Compact Guide of

Luminescent Minerals





Gérard BARMARIN

Short List of all minerals and varieties included in the database fluomin.org

 

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There are 970 minerals and varieties repertoried in this list (CAPITALS for IMA recognized minerals and normal characters for species and discredited minerals)

•   ABERNATHYITE K₂(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂ 6H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
• Riviéral, Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France;
• Fuemrol No. 2 mine (Fuemrole mine), Temple Mountain, San Rafael District (San Rafael Swell), Emery Co., Utah, USA (type locality);




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•   ACTINOLITE Ca₂(Mg,Fe⁺²)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Urals Mt, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   ADAMITE Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango County, Mexico;
  • Dachang Sn-polymetallic ore field, Nandan Co., Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China;
  
  
  

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•   adipocerite
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   adularia
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Fe³⁺
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   AFGHANITE (Na,Ca,K)₈ (Si,Al)₁₂O₂₄ (SO₄,Cl,CO₃)₃ H₂O
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator: S₂^-
  Best Locality:
  • Sar-e-Sang District, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan;
  
  
  

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•   AFWILLITE Ca₃Si₂O₄(OH)₆
  LW: No data
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   agalmatolite
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:

  China?; Slovakia?

  
  
  

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•   agate
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   AGRELLITE NaCa₂Si₄O₁₀F
  LW: Pink
  MW: Violet Pink
  SW: Violet Pink
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Mt Kipawa Complex, Kipawa River, Sheffield Lake, Villedieu Township, Québec, Canada;
  • Darai-Pioz (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz Glacier, Alai (Alayskiy) Range, Tien Shan Mts, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan;
  • Kedrovyi alkaline Massif, Murunskii Massif, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   aquamarine
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   alabaster
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ALBITE NaAlSi₃O₈
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Fe³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Exilles, near Torino, Italy;
  • Poudrette quarry, Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  • Gilgit-Skardu Road, Gilgit District, Pakistan;
  • Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Pakistan;
  
  
  

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•   ALDERMANITE Mg₅Al₁₂(PO₄)₈(OH)₂₂ 32H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Angaston, South Australia, Australia;
  
  
  

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•   alexandrite
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Cr³⁺
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   allingite
  LW: Greenish white
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ALLOPHANE Al₂SiO₅ nH₂O
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW: Greenish Yellow
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ALLUAIVITE Na₁₉(Ca,Mn⁺²)₆(Ti,Nb)₃Si₂₆O₇₄Cl 2H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ALSTONITE BaCa(CO₃)₂
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
• Minerva N°1 Mine, Cave in Rock, Illinois, USA;
• Alston Moor, Cumberland, England;




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•   ALUMINITE Al₂SO₄(OH)₄ 7H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • New Haven, Sussex, England;
  
  
  

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•   ALUNITE K₂Al₆(SO₄)₄(OH)₁₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ALUNOGEN Al₂(SO₄)₃ 17H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   alvite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   amazonite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Fe³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA;
  • Teller County, Colorado, USA;
  
  
  

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•   AMBLYGONITE LiAl(PO₄)(F,OH)
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   AMBER C₁₂H₂₀O
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
• Gdansk, Pologne
• Lituania
• République Dominicaine (Blue amber)




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•   ambrite
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   AMEGHINITE NaB₃O₃(OH)₄
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Tincalayu borax deposit, Salta Province, Argentina;
  
  
  

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•   AMESITE-2A Mg₂Al(SiAl)O₅(OH)₄
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Cr³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Chromium deposit, Saranovskoye, Urals, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   amethyst
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Kedon, Magadanskaya Oblast, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
  
  
  

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•   AMINOFFITE Ca₃(BeOH)₂Si₃O₁₀
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ammolite
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Alberta, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   ANALCIME-A Na[AlSi₂O₆] H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality: Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  

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•   ANAPAITE Ca₂Fe⁺²(PO₄)₂ 4H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ANCYLITE-(Ce) Sr(Ce,La)(CO₃)₂(OH) H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Khibina Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   ANDALOUSITE Al₂SiO₅
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Greenish
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
• Madera county, California, USA;




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•   ANDERSONITE Na₂Ca(UO₂)(CO₃)₃ 6H₂O
  LW: Bluish Green
  MW:
  SW: Bluish Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Monti Cristo mine near Moab, Utah, USA;
  • Atomic King n°2 mine, near Moab, Utah, USA;Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida province, Spain;
  
  
  

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•   ANDESINE (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)₄O₈
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Fe³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Monts Estérel, France;
  
  
  

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•   ANGLESITE PbSO₄
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator: Pb²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Touissit, Oujda-Angad Province, Morocco;
  
  
  

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•   ANHYDRITE CaSO₄
  LW: Pink
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Sm²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Fluo weak white SW and LW: Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico;
  
  
  

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•   ANKERITE Ca(Fe⁺²,Mg,Mn)(CO₃)₂
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ANORTHITE CaAl₂Si₂O₈
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ANORTHOCLASE (Na,K)AlSi₃O₈
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Fe³⁺
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ANTHOINITE AlWO₃(OH)₃
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ANTHOPHYLLITE XMg₇Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
  LW: Violet Pink
  MW:
  SW: Violet Pink
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Balmat and Talcville, New York, USA;
  
  
  

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•   ANTIGORITE (Mg,Fe⁺²)₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   apatite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   APHTHITALITE (K,Na)₃Na(SO₄)₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   apophyllite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   AQUALITE (H₃O)₈(Na,K,Sr)₅Ca₆Zr₃Si₂₆O₆₆(OH)₉Cl
  LW: Pale Yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality: Inagli Massif, 30km ESE of Aldan, Sakha Republic (former yakutsk), Russia;
  
  

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•   ARAGONITE CaCO₃
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW: Pink
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • "Strontio-aragonite": red SW and LW, Boccheggiano, Tuscany,Italy;
  • Aragonite fluo pink/salmon LW, white SW : Sulphur Mine near Agrigento,Sicily, Italy;
  • Nicholsonite: fluo and phospho white, Zinc Mine Friedenville, Pennsylvania, USA;
  • Tarnowitzite:yellowish-white, strongest SW: Tsumeb, Namibia;
  • Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   ARCTITE Na5Ca₇Ba(PO₄)₆F₃
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator: Eu²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Khibina, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   ARFVEDSONITE Na Na₂ (Fe₄ ⁺² Fe⁺³) Si₈ O₂₂ (OH)₂
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   ARISTARAINITE Na₂MgB₁₂O₁₆(OH)₈ 8H₂O ou Na₂MgB₁₂O₂₀ 10H₂O
  LW: Yellowish Green
  MW: Yellowish Green
  SW: Tawn
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ARSENURANOSPATHITE HAl(UO₂)₄(AsO₄)₄ 40H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ARSENURANYLITE Ca(UO₂)₄(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄ 6H₂O (?)
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality: Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida province, Spain;
  
  

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•   ARTINITE Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂ 3H₂O
  LW: Bluish White
  MW: Orange
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • New Idria, California, USA;
  • Staten Island, New York, USA;
  
  
  

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•   ascharite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ASHOVERITE Zn(OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality: On fluorite in a limestone, Milltown, near Ashover and Mattlock, Derbyshire, England
  
  

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•   attapulgite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   AUGITE (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al,Ti)(Si,Al)₂O₆
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   AUSTINITE CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)
  LW: Greenish white
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Gold hill, Tooele County, Utah, USA;
  • Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico;
  
  
  

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•   AUTUNITE Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ 11H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Autun, France;
  • Daybreak mine (Dahl lease), Mount Kit Carson, near Mt Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA;
  • Cunha Baixa Mine, Beira Alta Province, Portugal;
  • Assunção Mine, Sátão, Sao Vicente (Vizeu) District, Portugal;
  
  
  

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•   axinite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   bacillarite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   BADDELEYITE ZrO₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: n[TiO₆] cluster
  Best Locality:
  • Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito County, California, USA;
  • carbonatite at Kovdor, Kola peninsula Russia;
  • Vuori-Yarvi, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  • Hanneshin, Afghanistan;
  
  
  

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•   BAGHDADITE Ca₁₂(Zr,Ti)₄(Si₂O₇)4(O,F)₈
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator: Ti⁴⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan;
  
  
  

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•   BAKERITE Ca₄B₅Si₃O₁₅(OH)₅
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   BANALSITE BaNa₂Al₄Si₄O₁₆
  LW: Yellowish Green
  MW: Yellowish Green
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
• the Benallt mine, Caernavonshire, Wales, England
• Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;




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•   BARATOVITE KCa₇(Ti,Zr)₂Li₃Si₁₂O₃₆(OH,F)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Ce³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Dara-I-Poiz Massif, Alayskiy Range, Tien Shan, Tadzhikistan, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   BARRERITE Na₂[Al₂Si₇O₁₈] 6H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   Barsanovit
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   BARYLITE BaBe₂Si₂O₇
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Violet Pink
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
• Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
• Langban, Sweden;
• Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;




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•   BARYSILITE Pb₈Mn(Si₂O₇)₃
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
• Langban, Sweden;
• Franklin, New jersey, USA;




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•   BARYTE BaSO₄
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin, New Jersey, USA (Baryte fluo yellow in massive calcite fluo red SW);
  
  
  

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•   barytine
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   BARYTOCALCITE BaCa(CO₃)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
• Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;




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•   basaluminite
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Weymouth, Dorset, England;
  
  
  

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•   BASSANITE 2CaSO₄ H₂O
  LW: Violet
  MW:
  SW: Violet
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin, New Jersey, USA (Sterling Mine?);
  
  
  

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•   BASSETITE Fe⁺²(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ 8H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   BASTNAESITE-(Ce) (Ce,La)(CO₃)F
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   BAVENITE Ca₄Be₂Al₂Si₉O₂₆(OH)₂
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Bustarviejo, Madrid, Spain
  
  
  

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•   BAYLEYITE Mg₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃ 18H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Hillside mine, Arizona, USA;
  • Hideout #1 mine, White Canyon district, San Juan County, Utah, USA;
  • Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida province, Spain;
  
  
  

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•   BAZIRITE BaZrSi₃O₉
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Ti - O
  Best Locality:
  • Rockall Island, Scotland, United-Kingdom;
  • Esquire n°8 mine, Cat head mountains, Big Creek-Rush Creek area, Fresno County, California, USA;
  • Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikistan;
  
  
  

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•   BECQUERELITE Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆ 8H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
• Shinkolobwe mine, Tantara, Shaba, Dem. Repub. Congo;




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•   beekite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality: Devon, England, UK
  
  

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•   BENITOITE BaTiSi₃O₉
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: TiO₆
  Best Locality:
  • Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito County, California, USA;
  • Big Creek and Rush Creek junction, Fresno County, California, USA;
  • Victor Mine, San Benito County, California, USA;
  • Hashidate, Oumi, Japan;

   

  
  
  

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•   BENSTONITE (Ba,Sr)₆ (Ca,Mn)₆ Mg (CO₃ )₁₃
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
• Minerva N°1 Mine, Cave in Rock, Illinois, USA;
• Barold Mine near Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA (fluo pink-red SW and LW);
• Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;




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•   BEREZANSKITE KLi₃Ti₂Si₁₂O₃₀
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Ti - O
  Best Locality:
  • Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikhistan
  
  
  

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•   BERGENITE Ca₂Ba₄[(UO₂)₃O₂(PO₄)₂]₃ 16H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Greenish
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
• Bergen, near Falkenstein, Saxony, Germany;




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•   BERGSLAGITE CaBe(AsO₄)(OH)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Langban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden;
  
  
  

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•   BERTRANDITE Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Brush Beryllium Mine, Juab County, Utah, USA;
  
  
  

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•   BERYL Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator: Cr³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Lavra Chia, Minas Gerais, Brazil;
  • China (var. goshenite bluish-white SW)
  
  
  

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•   BERYLLITE Be₃SiO₄(OH)₂ H₂O
  LW: Bluish
  MW: Bluish
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality: Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  

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•   BERZELIITE NaCa₂(Mg,Mn⁺²)₂(AsO₄)₃
  LW: Not fluorescent
  MW:
  SW: Orange Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
• Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;




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•   beta-uranophane
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   beta-uranopilite
  LW: Not fluorescent
  MW: Not fluorescent
  SW: Not fluorescent
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   beta-uranotile
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   beta-willemite
  LW:
  MW: Orange
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Andover mine, Andover, Sussex county, New Jersey, USA;
  • Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   BICCHULITE Ca₂Al₂SiO₆(OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   BIKITAITE-1A Li[AlSi₂O₆] H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Bikita, Zimbabwe;
  
  
  

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•   BILLIETITE Ba(UO₂)₆O₄(OH₆)₄-8H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Greenish
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
• Shinkolobwe, Shaba, Congo;
• Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida province, Spain;




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•   BIPHOSPHAMMITE (NH₄,K)H₂PO₄
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality: Bat cave, Mason County, Texas, USA;
  
