a...

Phlogopite, Marialite (Scapolite) - Afghanistan

An example of marialite (member of the scapolite series) alongside massive phlogopite. The phlogopite on this piece fluoresces bright...

Amazingly (Deeply) Tenebrescent Marialite (Scapolite), w/ Sodalite, Phlogopite from Afghanistan

Amazing tenebrescence (rapid change - both darken and fade), phosphorescence, bright fluorescence. If I am correct on my analysis of...

Marialite-Meionite Scapolite ("Wernerite"), Rose Road, Pitcairn, New York

This multi-wave fluorescent specimen contains wernerite, diopside and minor calcite, collected from the Purple Diopside Mound (PDM), Rose...

Wernerite- A Spectacular Long Wave Mineral

Wernerite is a member of the scapolite family, intermediate between Meionite and Marialite. Its interest to fluorescent mineral...

Wernerite - Grenville, Quebec, Canada

Wernerite and Diopside - Grenville, Ontario, Canada

Diopside blue shortwave only.