  

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•   BITYITE-2M1 CaLiAl₂BeAlSi₂O₁₀(OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Greenish
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Harding mine, Taos county, New Mexico, USA;
  
  
  

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•   BLATONITE UO₂CO₃ H₂O
  LW: Yellowish Green
  MW:
  SW: Greenish Yellow
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Jomac mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA;
  
  
  

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•   blende
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   BLOEDITE Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂ 4H₂O
  LW: Greenish
  MW:
  SW: Greenish
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality: Soda Lake, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
  
  

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•   BOEHMITE AlO(OH)
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Cr³⁺
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   opalized wood (fossil)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • West of Bozeman, Gallatin County, MT, USA;
  
  
  

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•   BOLIVARITE Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃ 4H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Congo;
  • Ponteverda, Spain;
  
  
  

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•   BOLTWOODITE (K,Na)(UO₂)(SiO₃OH) 1,5H₂O
  LW: Dark Orange /Tawn
  MW:
  SW: Tawn
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Rössing Mine, Arandis, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia;
  
  
  

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•   BORAX Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄ 8H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   boronatrocalcite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   BOTRYOGEN MgFe⁺³(SO₄)₂(OH) 7H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   bowenite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   brandisite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   BRANDTITE Ca₂(Mn⁺²,Mg)(AsO₄)₂ 2H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   BRANNOCKITE KLi₃Sn₂Si₁₂O₃₀
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Lithium-Tin pegmatite, Kings mountains, North Carolina, USA;
  
  
  

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•   BRAUNITE Mn⁺²Mn₆⁺³SiO₁₂
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:

  Aktas, Kazakhistan;

  
  
  

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•   BREWSTERITE-Ba (Ba,Sr)₂(Al₄Si₁₂O₃₂) 10H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   BRITHOLITE-(Ce) (Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄,PO₄)₃(OH,F)
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   BROMELLITE BeO
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
• Saga 1 Larvikite Quarry, Sagåsen (Strandåsen), Mørje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, langesundfjord district, Larvik Plutonic complex, Norway;




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•   bromlite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   BRUCITE Mg(OH)₂
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Woods mine, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (fluo bluish white or red);
  • Cedar Hill Quarry, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA;
  • Yngshyttan, Sweden (fluo red)
  
  
  

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•   brunckite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   BRUSHITE Ca(HPO₄) 2H₂O
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   BURBANKITE (Na,Ca)₃(Sr,Ba,Ce)₃(CO₃)₅
  LW: Orange Red
  MW:
  SW: Orange Red
  Main Activator: Fe³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Khibina, péninsule de Kola, Russie;
  • Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  • Murun, Yakutia, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   BURKEITE Na₆(CO₃)(SO₄)₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   burmite
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
• Hukawng Valley, northern Kachin State, Myanmar (Burma).
• Maingkwan, Myitkyina-Mogaung District, Kachin State, Myanmar (Burma).




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•   BURPALITE Na₈Ca₄Zr₄(Si₂O₇)₄F₈
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   BURTITE CaSn⁺⁴(OH)₆
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality: Associated with Nordenskioldine, URSS, unkknown locality
  
  

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•   BURYATITE Ca3 (Si,Fe+3,Al) [SO4][B (OH)4] (OH,O)6 12H2 O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • The Solongo deposit, Buryatiya, Russia
  
  
  

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•   BUSTAMITE (Mn⁺²,Ca)₃Si₃O₉
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Violet red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  • Langban, Sweden;
  
  
  

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•   cacholong
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Greenish white
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   CAHNITE Ca₂B(AsO₄)(OH)₄
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   calamine
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   limestone
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   chalcedony
  LW: Greenish white
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Yankee Dog Field, Hidalgo county, New Mexico, USA;
  
  
  

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•   calciothomsonite syn: xonotlite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin mine, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   CALCITE CaCO₃
  LW: Pink
  MW: Red
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Calcite pseudomorph after glauberite, Camp verde, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA (fluo SW bluish white);
  • Terlingua-type: Old Boquillas del Carmen mine in Coahuila, Mexico;
  • Marble of Terlingua, Texas;
  • Franklin, New Jersey, USA (fluo red SW a classical from Franklin);
  • Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia;
  • Iraí, Alto Uruguai region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil ;
  • Calcite in fossilized clamshell (Mercenaria Permanga), Ruck's Pit, Fort Drum, Okeechobee County, Florida, USA;
  • Calcite pseudomorph after glauberite, Camp verde, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA (fluo SW bluish white);
  
  
  

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•   CALCIUM CATAPLEIITE CaZrSi₃O₉ 2H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   calcium larsenite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:

  Franklin, New Jersey, USA

  
  
  

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•   CALCURMOLITE Ca(UO₂)₃(MoO₄)₃(OH)₂ 11H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Rabejac, Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France;
  
  
  

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•   Californite
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   CALOMEL alpha Hg₂Cl₂
  LW: Orange Red
  MW:
  SW: Orange Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Moschelandsberg, Germany;
  • Mariposa mine, Terlingua District, Brewster county, Texas, USA;
  • Redwood City, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   camsellite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   CANASITE-A K₃NaCa(Na,Ca)₆Si₁₂O₃₀F₃(OH) H₂O
  LW: Orange Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Nadym river, Krasnoyarsk territory, Russia;
  • Murun, North-West Aldan Plateau, Yakutia, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   CANAVESITE Mg₂(CO₃)(HBO₃) 5H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Ivrea, Canavese, Italy;
  • Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   CANCRINITE Na₆Ca₂Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Alluaiv region, Lovozero massif, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   CANCRISILITE Na₇Al₅Si₇O₂₄(CO₃) 3H₂O
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   CARACOLITE Na₃Pb₂(SO₄)₃Cl
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Pink
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality: Challocollo mine, Challocollo, Tarapaca Province, Chile;
  
  

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•   CARBOBORITE Ca₂Mg(CO₃)₂B₂(OH)₈ 4H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • China;
  
  
  

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•   CARBONATE-FLUORAPATITE Ca₅(PO₄,CO₃)₃F
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   CARBONATE-HYDROXYLAPATITE Ca₅(PO₄,CO₃)₃(OH)
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   CARNALLITE KMgCl₃ 6H₂O
  LW: Dark Orange /Tawn
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   CARNOTITE K₂(UO₂)₂(V₂O₈) 1-3H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • uranium deposit, Uch-Kuduk, Uzbeckistan;
  
  
  

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•   carpathite
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   CARYINITE (Ca,Na)(Ca,Mn⁺²)₂(AsO₄)₃
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;
  
  
  

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•   CASSITERITE SnO₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator: Sn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Aberfoyle Mine (Aberfoyle Tin Mine; Rossarden Tin Mine), Rossarden district, Tasmania, Australia;
  • Viloco Mine (Araca mine), Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia;
  
  
  

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•   CATAPLEIITE Na₂ZrSi₃O₉ 2H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: n[TiO₆] cluster
  Best Locality:
  • Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Småland, Sweden;
  • Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   cedarite
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
• Cedar Lake, Mannitoba, Canada.




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•   CEJKAITE Na₄(UO₂)(CO₃)₃
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Svornost Mine, Jachymov, Northwestern Bohemia, Czech Republic;
  • “Mina Eureka” término de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, provincia de Lérida, Spain;
  
  
  

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•   celestine
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   CELESTITE SrSO₄
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Agrigento district, Sicily, Italy;
  • Machow mine, Tarnobrzeg, Poland;
  
  
  

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•   CELSIAN BaAl₂Si₂O₈
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Violet blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Sanbornite deposit, Fresno county, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   CERUSSITE PbCO₃
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator: Pb²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Mibladen, Morocco;
  
  
  

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•   CESSTIBTANTITE Cs(Sb⁺³,Na)(Ta,Nb)₂(O,OH,F)₇
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:

  Kola Peninsula, Russia;

  
  
  

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•   CHABAZITE-Ca (Ca_0,5,K,Na)₄[Al₄Si₈O₂₄] 12H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, USA (green SW+LW);
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  • Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   CHARLESITE Ca₆(Al,Si)₂(SO₄)₂B(OH)₄(OH,O)₁₂ 26H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Greenish white
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality: Franklin-Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;
  
  

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•   CHAROITE (K,Na)₅(Ca,Ba,Sr)₈(Si₁₂O₃₀)(Si₆O₁₆)(OH) 4H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Nadym river, Krasnoyarsk territory, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   CHELYABINSKITE =THAUMASITE (?) (Ca,Mg)₃Si(OH)₆(OH)₆(SO₄,CO₃)₂ 9H₂O
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Ural mountains, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   chemawinite
  LW: Bluish
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality: Cedar Lake, Manitoba, USA
  
  

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•   CHERNIKOVITE (H₃O)₂(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ 6H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Perus, São Paulo, São Paulo, Southeast Region, Brazil;
  • Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre);
  
  
  

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•   chiastolite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality: Madera county, California,USA;
  
  

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•   CHISTYAKOVAITE Al(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂(F,OH) 6,5H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Bota-Burum U deposit, Kazakhstan;
  
  
  

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•   CHKALOVITE Na₂BeSi₂O₆
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  • Alluaiv, Lovozero Massif, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   CHLORAPATITE Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Taylorville, California, USA;
  • Odegardens Verk, Bamble, Langesundfjord, Norway;
  
  
  

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•   CHLORARGYRITE AgCl
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Ag⁺
  Best Locality:

  Maikain, Kazakhstan;
  Kasmanchi, Uzbeckistan

  
  
  

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•   chlorophane
  LW: Greenish white
  MW:
  SW: Greenish white
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality: Blue Bird Mine, Cochise County, Arizona, USA;
  
  

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•   CHONDRODITE (Mg,Fe⁺²)₅(SiO₄)₂(F,OH)₂
  LW: Yellowish
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  • Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;
  
  
  

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•   CHRYSOBERYL BeAl₂O₄
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Cr³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Takovaja River, Ural Mountains, Russia (var. Alexandrite fluo red);
  • Santa Teresa, Espirito Santo, Brazil (yellow SW);
  
  
  

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•   CHURCHITE-(Y) YPO₄ 2H₂O
  LW: Dark Orange /Tawn
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   cleavelandite
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Pink
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   cleiophane
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   CLINOCHLORE (Mg,Fe⁺²)₅Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈
  LW: Pink
  MW:
  SW: Pink
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   CLINOCHRYSOTILE Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • a skarn at Kukhi-Lal, in the Pamirs, Tadjikistan(Fluo orange);
  • Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   CLINOHEDRITE CaZnSiO₄ H₂O
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Parker Shaft, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   CLINOHUMITE (Mg,Fe⁺²)₉(SiO₄)₄(F,OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Pamir Mountains, Tadzhikistan;
  • Lake Albano (south of Rome), Italy;
  
  
  

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•   CLINOPTILOLITE-Ca (Ca_0,5,Na,K)₆[Al₆Si₃₀O₇₂) 20H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   CLINOZOISITE Ca₂Al₃(SiO₄)₃(OH)
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   CLINTONITE-1M Ca(Mg,Al)₃(Al₃SiO₁₀)(OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   COBALT-ZIPPEITE Co₂(UO₂)₆(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₀ 16H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   COLEMANITE Ca₂B₆O₁₁ 5H₂O
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality: Thompson Mine and Boraxo n°1 Pit, Death Valley, California, USA; Boron, California, USA; Panderma, Turquey; Bigadic, Turquey;
  
  

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•   COLERAINITE 4MgO Al₂O₃ 2SiO₂ 5H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Tawn
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   COLLINSITE Ca₂(Mg,Fe⁺²) (PO₄)₂ 2H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Reaphook Hill, Blinman, South Australia, Australia;
  • Burns Lake, British Columbia, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   collophane
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   COMPREIGNACITE K₂(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆ 7H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
• “Mina Eureka” término de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, provincia de Lérida, Spain;




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•   confolensite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   COOKEITE LiAl₄(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mt Mica, near South Paris, Maine, USA;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   copal / (Resine fossile / fossil resin )
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   CORDEROITE Hg₃S₂Cl₂
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   CORDIERITE (Mg,Fe)₂Al(Al₃Si₅O₁₈) x(H₂O,CO₂)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Fe³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Tongul, Altaï;
  • Katun-Chuya Massif, Altaï;
  
  
  

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•   CORINDON Al₂O₃
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Cr³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Mysore District, Karnataka, India;
  • Limecrest Quarry at Sparta, New jersey, USA;
  • Limestone quarries around Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  • Froland, Norway;
  • Fiskenaessett, Greenland;
  • Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan;
  
  
  

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•   COSKRENITE-(Ce) (Ce,Nd,La)₂(SO₄)₂(C₂O₄) 8H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   COTUNNITE PbCl₂
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mont Vesuvio, Italy;
  • slags of the Laurion district, Attica, Greece (artificial);
  
  
  

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•   COWLESITE Ca[Al₂Si₃O₁₀] 5,3H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Found in cavities of a volcanic rock at Beach Creek, Grant county, Oregon, USA;
  
  
  

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•   CRANDALLITE CaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₅ H₂O
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   CRAWFORDITE Na₃Sr(PO₄)(CO₃)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Khibiny mountains, Kola Peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   CREEDITE Ca₃Al₂(SO₄)(F,OH)₁₀ 2H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Hall Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA;
  • Colquiri, Inquisivi Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia;
  • Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado, USA;
  • Cresson mine, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, USA;
  
  
  

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•   crestmoreite / ( un mélange de / a mixture of TOBERMORITE et/and WILKEITE )
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   CRISTOBALITE alpha SiO₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • in obsidian, Mono county, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   CRYOLITE Na₃AlF₆
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Pink
  Main Activator: Eu²⁺
  Best Locality:

  Ivigtut, Greenland;

  
  
  

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•   CUMMINGTONITE XMg₇Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   cupro austinite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality: Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico;
  
  

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•   cuproartinite (discredited)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   cuprohydromagnesite (discredited)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   cuproscheelite / ( SCHEELITE mixed with an undefined calcium copper tungstate )
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Greenish Yellow
  Main Activator: WO₄^2-
  Best Locality:

  Sinoloa, Sonora, Mexico;

  
  
  

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•   CUPROTUNGSTITE Cu⁺²₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   curtisite
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Greenish white
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality: Skaggs Springs, Sonoma county, California, USA;
  
  

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•   CUSPIDINE Ca₁₆(Si₂O₇)₄(F,OH)₈
  LW: Yellow
  MW: Salmon pink
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Buckwheat dump, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   CYANITE Al₂SiO₅
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Cr³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Pfitsch, Tyrol, Austria (colorless cyanite luminescent in red);
  • Transvaal, South Africa (red fluorescing);
  • Keyvi, Kola peninsula (orange under LW);
  • Kukhi Lal Pamir mountains Tadjikisatsn (yellow-green fluorescence LW)
  
  
  

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•   CYMRITE BaAl₂Si₂(O,OH)₈ H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Langban, Sweden;
  
  
  

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•   cyrtolite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   dahllite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   dakeite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   DALYITE K₂ZrSi₆O₁₅
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   DANBURITE CaB₂(SiO₄)₂
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator: Eu²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Charcas Mineral District, San Luis Potosi, Mexico;
  
  
  

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•   DARAPSKITE Na₃(SO₄)(NO₃) H₂O
  LW:
  MW: Greenish Blue
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   DATOLITE Ca₂B₂Si₂O₈(OH)₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Eu²⁺
  Best Locality:

  Paterson, (Franklin) New Jersey, USA; Giannasi, Modena, Italy;

  
  
  

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•   DAWSONITE NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂
  LW: Orange Red
  MW:
  SW: Orange Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Francon Quarry, Montreal, Canada;
  • Santo Fioro, Tuscany, Italy;
  
  
  

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•   delatynite
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  • Delyatyn, Ukraine.
  
  
  

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•   delawarite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   DELHAYELITE (Na,K)₁₀Ca₅Al₆Si₃₂O₈₀(Cl₂,F₂,SO₄)3 18H₂O
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator: S₂^-
  Best Locality:
  • Kola peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   desmine
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   deweylite / ( mixture of LIZARDITE and STEVENSITE )
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   DEWINDTITE H₂Pb₃(UO₂)₆O₄(PO₄)₄ 12H₂O
  LW: Brownish Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Wölsendorf, Bavaria, Germany;
  • Kasolo mine, Shaba, Congo;
  
  
  

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•   DIAMOND C
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: N (Nitrogen)
  Best Locality:
  • Kasaï, Congo;
  
  
  

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•   DIASPORE AlO(OH)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Cr³⁺
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   diatomite / (roche sedimentaire silicifere / siliceous sedimentary rock)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Greenish white
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   DICKITE Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Saint Clair, Pennsylvania, USA;
  
  
  

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•   diderichite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   DINITE C₂₀H₃₆
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality: Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Serchio Valley, Tuscany, Italy;
  
  

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•   DIOPSIDE CaMgSi₂O₆
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator: n[TiO₆] cluster
  Best Locality:
  • Farber Quarry, Franklin, New jersey, USA; Sparta, New Jersey, USA;
  • Lake Valhalla, Montville, Morris county, New Jersey, USA;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  • Zinc Corp. of America, mine 4, Balmat, St Lawrence County, New York, USA;
  
  
  

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•   dipyre
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   disthene
  LW: Greenish white
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   DOLOMITE CaMg(CO₃)₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Horn Silver Mine, Beaver County, Utah, USA;
  
  
  

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•   DOYLEITE Al(OH)₃
  LW: No data
  MW:
  SW: No data
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Baoshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
  
  
  

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•   DRAVITE NaMg₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Crevola, Italy;
  •  Moshi, Tanzania;
  •  Yinniethara, Western Australia, Australia (weak yellow-orange luminescence);
  • Kohistan District, Pakistan;
  • Jajarkot District, Bheri Zone, Nepal ;
  
  
  

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•   DRESSERITE BaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄ H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Francon Quarry, Montreal, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   DUMONTITE Pb₂(UO₂)₃O₂(PO₄)₂ 5H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Shinkolobwe mine, Tantara, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo;
  
  
  

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•   DUMORTIERITE (Al,Fe³⁺)₇(SiO₄)₃(BO₃)O₃
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: TiO₆
  Best Locality:
  • Lyon, France;
  • Magadanskaya, Siberia, Russia;
  • Dehesa, near Alpine, San Diego County, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   DUNDASITE PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄ H₂O
  LW: Greenish Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Greenish
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • West Comet Mine and Kapi Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia;
  
  
  

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•   duxite
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  • Usti, Region (Ústecký kraj), Tschechien
  • Dux (Duchcov), Erzgebirge
  
  
  

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•   DYPINGITE Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂ 5H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Dypingdal, Snarum, Norway;
  • Fukushima Prefecture, Honshu, Japon;
  • Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;
  • Near Gem Mine in San Benito County, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   ECDEMITE Pb₆As₂⁺³O₇Cl₄
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Laurion District, Attica, Greece;
  
  
  

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•   EDENITE NaCa₂Mg₅Si₇AlO₂₂(OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Dy³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin marble, Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  • Sparta, new Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   EFREMOVITE (NH₄)₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   EKANITE ThCa₂Si₈O₂₀
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Murunski Massif, near Aldon, south of the Lena River, Siberia, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   EKATERINITE Ca₂B₄O₇(Cl,OH)₂ 2H₂O
  LW: Bluish
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ELBAITE Na(Li,Al)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Dunton Gem Mine, Newry, Maine, USA;
  • Nuristan, Afghanistan;
  • Stak Nala, Skardu District, Pakistan;
  • Paprook, Kunar Province, Afghanistan;
  
  
  

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•   eleolite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ellestadite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ellweilerite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ELPIDITE Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅ 3H₂O
  LW: Yellowish Green
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Poudrette Quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  • Alluaiv Mt. , Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   embolite Ag(Cl,Br)
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Ag⁺
  Best Locality:

  Kasmanchi, Uzbeckistan;

  
  
  

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•   emerald
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Cr³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Muzo, Colombia;
  
  
  

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•   endlichite / (Arsenic rich variety of VANADINITE)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
  
  
  

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•   ENSTATITE Mg₂Si₂O₆
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: TiO₆
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   EOSPHORITE Mn⁺²Al(PO₄)(OH)₂ H₂O
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Cr³⁺
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   epi-ianthinite
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   EPISTILBITE-A (Ca,Na₂)[Al₂Si₄O₁₂] 4H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Berufjördhur, Iceland;
  
  
  

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•   EPISTOLITE Na₄Nb₂Ti⁺⁴(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂ 4H₂O
  LW: Orange Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Ti³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   EPSOMITE MgSO₄ 7H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   ESPERITE PbCa₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₄
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  • El Dragon mine in Potosi, Bolivia (microcrystals);
  
  
  

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•   ETTRINGITE Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂ 26H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   EUCLASE BeAlSiO₄(OH)
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Pale Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   eucolite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   EUCRYPTITE LiAlSiO₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Midnight (Midnite?) Howl Mine, White Picacho district, Maricopa county, Arizona, USA;
  • Midnight Owl mine, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA;
  • Bikita, Masvingo Distrikt, Zimbabwe;
  • Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China (link to mindat locality list)
  • Yichun Mine (Mine No. 414), Yichun complex (Yashan batholith), Yuanzhou District, Yichun Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China (link to mindat locality list)
    
    
  
  
  

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•   EUDIALYTE Na₁₅Ca₆(Fe⁺²,Mn⁺²)₃Zr₃(Si,Nb)(Si₂₅ O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Alluaiv, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   EVANSITE Al₃(PO₄)(OH)₆ 6H₂O (?)
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Organic impurities
  Best Locality:
• Richelle, Visé, Liège Province, Belgium;




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•   EVENKITE C₂₃H₄₈
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality: Bucnik quarry near Komna, eastern Moravia, former Czechoslovakia;
  Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  Khavokiperskiye Rocks polymetallic occurrence, Nizhnyaya Tunguska River Basin (Lower Tunguska River), Evenkia (Evenkiyskiy Autonomous okrug), Krasnoyarsk Territory, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia;
  
  

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•   EYLETTERSITE (Th,Pb)_1-xAl₃(PO₄,SiO₄)₂(OH)₆ (?)
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Greenish Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Zaïre;
  
  
  

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•   EZCURRITE Na₄B₁₀O₁₇ 7H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Tincalayu borate deposit, Salta Province, Argentina;
  
  
  

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•   FABIANITE CaB₃O₅(OH)
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • drill core at Rehden near Dienholz, Germany;
  
  
  

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•   FAIZIEVITE K₂Na(Ca₆Na)Ti₄Li₆Si₂₄O₆₆F₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Dar-i-Pioz glacier, Tadjikistan
  
  
  

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•   FAUJASITE-Ca (Ca_0,5,Na,Mg_0,5,K)_3-4 [Al_3-4 Si_9-8O₂₄] 16H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Sasach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany;
  
  
  

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•   FEDORITE (Na,K)_2-3(Ca,Na)₇(Si,Al)₁₆O₃₈F₂ 3,5H₂O
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Fe³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Murun, Aldan plateau, Yakutia, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   feldspar / (Group of minerals see: ALBITE, MICROCLINE, SANIDINE...)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Fe³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Zomba, Malawi;
  
  
  

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•   FELSOBANYAITE Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀ 4H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   FERRIERITE-K (K,Na,Mg_0,5,Ca_0,5)₆ [Al₆Si₃₀O₇₂] 18H₂O
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Agoura, California, USA;
  • Kamloops Lake, British Columbia, Canada (bright blue SW+LW or yellowish white LW+SW);
  
  
  

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•   FERROKENTBROOKSITE Na₁₅Ca₆(Fe,Mn)₃Zr₃NbSi₂₅O₇₃(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,F,OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Barkevik, Langesundsfjord, Vestfold, Norway;
  
  
  

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•   FERSMANITE Ca₄(Na,Ca)₄(Ti⁺⁴,Nb)₄(Si₂O₇)₂O₈F₃
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Greenish white
  Main Activator: Ti³⁺
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   FERSMITE (Ca,Ce,Na)(Nb,Ta,Ti)₂(O,OH,F)₆
  LW: Yellowish Green
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   FICHTELITE C₁₉H₃₄
  LW: Greenish Blue
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  • Near Redwitz, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany;
  
  
  

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•   FLAGSTAFFITE C₁₀H₂₀O₂ H₂O
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  • San Francisco Mountains, near Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona, USA;
  
  
  

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•   FLORENCITE-(Ce) (Ce,La)Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   flos ferri
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   FLUELLITE Al₂(PO₄)F₂(OH) 7H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Greenish Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   FLUOBORITE Mg₃(BO₃)(F,OH)₃
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Bodner Quarry (Franklin Marble), Rudeville, New Jersey, USA;
  • Bancroft, Ontario, Canada;Palabora Mine, Palabora, South Africa;
  • New method Mine, Bristol Mountains of San Bernerdino County, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   FLUORAPATITE Ca₅(PO₄)₃F
  LW: Pale Yellow
  MW: Violet
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Pakistan;
  • Dassu, Gilgit District, Pakistan;
  • Paprook, Kunar Province, Afghanistan;
  • Panasqueira, Castelo Branco district, Portugal;
  • Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico;
  • Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada (purple MW);
  
  
  

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•   FLUORAPOPHYLLITE KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(F,OH) 8H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Greenish
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  • Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   FLUORELLESTADITE Ca₅(SiO₄,PO₄,SO₄)₃(F,OH,Cl)
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA ;
  
  
  

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•   fluorine
  LW: Blue
  MW: Blue
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   FLUORITE CaF₂
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator: Eu²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Rogerley Mine, Weardale, County Durham, England;
  • Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia;
  • Seilles, Andenne, Belgium (fluo red);
  • Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Pakistan;
  
  
  

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•   FLUORO-EDENITE NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂F₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   FOGGITE CaAl(PO₄)(OH)₂ H₂O
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Milgun Station, Western Australia, Australia;
  
  
  

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•   FONTANITE Ca(UO₂)₃(CO₃)₂O₂ 6H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Rabejac uranium deposit, Lodève, France;
  
  
  

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•   FORMICAITE Ca(HCO₂)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Buryatia, Russian Federation;
  
  
  

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•   FORSTERITE Mg₂SiO₄
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Gabbs, Nevada, USA;
  • Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, california, USA;
  • N°4 mine, Balmat, New York, USA;
  
  
  

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•   FOSHAGITE Ca₄Si₃O₉(OH)₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Crestmore Quarry, Cretmore, Riverside Co, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   FRAIPONTITE (Zn,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Greenish
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   francolite
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   FRANCONITE Na₂Nb₄O₁₁ 9H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mont-St-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
  
  
  

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•   FRESNOITE Ba₂TiSi₂O₈
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Ti⁴⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Victor Mine, San Benito County, California, USA;
  • Confluence of Big Creek and Rush Creek, San Benito County, California, USA;
  • Junilla mine, New Idria District, San Benito County, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   FURONGITE Al₂(UO₂)(PO₄)₂(OH)₂ 8H₂O
  LW: Greenish Yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Furong Lin, Ling Wu, Western Hunan Province, China;
  
  
  

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•   GAGEITE-1A (Mn⁺²,Mg,Zn)₄₂Si₁₆O₅₄(OH)₄₀
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   GAIDONNAYITE Na₂ZrSi₃O₉ 2H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW: Green
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Poudrette Quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada;
  • Bronnebukta on Siktesoya, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
  • Vardasen Quarry, Larvik, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
  • Ostkogen Quarry, Tvedalen, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
  
  
  

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•   GANOMALITE Pb₉Ca₅Mn⁺²Si₉O₃₃
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   GAULTITE Na₄[Zn₂Si₇O₁₈] 5H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Québec, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   GAYLUSSITE Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂ 5H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA (fluo weak orange or pink);
  • Lake Ambosseli, Kenya (fluo weak yellow-white SW);
  
  
  

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•   GEARKSUTITE CaAl(OH)F₄ H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Nevada Molybdenum Mine near Tonopah, Nevada, USA (Pale yellow fluo SW and LW);
  • Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado, USA (Yellow or white SW);
  
  
  

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•   gedanite
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  • Gdansk (Danzig), Pomorskie, Poland.
  
  
  

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•   gedano-succinite
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   GENTHELVITE Zn₄Be₃(SiO₄)₃S
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  • Bratthagen, Lagendalen, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
  • Sterling hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex county, New jersey, USA;
  • Wisconsin, USA (Blue-white SW);
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  • Motzfeldt, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   geyserite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   GIBBSITE gamma Al(OH)₃
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   giobertite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   GIORGIOSITE Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂ 5-6H₂O (?)
  LW: Violet
  MW:
  SW: Violet
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   GISMONDINE Ca[Al₂Si₂O₈] 4,5H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   GITTINSITE CaZrSi₂O₇
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Kipawa Alkaline Complex, Sheffield Lake, Villedieu Township Témiscamingue Co., Québec, Canada
  
  
  

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•   glaserite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   GLAUBERITE Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Boron, California, USA;
  • Chile;
  
  
  

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•   glendonite
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
• Camp Verde, Yavapai County Arizona
• Grays Harbor Co., Washington, USA
• Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia
• Grays Harbor Co., Washington, USA




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•   GMELINITE-Ca (Ca_0,5,Sr_0,5,Na,K)₄[Al₈ Si₁₆O₄₈] 22H₂O
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Iceland;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   GONNARDITE (Na,Ca)_6-8[(Al,Si)₂₀O₄₀] 12H₂O
  LW: Pinkish White
  MW:
  SW: Pinkish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   GORGEYITE K₂Ca₅(SO₄)₆ H₂O
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Inder Lake borate deposit, Kazakhstan;
  
  
  

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•   goshenite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
• Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China;




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•   GOTZENITE Na₄Ca₁₀Ti₂(Si₂O₇)₄F₈
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Barkevik, Langesundfjord, Norway;
  
  
  

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•   GOWERITE CaB₆O₈(OH)₄ 3H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mott Prospect, Death Valley, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   GREENOCKITE CdS
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Tsumeb, Namibia;
  • Ecton mine, Aubudon, Pennsylvania, USA (LW,jaune/yellow)
  
  
  

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•   garnet
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   GRICEITE LiF
  LW: Pale Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Pale Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mont-St-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   GROSSULAR Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃
  LW: Red
  MW: Red
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Cr³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Lake Jaco, Chihuahua Mexico;
  • Asbestos, Quebec, Canada (pink under LW);
  • Lelatema Mountains, near Arusha, Tanzania (colorless crystal luminescent in strong apricot color under SW);
  • variety hessonite from Beaver Mine, Thetford Mine, Quebec, Canada (bright orange under SW);
  • Sierra de Cruces Range, Coahuila, Mexico;
  
  
  

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•   GRUMANTITE NaHSi₂O₅ H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   GUERINITE Ca₅(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)₂ 9H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   GUILLEMINITE Ba(UO₂)₃(SeO₃)₂O₂ 3H₂O
  LW: Yellowish Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   gummite / (terme général pour désigner les oxydes secondaires d'uranium/generic for second)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   GYPSUM CaSO₄ 2H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Organic impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Hourglass figure: Nanton, Alberta, Canada;
  • Baja, Mexico;
  • Zaragoza, Spain;
  
  
  

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•   GYROLITE NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₅ 15H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Crestmore quarry, Riverside, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   hackmanite
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator: S₂^-
  Best Locality:
  • The Ilímaussaq Complex, Greenland;
  • Svintsovyi Ruchei (Lead Creek), Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia;
  • Davis Quarry, Dungannon Township, Bancroft District, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada;
  • Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
  • Princess Sodalite quarry and Cancrinite Hill, Bancroft, Canada;
  • Sar-e-Sang District, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan;
  • Mogok Region, Myanmar (Burma);
  • Saga I Quarry Morje Porsgrunn, Sagasen Quarry and Ostskogen Quarry in Tvedalen, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway
  
  
  

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•   HAIWEEITE Ca[(UO₂)₂Si₅O₁₂(OH)₂] 3H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality: Haiwee Reservoir, Coso Mountains, California, USA;
  
  

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•   HALITE NaCl
  LW: Orange Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • fluo white: Zuni Dry Lake, New Mexico, USA;
  • fluo yellow: Camp Verde Salt Deposit, Arizona;
  • fluo orange-red: Salton Sea, California, USA;
  • fluo orange-red: Inowroclaw, Poland;
  • Salar de Antofalla, Catamarca, Argentina;
  
  
  

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•   HALLOYSITE-10A Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄ 2H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Greenish white
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Vardasen Quarry near Larvik, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  • Beez, Belgium;
  
  
  

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•   HAMBERGITE Be₂BO₃(OH,F)
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Anjanabonoina, Madagascar;
  
  
  

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•   HANKSITE KNa₂₂(SO₄)₉(CO₃)₂Cl
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   HARDYSTONITE Ca₂ZnSi₂O₇
  LW:
  MW: Violet blue
  SW: Violet blue
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin mine, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   HARKERITE Ca₂₄Mg₈Al₂(SiO₄)₈(BO₃)₆(CO₃)₁₀ 2H₂O
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   HARMOTOME (Ba_0,5,Ca_0,5,K,Na)₅[Al₅Si₁₁O₃₂] 12H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Harz, Germany;
  
  
  

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•   HARSTIGITE Ca₆(Mn⁺²,Mg)Be₄(SiO₄)₂(Si₂O₇)₂(OH)₂
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Langban, Sweden;
  
  
  

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•   HARTITE C₂₀H₃₄
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  • Bílina coal mine, Bílina (Bilin), Ústí Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
  
  
  

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•   hatchettite
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
• Charbonnage de Winterslag, Genk, Belgium;




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•   HAUSMANNITE Mn⁺²Mn₂⁺³O₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   HAUYNE (Na,Ca)_4-8Al₆Si₆(O,S)₂₄(SO₄,Cl)_1-2
  LW: Orange Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: S₂^-
  Best Locality:
  • In den Dellen quarries, Niedermendig, Mendig, Laach lake (Laacher See) volcanic complex, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany;
  • Tenerife, Spain;
  • Afghanistan;
  
  
  

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•   HAWLEITE alpha CdS
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Glory Hole mine, Central City, Colorado, USA;
  
  
  

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•   HAYNESITE (UO₂)₃(Se⁺⁴O₃)₂(OH)₂ 5H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Repete mine, San Juan county, Utah, USA;
  
  
  

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•   HECTORITE Na_0,3(Mg,Li)₃Si₄O₁₀(F,OH)₂
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Hector mine near Hector, San Bernardino County, Mojave Desert, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   HEDYPHANE Pb₃Ca₂(AsO₄)₃Cl
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  • Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;
  
  
  

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•   HEINRICHITE Ba(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂ 10-12 H₂O
  LW: Greenish Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Greenish Yellow
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Schmiedestollen dump, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany;
  • Krunkelbach Valley Uranium deposit, Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany;
  • White King Mine, Lakeview, Lake Co., Oregon, USA;
  • Fuemrol No. 2 mine (Fuemrole mine), Temple Mountain, San Rafael District (San Rafael Swell), Emery Co., Utah, USA;
  • ina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida province, Spain;
  
  
  

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•   HELVITE Mn₄⁺²Be₃(SiO₄)₃S
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Saga I Quarry, Morje, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
  • Sandoya, Porsgrund, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
  • Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   HEMIMORPHITE Zn₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂ H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Hill Top Mine, Cochise county, Arizona, USA;
  • Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, New jersey, USA (white SW);
  
  
  

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•   HERDERITE CaBe(PO₄)F
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Eu²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Pakistan;
  
  
  

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•   herkimer diamond
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Organic impurities
  Best Locality: USA
  
  

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•   hessonite
  LW: Salmon pink
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
  
  
  

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•   HEULANDITE-Ca (Ca_0,5,Na,K)₉[Al₉Si₂₇O₇₂] 24H₂O
  LW: Greenish Blue
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   hexagonite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   HIBSCHITE Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)_3-x(OH)_4x (x=0,2-1,5)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mosjoen, Nordland, Norway;
  
  
  

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•   hiddenite
  LW: Orange Red
  MW:
  SW: Orange Red
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   HILAIRITE Na₂ZrSi₃O₉ 3H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Bratthagen farm in Lagendalen ( yellowish white SW and LW), Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
  
  
  

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•   HILLEBRANDITE Ca₂SiO₃(OH)₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   HILLITE Ca₂(Zn,Mg)(PO₄)₂ 2H₂ O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Greenish Yellow
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Reaphook Hill, South Australia, Australia
  
  
  

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•   HINSDALITE (Pb,Sr)Al₃(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   HIORTDAHLITE-I Ca₈(Na,Ca)₄Zr₂(Y,Ti,Ca,Mn,Fe)₂(Si₂O₇)₄(F,O)₈
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Violet
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Langesundfjord, Norway
  
  
  

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•   HODGKINSONITE Mn⁺²Zn₂(SiO₄)(OH)₂
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   HOLTITE Al₆(Al,Ta)(Si,Sb)₃BO₁₅(O,OH)₂
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Vasin-Myl'k massif, Voron'i Tundry (Voronya Tundra), Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia (fluo pale blue SW);
  • Greenfields district, Western Australia, Australia;
  
  
  

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•   HOPEITE Zn₃(PO₄)₂ 4H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   HOWLITE Ca₂B₅SiO₉(OH)₅
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator: Eu²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Sterling Mine, Tick Canyon, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Blue fluo);
  
  
  

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•   HUANZALAITE MgWO₄
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator: WO₄^2-
  Best Locality:
  • Huanzala mine, Huallanca district, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru;
  
  
  

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•   HUBNERITE Mn⁺²WO₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   HUMITE (Mg,Fe⁺²)₇(SiO₄)₃(F,OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Long Lake Zinc Mine, near Parham, Ontario, Canada; Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   HUNTITE CaMg₃(CO₃)₄
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Cimarron Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA;
  
  
  

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•   HUTTONITE ThSiO₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Pink
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mouth of Waikokopu River, New Zealand;
  
  
  

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•   hyalite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Valeč (Waltsch), Doupov, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
  
  
  

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•   HYALOPHANE (K,Ba)Al(Si,Al)₃O₈
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Violet red
  Main Activator: Fe³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Zagrad Creek near Busovaka, Bosnia (red SW);
  • Jakobsberg, Nordmark, Värmland, Sweden (Blue SW)
  • Old Mill Site, Franklin, New Jersey, USA (fluo red SW);
  • Franklin, New Jersey, USA (blue fluo SW due to inclusions of margarosanite?);
  • Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;
  
  
  

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•   HYALOTEKITE (Ba,Pb,Ca,K)₆(B,Si,Al)₂(Si,Be)₁₀O₂₈(F,Cl)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator: Dy³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikistan. Fluoresces under both SW and LW.
  • Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;
  
  
  

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•   hydro-herderite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   HYDROBORACITE CaMgB₆O₈(OH)₆ 3H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Thomson Mine, Death Valley, California, USA;
  • Bigadiç Mine, Bigadiç, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey (pink Fluo SW and LW);
  
  
  

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•   hydrocarbon
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Organic impurities
  Best Locality:
• Washington, USA;




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•   HYDROCERUSITE Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Upper Roughton Gill, Cumberland, England;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   hydrodolomite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   hydrogen autunite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   hydrogrossular
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   hydroherderite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   HYDROMAGNESITE Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂ 4H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Staten Island, New york, USA (fluo green);
  • St Vincenti, Italy (Fluo white SW and LW);
  
  
  

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•   hydromagnocalcite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   hydrophane
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   HYDROTALCITE Mg₆Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆ 4H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Snarum, Norway;
  • Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   HYDROXYAPOPHYLLITE KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F) 8H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   HYDROXYLAPATITE Ca₅(PO₄)₃(OH)
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   HYDROXYLBORITE Mg₃(BO₃)(OH)₃
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Titovskoe deposit, Chersky Ridge, Dogdo River basin, Sakha Republic (former Yakutsk), Russia;
  
  
  

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•   HYDROXYLHERDERITE CaBe(PO₄)(OH)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Violet-pink SW: Golconda district, Minas Gerais, Brazil (possible activator: RRE);
  • Bennett quarry, Buckfield, Oxford county, Maine, USA (pale yellow SW);
  
  
  

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•   HYDROZINCITE Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Pb²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico;
  
  
  

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•   IANTHINITE (U⁺⁴)₂(UO₂)₄O₆(OH)₄ 9H₂ O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   iddingsite / (melange de silicates / a mixture of silicate)
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   idocrase
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   IDRIALITE C₂₂H₁₄
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Greenish white
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
• Skaggs Springs, Sonoma county, California, USA;
  
• Hg deposit, Idria, Kraina, Slovenia, former Yugoslavia;




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•   idrizite (Mg,Fe)(Al,Fe)₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₂ 15H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   INDERBORITE CaMg[B₃O₃(OH)₅]₂ 6H₂O
  LW: Pale Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Pale Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Inder Lake, Kazakhstan;
  
  
  

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•   INDIGIRITE Mg₂Al₂(CO₃)₄(OH)₂ 15H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Sarylakh deposit, Indigirski River basin, Yakutia, former Soviet Union;
  
  
  

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•   INYOITE Ca₂B₆O₆(OH)₁₀ 8H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   IRANITE Pb₁₀Cu(CrO₄)₆(SiO₄)₂(F,OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Greenish
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ISOKITE CaMg(PO₄)F
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Zambia;
  
  
  

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•   ivory
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   JACHYMOVITE (UO₂)₈(SO₄)(OH)₁₄ 13H₂O
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Jachymov, Bohemia, Czech.
  
  
  

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•   JADARITE LiNaSiB₃O₇(OH)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality: Jadar Valley, Serbia;
  
  

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•   JADEITE Na(Al,Fe⁺³)Si₂O₆
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: Fe³⁺
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   JAGOWERITE BaAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂
  LW: Greenish white
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Hess River, Yukon, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   Jasper
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   JENNITE Ca₉Si₆O₁₈(OH)₆ 8H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, california, USA;
  
  
  

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•   JEREMEJEVITE Al₆(BO₃)₅(F,OH)₃
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   JOHACHIDOLITE CaAlB₃O₇
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Johachido district, Kankyo Prefecture, Korea;
  
  
  

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•   JOHANNITE Cu(UO₂)₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₂ 8H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   JOHNBAUMITE Ca₅(AsO₄)₃(OH,F)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Parker Shaft, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  • Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;
  • Jakobsberg mine, Nordmark, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden;
  • Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;
  
  
  

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•   JOLIOTITE (UO₂)(CO₃) nH₂O (n=2)
  LW: Greenish Yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   JONESITE Ba₂(K,Na)[Ti₂(Si₅Al)O₁₈ nH₂O
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Gem Mine, San Benito County, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   JUNITOITE CaZn₂Si₂O₇ H₂O
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   jurupaite (magnesian xonotlite)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   KALINITE KAl(SO₄)₂ 11-12H₂O (?)
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   KAMOTOITE-(Y) Y₂U₄⁺⁶(CO₃)₃O₁₂ 14,5H₂O
  LW: Yellowish Green
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Kamoto East mine, Shaba province, Congo;
  
  
  

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•   KAOLINITE Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   KAPITSAITE-(Y) (Ba,K)₄(Y,Ca)₂Si₈(B,Si)₄O₂₈F
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Pink
  Main Activator: Dy³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • The moraine of the Dara-i-Pioz glacier, Garm region, Tajikistan (Lat. 39°30' N, Long. 70°40')
  
  
  

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•   KARIBIBITE Fe₂⁺³As₄⁺³(O,OH)₉
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:

  Karibib pegmatite, Namibia;

  
  
  

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•   KARPATITE C₂₄H₁₂
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  • Fourth of July mine, New Idria District, San Benito County, California, USA;
  • Picachos, New Idria District, San Benito County, California, USA;
  • Tamvatvaam, Chukot peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   KATAYAMALITE KCa₇Li₃Ti₂(Si₆O₁₈)₂(OH,F)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Iwagi Shima, Ehimi prefecture, Japan;
  
  
  

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•   KATOITE Ca₃ Al₂(SiO₄)_3-x(OH)_4x (x=1.5-3)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   KELDYSHITE Na_2-xH_xZrSi₂O₇ nH₂O
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: n[TiO₆] cluster
  Best Locality:
  • Bratthagen, Lagendalen, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
  • Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  • Mt Rasvumchorr, Khibiny massif, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia;
  • Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   KENHSUITE gamma Hg₃S₂Cl₂
  LW: Orange Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mac Dermitt Mercury Mine, North Central Nevada, USA (associated with cinabre and corderoite);
  
  
  

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•   KENYAITE Na₂Si₂₂O₄₁(OH)₈ 6H₂O
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Point of Rocks, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA;
  
  
  

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•   KERNITE Na₂B₄O₆(OH)₂ 3H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Boron, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   kerolite / (melange/mixture de/of serpentine, LIZARDITE et/and STEVENSITE)
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   KHIBINSKITE K₂ZrSi₂O₇
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator: n[TiO₆] cluster
  Best Locality:
  • Hackman Valley, Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   KIMURAITE-(Y) CaY₂(CO₃)₄ 6H₂O
  LW: Violet
  MW:
  SW: Violet red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   KINGITE Al₃(PO₄)₂(F,OH)₂ 8(H₂O,OH)
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Tom's Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia;
  
  
  

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•   KLEINITE Hg₂N(Cl,SO₄) nH₂O
  LW: Dark Orange /Tawn
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   KOGARKOITE Na₃(SO₄)F
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mont-St-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   KORNERUPINE (X,Mg,Fe⁺²)(Al,Mg,Fe)₉(Si,Al)₄(Si,Al,B)O₂₁(OH,F)
  LW: Yellowish Green
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   KRATOCHVILITE C₁₃H₁₀
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  • Freital near Dresden, Saxony, Germany;
  • Near Kladno, Bohemia, Tchek Republic;
  
  
  

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•   KRAUSKOPFITE BaSi₂O₄(OH)₂ 2H₂O
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   KUKSITE Pb₃Zn₃Te⁺⁶O₆(PO₄)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Gold mine in Central Aldan, Siberia, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   kunzite
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Salmon pink
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Nuristan, Afghanistan;
  
  
  

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•   KURCHATOVITE-M CaMg[B₂O₅]
  LW: Violet
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Solongo, Buriat Republic, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   KURNAKOVITE MgB₃O₃(OH)₅ 5H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Boron, California, USA;
  • Inder Lake, Kazakhstan;
  
  
  

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•   kutnahorite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   KUTNOHORITE Ca(Mn⁺²,Mg,Fe⁺²)(CO₃)₂
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   kyanite
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   LABRADORITE Na_0,5-0,3Ca_0,5-0,7Al_1,5-1,7Si_2,5-2,3O₈
  LW: Violet
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   LABYRINTHITE [np+] (Na,K,Sr)₃₅Ca₁₂Fe₃Zr₆TiSi₅₁O₁₄₄(O,OH,H₂O)₉Cl₃
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   LALONDEITE [np+] (Na,Ca)₆(Ca,Na)₃Si₁₆O₃₈(F,OH)₂ 3H₂O
  LW:
  MW: Violet blue
  SW: Violet blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Poudrette Quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   LANARKITE Pb₂O(SO₄)
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland, England;
  
  
  

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•   LANGBEINITE K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Greenish
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   LANSFORDITE MgCO₃ 5H₂ O
  LW: Violet
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   LANTHANITE-(Ce) (Ce,La,Nd)₂(CO₃)₃ 8H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Pink
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   LARISAITE Na(H₃O)(UO₂)₃(SeO₃)₂O₂ 4H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Repete mine, San Juan county, Utah, USA;
  
  
  

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•   LARSENITE PbZnSiO₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Violet
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   LAUMONTITE Ca₄[Al₈Si₁₆O₄₈] 18H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   LAURIONITE PbCl(OH)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Furnace slags, Laurion district, Attica, Greece;
  
  
  

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•   LAZURITE Na₆Ca₂Al₆Si₆O₂₄[(SO₄),S,Cl,(OH)]₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator: S₂^-
  Best Locality:
  • Lyadjvar, Pamir Mountains, Tadjikistan (bluish LW);
  
  
  

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•   LEADHILLITE Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Beer Cellar Mine, Granby, Missouri, USA;
  
  
  

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•   LEGRANDITE Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH) H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico;
  
  
  

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•   LEIFITE (Na, H₂O)Na₆[Be₂Al₃Si₁₅O₃₉F₂]
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Poudrette Quarry, Mont St hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   lennilite / (from Lenni, near Media, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, USA)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   leonhardite (partially deshydrated)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   LEONITE K₂Mg(SO₄)₂ 4H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Wunsdorf, Hanover, Germany;
  • Neuhof, Germany;
  
  
  

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•   lepidolite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   LEUCITE K[AlSi₂O₆]
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Italy;
  
  
  

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•   LEUCOPHANITE (Ca,RRE)CaNa₂Be₂Si₄O₁₂(F,O)₂
  LW: Violet Pink
  MW:
  SW: Pink
  Main Activator: Ce³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada;
  • Bjorndalen Quarry, Sagasen Quarry and Saga I Quarry, Morge, Strandasen, Porsgrunn, east side of Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Nakalaq, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   LEUCOSPHENITE BaNa₄Ti₂B₂Si₁₀O₃₀
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator: TiO₆
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada (yellowish-white SW);
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   leverrierite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality: Saint-Etienne, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France;
  
  

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•   LEVINSONITE-(Y) (Y,Nd,Ce,Sm)Al(SO₄)₂(C₂O₄) 12H₂O
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   LEVYNE-Ca (Ca_0,5,Na,K)₆[Al₆Si₁₂O₃₆] 17H₂O
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Beach Creek, Oregon, USA;
  
  
  

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•   LIBERITE Li₂BeSiO₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • China;
  
  
  

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•   LIEBIGITE Ca₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃ 11H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Jachymov, Bohemia, former Czechoslovakia;
  • Schwartzwalder mine, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA;
  
  
  

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•   Lignite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   LISITSYNITE KBSi₂O₆
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Pink
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Koashva quarry, Khibina alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia
  
  
  

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•   LITHIOPHILITE Li(Mn⁺²,Fe⁺²)PO₄
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Vishniakovskoye, East Siberia, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   lithomarge / (melange/mixture de/of KAOLINITE et/and HALLOYSITE)
  LW: Tawn
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   lizardite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   LIZARDITE-1T Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   LONDONITE (Cs,K,Rb)Al₄Be₄(B,Be)₁₂O₂₈
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Greenish Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Antandrokomby granitic pegmatite, near Mt. Ibity, south of the Sahatany Valley, Madagascar
  
  
  

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•   LORENZENITE Na₂Ti₂Si₂O₉
  LW: Greenish Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator: TiO₆
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  • Bratthagen, lagendalen, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
  • Tvedalen, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
  • Lysebo near Farris, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
  • Lovozero Massif, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  • Burpala, Patom plateau, East Siberia, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   LOVDARITE K₄Na₁₂[Be₈Si₂₈O₇₂] 18H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Point of Rocks, Colfax county, New Mexico, USA;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   LUESHITE NaNbO₃
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Eu³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Salanlatva, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   lussatite
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
• Lussat, near Pont-du-Chateau, Puy-de-Dome, France




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•   MACDONALDITE BaCa₄Si₁₆O₃₆(OH)₂ 1OH₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   MACPHERSONITE Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland, England;
  
  
  

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•   MAGADIITE NaSi₇O₁₃(OH)₃ 4H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  • Trinity Lake, Trinity county, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   MAGNESIO-AXINITE Ca₂MgAl₂BSi₄O₁₅(OH)
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Tanzania (blue gemmy material);
  • Australia;
  
  
  

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•   MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE XCa₂[Mg₄(Al,Fe⁺³)]Si₇AlO₂₂(OH)₂
  LW: Greenish Blue
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin marble, Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  • Sparta, new Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   MAGNESIORIEBECKITE XNa₂(Mg₃Fe⁺³₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Old Mill Site, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   MAGNESIOTAAFFEITE-2N'2S Mg₃Al₈BeO₁₆
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   magnesiozippeite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   MAGNESITE MgCO₃
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: O^*
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   MAGNESIUM-ZIPPEITE Mg(UO₂)₂(SO₄)O₂ 3,5H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   MAKATITE Na₂Si₄O₈(OH)₂ 4H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Greenish
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Québec, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   malacon (altered zircon)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   MALAYAITE CaSnSiO₅
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: TiO₆
  Best Locality:
  • Red-A-Venn mine in Meldon, dartmoor Forest, Devon, England;
  • Scew creek, Cassier Mountains, British columbia, Canada;
  • Ak-Djilga, Pamirs, Tadjikistan;
  
  
  

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•   MALEEVITE BaB₂Si₂O₈
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Dara-i-Pioz glacier, the Alai range, Tien Shan, Garmskii district, northern Tajikistan;
  
  
  

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•   MALINKOITE NaBSiO₄
  LW: Greenish Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Violet
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mount Karnasurt, Lovozero alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia
  
  
  

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•   MAMMOTHITE Pb₆Cu₄⁺²AlSb⁺⁵(SO₄)₂Cl₄O₂(OH)₁₆
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Furnace slags of the Laurion Region, Attica, Greece;
  
  
  

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•   manganapatite
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   MANGANAXINITE Ca₂Mn⁺²Al₂BSi₄O₁₅(OH)
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Parker Shaft, Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   manganocalcite
  LW: Pink
  MW: Red
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
• Pachapaque, Peru;
• Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Peru;




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•   MANGANONORDITE-(Ce) Na₃SrCeMn⁺²Si₆O₁₇
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   marble / (calcaire métamorphique / Metamorphised carbonate rock)
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Organic impurities
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   MARGARITE-2M1 CaAl₂XAl₂Si₂O₁₀(OH)₂
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:

  Franklin Quarry (Franklin marble), around Franklin region , Sussex county, New Jersey, USA;

  
  
  

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•   MARGAROSANITE Pb(Ca,Mn⁺²)₂Si₃O₉
  LW: Violet red
  MW: Red
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Parker Shaft,Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  • Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;
  
  
  

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•   MARIALITE Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Bancroft, Ontario, Canada (wernerite);
  • Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada (wernerite);
  • Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  • Karur, Tamilnadu, India;
  
  
  

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•   MARSHITE CuI
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Cu⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia;
  • Chuquicamata, Chile;
  
  
  

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•   MASCAGNITE (NH₄)₂SO₄
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Zeravshan, Tadzikhistan;
  
  
  

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•   MASSICOT PbO
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   MASUYITE Pb[(UO₂)₃O₃(OH)₂] 3H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   MATLOCKITE PbFCl
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:

  Mattlock, Derbyshire, England; Mammoth St Anthony Mine (Tiger), Mammoth, Arizona, USA;

  
  
  

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•   MATTHEDDLEITE Pb₂O(SiO₄)₇(SO₄)₄Cl₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Leadhills, Scotland, England;
  
  
  

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•   MCALLISTERITE Mg₂B₁₂O₁₄(OH)₁₂ 9H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   MCNEARITE NaCa₅(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)₄ 4H₂O
  LW: Violet
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   MEIONITE 3CaAl₂Si₂O₈CaCO₃
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator: S₂^-
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  • Old Mill Site, Franklin, New jersey, USA (orange SW associated with amazonite);
  
  
  

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•   MELANOPHLOGITE (SiO₂)₄₆(CO₂,N₂)₆(CH₄,N₂)₂
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara county, California, USA;
  • Racalmuto, Agrigento district, Sicily, Italy;
  • Fortullino, Quercianella, Tuscany, Italy;
  
  
  

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•   MELANOTEKITE Pb₂Fe₂⁺³Si₂O₉
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   MELIPHANITE Ca₄(Na,Ca)₄Be₄AlSi₇O₂₄(F,O)₄
  LW: Violet Pink
  MW:
  SW: Violet Pink
  Main Activator: Eu²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Stokkoya, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
  
  
  

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•   MELLITE Al₂[C₆(COO)₆] 16H₂O
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  • Csordakut Mine, Tatabanya, Hungary;
  
  
  

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•   MERWINITE Ca₃Mg(SiO₄)₂
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   MESOLITE Na₁₆Ca₁₆[Al₄₈Si₇₂O₂₄₀] 64H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Poona, India;
  
  
  

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•   MESSELITE Ca₂(Fe⁺²,Mn⁺²)(PO₄)₂ 2H₂O
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   META-ANKOLEITE K₂(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ 6H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Mongenyi pegmatite, Ankole district, Uganda;
  • Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   META-AUTUNITE Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ 2-6H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Autun, France;
  • Daybreak mine (Dahl lease), Mount Kit Carson, near Mt Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA;
  • Cunha Baixa Mine, Beira Alta Province,Portugal;
  • Assunção Mine, Sátão, Sao Vicente (Vizeu) District, Portugal;
  
  
  

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•   META-URANOCIRCITE (I) Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ 8H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Davier Mine, Black Hills, South Dakota, USA;
  
  
  

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•   META-URANOCIRCITE II (?) Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ 6H₂O
  LW: Greenish Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Greenish Yellow
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   META-URANOPILITE (UO₂)₆(SO₄)(OH)₁₀ 5H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Rabejac, Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
  
  
  

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•   META-URANOSPINITE Ca(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂ 8H₂O
  LW: Yellowish Green
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   METAHAIWEEITE (?) Ca(UO₂)₂Si₆O₁₅ nH₂O (n<5)
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Haiwee Reservoir, Coso District (New Coso District), Coso Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   METAHEINRICHITE Ba(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂ 8H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Schmiedestollen Halde, Wittichen, Schwarzwald, Germany;
  
  
  

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•   METAKIRCHHEIMERITE Co(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂ 8H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   METALODEVITE Zn(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂ 10H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Lodève, Hérault, France;
  • Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   METAMUNIRITE NaVO₃
  LW: Pink
  MW:
  SW: Pink
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • San Miguel County, Colorado, USA;
  
  
  

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•   METANATRO-AUTUNITE Na₂(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ 6-8H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia;
  
  
  

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•   METANOVACEKITE Mg(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂ 4-8H₂O
  LW: Greenish Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Greenish Yellow
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   METASALEEITE Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ 8H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   METASCHODERITE Al₂(PO₄)(VO₄) 6H₂O
  LW: Greenish Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Greenish Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   METASCHOEPITE UO₃ nH₂O (n=0,75-1)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Greenish Yellow
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:

  Musonoi, Shaba province, Congo; Shinkolobwe, Congo;

  
  
  

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•   METASTUDTITE UO₄ 2H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   METATYUYAMUNITE Ca(UO₂)₂(V₂O₈) 3H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   METAVANDENDRIESSCHEITE PbU₇O₂₂ nH₂O (n< 12)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   METAVANMEERSSCHEITE U⁺⁶(UO₂)₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆ 2H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Congo;
  
  
  

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•   METAVANURALITE Al(UO₂)₂ (V₂O₈)(OH) 8H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   METAVOLTINE K₂Na₆Fe⁺²Fe₆⁺³O₂(SO₄)₁₂ 18H₂O
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   METAZELLERITE Ca(UO₂)(CO₃)₂ 3H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   METAZEUNERITE Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂ 8H₂O
  LW: Yellowish Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   MEYERHOFFERITE Ca₂B₆O₆(OH)₁₀ 2H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Monte Blanco Mine, Death Valley, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   mica
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   MICROCLINE KAlSi₃O₈
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Fe³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Limecrest Quarry, Sparta, New Jersey, USA (violet blue SW);
  • Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  • Old Mill Site, Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  • Dassu, Skardu District, Pakistan;
  
  
  

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•   MICROLITE (Ca,Na)₂Ta₂O₆(O,OH,F)
  LW: Yellowish Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   MILARITE KCa₂AlBe₂Si₁₂O₃₀ 0,5H₂O
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Ce³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  • Guanajuato, Mexico (bright green SW and LW);
  
  
  

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•   MIMETITE Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Langban, Sweden;
  
  
  

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•   MINEEVITE-(Y) Na₂₅Ba(Y,Gd,Dy)₂(CO₃)₁₁(HCO₃)₄ (SO₄)₂F₂Cl
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Alluaiv, Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   MINEHILLITE (K,Na)₂Ca₂₈Zn₅Al₄Si₄₀O₁₁₂(OH)₁₆
  LW: Blue
  MW: Blue
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   MINIUM Pb₂⁺²Pb⁺⁴O₄
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Wendon, Arizona, USA;
  • Broken Hill, Australia
  
  
  

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•   MINYULITE KAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH,F) 4H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Minyulo Well, Dandaragan, Western Australia, Australia;
  
  
  

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•   MIRABILITE Na₂SO₄ 10H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Pinkish White
  Main Activator: Organic impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Kara-Bogaz-gol bay, Turkmenistan;
  
  
  

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•   MISERITE K₂(Ca,Y)_10-11(Si₁₂O₃₀)(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂F₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Dara-I-Poiz, Tadzhikistan;
  • Vanadium mine at Wilson Hot Springs near Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA (Bright lemon-yellow SW);
  
  
  

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•   MITRIDATITE Ca₂Fe₃⁺³O₂(PO₄)₃ 3H₂O
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   mizzonite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   MOISSANITE-10R SiC
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   molybdoscheelite
  LW: Not fluorescent
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • xjoeberg, Sweden
  
  
  

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•   MONAZITE-(Ce) (Ce,La,Nd,Th)PO₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   MONOHYDROCALCITE CaCO₃ H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   MONTEBRASITE LiAl(PO₄)(OH,F)
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Unknown
  Best Locality:
  • Steward Mine, San Diego County, California, USA;
  • Russia;
  
  
  

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•   MONTEREGIANITE-(Y) (Na,K)₆(Y,Ca)₂Si₁₆O₃₈ 10H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   MONTICELLITE CaMgSiO₄
  LW: Pink
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   MONTMORILLONITE (Na,Ca)_0,3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂ nH₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Langesundfjord, Norway;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   MONTROYALITE Sr₄Al₈(CO₃)₃(OH,F)₂₆ 10-11H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Francon Quarry, Montreal, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   MORDENITE (Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄[Al₈Si₄₀O₉₆] 28H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Conejo Grade summit at Thousand Oaks, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   MOREAUITE Al₃(UO₂)(PO₄)₃(OH)₂ 13H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   morganite
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   MOSKVINITE-(Y) Na₂K(Y,RE)[Si₆O₁₅]
  LW: Not fluorescent
  MW: Not fluorescent
  SW: Violet
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Dara-i-Pioz glacial moraine, Alaisky mountain ridge, Tajikistan
  
  
  

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•   mossottite
  LW: Red
  MW: Red
  SW: Pink
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Boccheggiano Mine, Siena, Tuscany, Italy;
  
  
  

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•   MULLITE Al₆Si₂O₁₃
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Island of Mull, Loch Scridian, Scotland, England;
  
  
  

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•   MUNDITE Al(UO₂)₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃ 5,5H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   MURMANITE Na₄Ti₄⁺⁴(Si₂O₇)₂O₄ 4H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Lovozero massif, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   MUSCOVITE-1M KAl₂XAlSi₃O₁₀(OH)₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   NABAPHITE NaBaPO₄ 9H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mine Dumps on Mount Yukspor, Khibina Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia
  
  
  

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•   NACAPHITE Na(Na,Ca)₂(PO₄)F
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Khibina, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   NAHCOLITE NaHCO₃
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:

  Rifle, Colorado, USA; Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;

  
  
  

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•   NAKAURIITE Cu₈⁺²(SO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₆ 48H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   NASONITE Pb₆Ca₄Si₆O₂₁Cl₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Parker Shaft, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   NATISITE Na₂(TiO)SiO₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: TiO₆
  Best Locality:
  • Lovozero, Karnasurt Mt, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  • Khibina massif, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   NATRITE gamma Na₂CO₃
  LW: Greenish white
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Lovozero, Kola peninsula Russia;
  
  
  

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•   NATROALUNITE Na₂Al₆(SO₄)₄(OH)₁₂
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Big Star deposit, Marysvale, Utah, USA;
  
  
  

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•   NATROBISTANTITE (Na,Cs)Bi(Ta,Nb,Sb)₄O₁₂
  LW: Orange Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Pegmatite at Kyokbogor, China
  
  
  

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•   natroboltwoodite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   NATROFAIRCHILDITE = NYEREREITE (?) Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Vuoriyarvi Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   NATROLITE Na₂[Al₂Si₃O₁₀] 2H₂O
  LW: Greenish white
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Poudrette Quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   NATRON Na₂CO₃ 10H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: O^-₂
  Best Locality:
  • A dry Lake in Kenya;
  • Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   NATROPHOSPHATE Na₇(PO₄)₂(F,Cl) 19H₂O
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mount Yukspor, Khibina Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   natrouranospinite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   natrozippeite
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
• Bukov Mine, Rožná deposit, Vysočina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic




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•   NEFEDOVITE Na₅Ca₄(PO₄)₄F
  LW: Violet blue
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Ce³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Khibina, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   NEIGHBORITE NaMgF₃
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Katuginskoye, East Siberia, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   NEKOITE Ca₃Si₆O₁₅ 7H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   NENADKEVICHITE Na_8-xNb₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂(O,OH)₄ 8H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   NEPHELINE Na₃KAl₄Si₄O₁₆
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   NESQUEHONITE Mg(HCO₃)(OH) 2H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Puy Saint Gulmier, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France;
  • Golden, Colorado, USA;
  
  
  

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•   NEWBERYITE Mg(PO₃OH) 3H₂O
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Skipton Caves, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia;
  • Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   nicholsonite (Zincian aragonite)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   NICKEL-ZIPPEITE Ni₂(UO₂)₆(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₀ 16H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Bukov Mine, Rožná deposit, Vysočina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic;
  
  
  

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•   NIFONTOVITE Ca₃B₆O₆(OH)₁₂ 2H₂O
  LW: Violet
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Turinsk Region, North Urals, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   NIOCALITE Ca₁₄Nb₂(Si₂O₇)₄(O₆,F₂)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   NITRATINE NaNO₃
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   NITER KNO₃
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   nocerite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   NORBERGITE Mg₃(SiO₄)(F,OH)₂
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator: TiO₆
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin Quarry, Franklin, Sussex county, New Jersey, USA;
  • Pargas, Finland;
  • York River, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada;
  • Limecrest Quarry, Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA;
  • Farber Quarry, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   NORDENSKIOLDINE CaSn⁺⁴(BO₃)₂
  LW: Orange Red
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Uch-Koshkon, Kirgizstan (fluo orange-red);
  • A place near Screw Creek, Cassier Mountains, Yukon, Canada;
  • Langesundfjord, Norway;
  
  
  

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•   NORDITE-(Ce) Na₃SrCeZnSi₆O₁₇
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange Red
  Main Activator: Sm³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  • Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikistan;
  
  
  

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•   NORDSTRANDITE Al(OH)₃
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   NORSETHITE BaMg(CO₃)₂
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   NORTHUPITE Na₃Mg(CO₃)₂Cl
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   NOSEANE Na₈Al₆Si₆O₂₄(SO₄) H₂O
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW: Orange Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   noselite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   NOVACEKITE Mg(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂ 10-12H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Serra das Éguas, Brumado (Bom Jesus dos Meiras), Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil;
  
  
  

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•   NYEREREITE Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Vuoriyarvi Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   OKENITE Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆ 18H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   OLDHAMITE (Ca,Mg,Fe,Mn)S
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   OLGITE Na(Sr,Ba)PO₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   OLIGOCLASE (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)₄0₈
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Fe³⁺
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   OLMIITE CaMn²⁺[SiO₃(OH)](OH)
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality: N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa;
  
  

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•   OLYMPITE LiNa₅(PO₄)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Organic impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Khibina, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   onyx
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   OPALE SiO₂ nH₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Virgin Valley, Denio, Humboldt county, Nevada, USA;
  
  
  

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•   orangite
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality: Langesundfjord Region, Norway;
  
  

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•   ORPHEITE PbAl₃(PO₄,SO₄)₂(OH)₆ (?)
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality: Bulgaria;
  
  

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•   ORTHOCLASE KAlSi₃O₈
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Fe³⁺
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ORTHOSERPIERITE Ca(Cu⁺²,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆ 3H₂O
  LW: Violet
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Chessy Mine, France;
  
  
  

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•   OTAVITE CdCO₃
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:

  Tsumeb, Namibia;

  
  
  

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•   OYELITE Ca₁₀Si₈B₂O₂₉ 12,5H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: Violet
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   ozocerite / (cire organique / organic wax)
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  • Borislaw, URSS;
  
  
  

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•   p-VEATCHITE Sr₂B₁₁O₁₆(OH)₅ H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Billie Mine, Death Valley, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   PABSTITE Ba(Sn,Ti)Si₃O₉
  LW: Not fluorescent
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Pacific Limestone Products quarry (KALKAR Quarry), Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA;
  • Dara-i-Pioz glacier, Garmsky district, Tadjikistan
  • Madrelena Mine, Tres Pozos, Baja California Norte, Mexico
  
  
  

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•   PACHNOLITE NaCaAlF₆ H₂O
  LW: Greenish
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: n[TiO₆] cluster
  Best Locality:
  • Katugin, East Siberia, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   PALYGORSKITE-M (Mg,Al)₄Si₈(O,OH,H₂O)₂₆ 5H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   pandermite / (named after town of Panderma now called Bandirma in Balikesi)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   PARACELSIAN BaAl₂Si₂O₈
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Caernarvonshire, Wales, United Kingdom;
  
  
  

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•   PARAHOPEITE Zn₃(PO₄)₂ 4H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • International Adit, Oxide Mine, Ymir, British Columbia, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   PARAKELDYSHITE Na₂ZrSi₂O₇
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator: n[TiO₆] cluster
  Best Locality:
  • Roadcut at Bratthagen, Lagendalen and Brevik, Langesundfjord, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway;
  • mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  • Rasvumchorr, Khibiny massif, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  • Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   PARALAURIONITE PbCl(OH)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Furnace slags of Laurion District, Attica, Greece;
  
  
  

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•   PARALSTONITE BaCa(CO₃)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Minerva N°1 Mine, Cave in Rock, Illinois, USA;
  
  
  

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•   PARANIITE-(Y) Ca₂Y(AsO₄)(WO₄,MoO₄)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Pizzo Cervandone, Alpe Devero, Valle d’Ossola, Piedmont,Italy.
  • Fianel mine, Val Ferrera, Graubünden, Switzerland.
  
  
  

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•   PARASCHOEPITE (?) UO₃ 1-2H₂O
  LW: Greenish Yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • San Rafael Swell, eastern Utah, USA;
  
  
  

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•   PARAVINOGRADOVITE (Na,X)₂(Ti⁺⁴,Fe⁺³)₄(Si₇ Al)O₂₂(OH)₄ H₂O
  LW: Yellowish Green
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mount Kukisvumchorr, Khibina alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia
  
  
  

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•   parawollastonite CaSiO₃
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Crestmore Quarry, Riverside county, California, USA;
  • a mine near Bau, Sarawak, Borneo (Bright orange SW);
  
  
  

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•   PARGASITE NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)Si₆Al₂O₂₂(OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Greenish
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Amity, New York, USA;
  • Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   PARVOWINCHITE Na(Na Mn)₂(Mg₄Fe⁺³)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Salmon pink
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Balmat and Talcville, New York, USA;
  
  
  

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•   pecto-prehnite / (mixture / mélange PECTOLITE + PREHNITE)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Parker Shaft, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   PECTOLITE NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW: Pink
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin, New Jersey, USA (orange SW+LW);
  • Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Richmond County, Canada (bright orange LW);
  • Poudrette Quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada (magenta pink LW+SW);
  • Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway (yellowish white SW);
  • Lower New Street, Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, USA (orange LW, pink SW);
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   PENFIELDITE Pb₂Cl₃(OH)
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Furnace slags of the Laurion District, Attica, Greece ;
  • Margarita mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Chile;
  
  
  

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•   PENKVILKSITE-1M Na₄Ti₂Si₈O₂₂ 5H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Ti³⁺
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   PENNANTITE Mn₅⁺²Al (Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Cr³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Saranovskoye chromium deposit , North Urals, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   pennine
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   PENTAHYDROBORITE CaB₂O(OH)₆ 2H₂O
  LW: Violet
  MW:
  SW: Violet
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Turinsk, Ural Mountains, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   PERICLASE MgO
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Pale Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;
  
  
  

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•   pericline
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   pearls
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   perthite ORTHOCLASE
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   PETALITE LiAlSi₄O₁₀
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   petroleum / (huile organique / organic oil)
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   PEZZOTTAITE CsBe₂LiAl₂Si₆O₁₈
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Cr³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Sakavalana, Madagascar;
  
  
  

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•   phacolite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   PHARMACOLITE Ca(HAsO₄) 2H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Wittichen, Germany;
  • Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   PHENACITE Be₂SiO₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Mount Antero, Chaffe county, Colorado, USA; Madagascar;
  
  
  

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•   PHILLIPSITE-Ca (Ca_0,5,K,Na,Ba_0,5)_4-7[Al_4-7Si_12-9O₃₂] 12H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Vesuvio, Napoli, Italy;
  
  
  

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•   PHLOGOPITE-1M KMg₃AlSi₃O₁₀(OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Sar-eSang, Kokcha (Koksha) Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan;
  
  
  

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•   PHOENICOCHROITE Pb₂O(CrO₄)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   PHOSGENITE Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Monteponi, Sardinia, Italy;
  • Touissit, Morocco;
  
  
  

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•   phosphorite / (roche sedimentaire riche en phosphate / sedimentary rock)
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Greenish white
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   PHOSPHURANYLITE (H₃O)₃KCa(UO₂)₇O₄(PO₄)₄ 8H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   PHURALUMITE Al₂(UO₂)₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆ 10H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Kobokobo Pegmatite, Lusungu River District, Kivu, Congo(Zaïre);
  
  
  

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•   PHURCALITE Ca₂(UO₂)₃O₂(PO₄)₂ 7H₂O
  LW: Yellowish Green
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Posey mine, San Juan county, Utah, USA;
  
  
  

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•   PICKERINGITE MgAl₂(SO₄)₄ 22H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Cerros Pintados, near Iquique, Chile;
  
  
  

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•   PICROPHARMACOLITE Ca₄Mg(AsO₄)₂(HAsO₃OH)₂ 11H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Sainte-Marie-aux-mines, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France;
  • Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   moonstone
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   pinite / (pseudomorphs after silicate minerals composed of mica and clay minerals)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   PINNOITE MgB₂O(OH)₆
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Inder Lake, Kazakhstan;
  
  
  

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•   PIRSSONITE Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂ 2H₂O
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Greenish Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   plagioclase / (Anglo-Saxon name for ALBITE/ANORTHITE serie)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Fe³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   PLOMBIERITE Ca₅H₂Si₆O₁₈ 6H₂O (?)
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   plumbocalcite / (voir/see CALCITE (Pb bearing calcite))
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   PLUMBOJAROSITE Pb_0,5Fe₃⁺³(SO₄)₂(OH)₆
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   PLUMBONACRITE (?) Pb₅O(CO₃)₃(OH)₂ (?)
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Furnace slags of the Laurion district , Attica, Greece;
  
  
  

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•   POLDERVAARTITE Ca(Ca_0,5Mn_0,5⁺²)(SiO₃OH)(OH)
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa;
  
  
  

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•   POLLUCITE (Cs,Na)[AlSi₂O₆] nH₂O ou (Cs+n=1)
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Mont Mica, South Paris, Maine, USA;
  
  
  

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•   POLYLITHIONITE-1M KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Poudrette Quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  • Vesle Aroya, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
  
  
  

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•   POWELLITE CaMoO₄
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: MoO₄^2-
  Best Locality:
  • Pandulena quarry, Nasik district, India;
  • Mahodari, Nasik, Pune (Poona), Maharashtra, India;
  • Nangaon, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India;
  • Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India;
  
  
  

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•   pravdite
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   PREHNITE Ca₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀(OH)₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Pb²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin mine, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  • Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Shipton Township, Richmond Co., Québec, Canada;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   PREOBRAZHENSKITE Mg₃B₁₁O₁₅(OH)₉
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Inder Lake, Kazakhstan;
  
  
  

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•   PRETULITE ScPO₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   PRICEITE Ca₂B₅O₇(OH)₅ H₂O
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Thomson and Boraxo n°1 Pit, Death Valley, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   PROBERTITE NaCaB₅O₇(OH)₄ 3H₂O
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Billie Mine, Death Valley, USA;
  
  
  

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•   PROSOPITE CaAl₂(F,OH)₈
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator: Ce³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   PRZHEVALSKITE Pb(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ 4H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   PSEUDO-AUTUNITE (H₃O)₄Ca₂(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₄ 5H₂O (?)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Found in ultrabasic-alkalic rock in Northern Karelia, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   pseudowavellite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ptilolite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   PYROCHLORE (Na,Ca)₂Nb₂O₆(OH,F)
  LW: Yellowish Green
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   PYROMORPHITE Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl
  LW: Yellowish
  MW: Orangy yellow
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator: Eu³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Bad Ems, Germany;
  • Society Girl Mine, Moyie, British Colombia, Canada;
  • Dao Ping Mine, Guangxi Autonomous Region, China (a small percentage of the samples of this mine is yellow fluorescing MW; the lighter colored samples seem to have a better chance to be luminescent);
  
  
  

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•   PYROPE Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃
  LW: Orange Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   PYROPHYLLITE-1A Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   QUARTZ alpha (low) SiO₂
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • La Sassa, Italy;
  
  
  

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•   quincite (quincyite) / (voir/see OPALE Quincy-sur-Cher, Bourges, Cher, Centre, France)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   RABBITTITE Ca₃Mg₃(UO₂)₂(CO₃)₆(OH)₄ 18H₂O
  LW: Greenish Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Greenish Yellow
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Lucky Strike N°2 mine, Emery county, Utah, USA;
  
  
  

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•   RABEJACITE Ca(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆ 6H₂O
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Rabejac, near Lodève, France;
  
  
  

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•   ramsayite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ranquilite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   RANUNCULITE HAl(UO₂)PO₄(OH)₃ 4H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Kobokobo, Kivu, Congo
  
  
  

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•   RAPIDCREEKITE Ca₂(SO₄)(CO₃) 4H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   RASPITE PbWO₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Brownish Green
  Main Activator: WO₄^2-
  Best Locality:
  • Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia;
  
  
  

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•   RAVATITE C₁₄H₁₀
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  • From near the former village of Ravat, left bank of the Jagnob River Valley, Tajikistan.
  • Halde Anna 1, Alsdorf, Germany
  
  
  

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•   RAVITE (?) / (hydrocarbon)
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:

  Dushanbe, Tadzhikistan

  
  
  

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•   REEDMERGNERITE NaBSi₃O₈
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Dara-I-Poiz, Tadzhikistan;
  
  
  

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•   REFIKITE C₂₀H₃₂O₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  • From Mont´orio al Vomano, 10 km southwest of Teramo, Abruzzi, Italy;
  • Found near Kolbermoor, Bavaria, Germany;
  • Kr´asno, Czech Republic;
  
  
  

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•   REMONDITE-(Ce) Na₃(Ce,La,Ca,Na,Sr)₃(CO₃)₅
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mont-St-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   RENARDITE (discredited) / ( Pb(UO₂)₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₄ 7(H₂O) probably a form of DEWINDTITE )
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   retinite / (general term for a group of fossil resinscontaining no succinic acid)
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Greenish white
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   REVDITE Na₁₆[Si₄O₆(OH)₅]₂[Si₈O₁₅(OH)₆](OH)₁₀ 28H₂O
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   RHODIZITE (K,Cs)Al₄Be₄(B,Be)₁₂O₂₈
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Manjaka Mine, Mount Bity (Ibity), Madagascar;
  • Anjanabonoina, Madagascar (fluo bright orange SW and weak white LW);
  
  
  

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•   RHODOCHROSITE Mn⁺²CO₃
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • N'Chwaning 2 Mine, near Kuruman, South-Africa;
  
  
  

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•   rhodolite
  LW: Orange Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   RHODONITE (Mn⁺²,Fe⁺²,Mg,Ca)SiO₃
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   RICHTERITE Na(CaNa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
  LW: Greenish
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Fe³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Murun, Aldan Plateau Yakutia;
  
  
  

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•   RIVERSIDEITE Ca₅Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂ 2H₂O
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ROEBLINGITE Pb₂Ca₆Mn⁺²(Si₆O₁₈)(SO₄)₂(OH)₂ 4H₂O
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Langban, Sweden;
  • Parker Shaft, Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   ROSENBUSCHITE (Ca,Na)₁₂(Zr,Ti)₄(Si₂O₇)₄(O₄F₄)
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Skutesundskjaer near Barkevik, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   ROSENHAHNITE Ca₃Si₃O₈(OH)₂
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Highway 101 near Cloverdale, Mendocino County, California, USA;
  • Durham Quarry, Wake County, North Carolina, USA;
  
  
  

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•   rumanite
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
• Colţi (Buzău County), Romania




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•   rubellite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   Ruby
  LW: Red
  MW: Red
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Cr³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Longido, Kilimandjaro, Tanzania;
  • Kleggåsen, Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway;
  • Hunza Valley, Gilgit, Pakistan;
  • Mysore District, Karnataka, India;
  • Froland, Norway;
  • Fiskenaessett, Greenland;
  • Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan;
  
  
  

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•   RUTHERFORDINE U⁺⁶O₂(CO₃)
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   SABINAITE Na₄Zr₂TiO₄(CO₃)₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  • Francon Quarry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   SABUGALITE H_0,5Al_0,5(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ 8H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Quarta Seira mine, Sabugal, Portugal;
  
  
  

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•   SALEEITE Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ 10H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Urucum pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil;
  
  
  

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•   SAL AMMONIAC (SALMIAC) alpha NH₄Cl
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   salpeter
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   SAMFOWLERITE Ca₂₈Mn₆Zn₄(Be,Zn)₄Be₁₂(SiO₄)₁₂(Si₂O₇)₈(OH)₁₂
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin, NJ, USA;
  
  
  

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•   SANBORNITE BaSi₂O₅
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Rush creek, Fresno county, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   SANIDINE (K,Na)(Si,Al)₄O₈
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Pink
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   sapphire
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   SAPONITE (Ca_0,5,Na)_0,3(Mg,Fe⁺²)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂ 4H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   SASSOLITE H₃BO₃
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Larderello, Tuscany, Italy;
  
  
  

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•   SATIMOLITE KNa₂Al₄B₆O₁₅Cl₃ 13H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Ivrea, Italy;
  
  
  

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•   SAZYKINAITE-(Y) Na₅YZrSi₆O₁₈ 6H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   scapolite / (Group of minerals: see/voir MEIONITE, MARIALITE )
  LW: Violet red
  MW: Orange Red
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Fe³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Karur, Tamilnadu, India
  • Madagascar
  • Cannon Inlet, Baffin Island, Nunavut (bright peach under MW)
  
  
  

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•   SCAWTITE Ca₇(Si₆O₁₈)(CO₃) 2H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   schalenblende
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Olkusz, Olkusz District, Małopolskie, Poland;
  • Plombières-Vieille Montagne (Plombières-Altenberg) District, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium;
  • Schmalgraf Mine, Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne (Plombières-Altenberg) District, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium;
  
  
  

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•   SCHEELITE CaWO₄
  LW: Violet Pink
  MW: Yellow
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: WO₄^2-
  Best Locality:
  • Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China;
  • Tae Hwa Mine, Neungam-ri, Angseong-myeon, Chungju, Chungcheongbukdo, South Korea
  • Mt. Xuebaoding, Sichuan Province, China (bright red MW)
  
  
  

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•   SCHOEPITE [(UO₂)₈O₂(OH)₁₂](H₂O)₁₂
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre);
  • Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre);
  • San Rafael Swell, eastern Utah, USA;
  
  
  

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•   SCHROECKINGERITE NaCa₃(UO₂)(SO₄)(CO₃)₃F 10H₂O
  LW: Bluish Green
  MW:
  SW: Bluish Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Hillside mine, Yavapai county, Arizona, USA;
  
  
  

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•   SCOLECITE Ca[Al₂Si₃O₁₀] 3H₂O
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   SEARLESITE NaBSi₂O₅(OH)₂
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Greenish white
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  • Point of Rocks, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA;
  • Green River area, Sweet Water County, Wyoming, USA;
  
  
  

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•   selenite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   SELLAITE MgF₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Les Adets, France (yellow fluorescence);
  • Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Black Forest Region, Germany (blue-white fluo);
  • Pedra Preta Quarry, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil (Magenta-pink SW);
  
  
  

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•   SENARMONTITE Sb₂O₃
  LW: Brownish Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Djebel-Hamimat mine , Ain Beida, Algeria;
  
  
  

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•   SEPIOLITE Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂ 6H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Eskisehir, Turkey;
  
  
  

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•   septaria
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Boom, Belgium;
  
  
  

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•   serpentine
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   severginite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   SHARPITE Ca(UO₂)₆(CO₃)₅(OH)₄ 6H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   SHIBKOVITE K(Ca,Mn,Na)₂(K_2-xX_x)₂Zn₃Si₁₂O₃₀
  LW:
  MW: Orangy yellow
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikistan;
  
  
  

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•   SHOMIOKITE-(Y) Na₃(Y,Dy)(CO₃)₃ 3H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator: Eu³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Mt Alluaiv, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   SHORTITE Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator: Dy³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • FMC Mine, Green River, Wyoming, USA;
  • Khibina, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   SILLIMANITE Al₂SiO₅
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   simetite
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
• Simeto River, Sicily, Italy




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•   SIMONELLITE C₁₉H₂₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  • Fognano, Montepulciano, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy;
  
  
  

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•   SIMPSONITE Al₄(Ta,Nb)₃O₁₃(O,OH,F)
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   SKLODOWSKITE (H₃O)₂Mg(UO₂)₂(SiO₄)₂ 4H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   SLAWSONITE (Sr,Ca)Al₂Si₂O₈
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Violet red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Kagami Village, Tosagun, Kochi Prefecture, Japan;
  
  
  

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•   SMITHSONITE ZnCO₃
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • fluo Blue SW: Tsumeb, Namibia;
  • fluo red SW: Alston Moor, Cumberland, England;
  • fluo green: Klichkinskoye, Nerchinskii District, East Transbaikalia, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   SODALITE Na₈Al₆Si₆O₂₄Cl₂
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: S₂^-
  Best Locality:
  • Brevik, Langesundfjord, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
  • Bancroft, Ontario, Canada;
  • Khibiny massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  • Kiran, Kokcha (Koksha) Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan;
  • Sar-e-Sang, Kokcha (Koksha) Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan;
  • Mont St Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   SODDYITE (UO₂)₂SiO₄ 2H₂O
  LW: Tawn
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   SODIUM AUTUNITE Na₂(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ 10-16H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • From a granodiorite in an unspecified locality in the former Soviet Union;
  
  
  

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•   SODIUM BOLTWOODITE (Na,K)(UO₂)SiO₃(OH) 1,5H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   SODIUM URANOSPINITE (Na₂,Ca)(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂ 5H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • “Mina Eureka” término de Castell-estaó, La Torre de Cabdella, provincia de Lérida, Spain;
  
  
  

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•   SODIUM-ZIPPEITE Na₄(UO₂)₆(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₀ 4H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Bukov Mine, Rožná deposit, Vysočina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic;
  • Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida province, Spain;
  
  
  

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•   SOGDIANITE (Zr,Ti⁺⁴,Fe⁺³,Al)₂(X,Na)₂K[Li₃Si₁₂O₃₀] ou Zr₂KLi₃Si₁₂O₃₀
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Ti - O
  Best Locality:
  • Dara-I-Poiz glacier, Alayskiy Range, Tien Shan mountains, Tadzhikistan;
  
  
  

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•   sombrerite / (associated with rock guano on Sombrero Island in Anguilla)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   SORENSENITE Na₄Sn⁺⁴Be₂(Si₃O₉)₂ 2H₂O
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: TiO₆
  Best Locality:
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   SULPHUR (ALPHA) alpha S
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Greenish
  Main Activator: Unknown
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   SPENCERITE Zn₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₂ 3H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • H.B. Mine, Salmo, British Colombia, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   SPESSARTINE Mn₃⁺²Al₂(SiO₄)₃
  LW: Orange Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Cr³⁺
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   SPHALERITE (Zn,Fe)S
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Sterling Hill mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, Sussex county, New jersey, USA;
  • Massive sphalérite in Baryte matrix, Hot Springs, Madison County, North Carolina, USA;
  
  
  

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•   sphene
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   SPINELLE MgAl₂O₄
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Cr³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Mogok, Burma;
  • Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam;
  
  
  

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•   SPODUMENE LiAlSi₂O₆
  LW: Orange Red
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Hunza Mine, Gilgit Region, Pakistan;
  • Kolum District, Nuristan Region, Afghanistan;
  • Kunar Province, Afghanistan;
  
  
  

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•   SPURRITE Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   STEACYITE Th(Ca,Na)₂K_1-xSi₈O₂₀ (x=0.2-0.4)
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Murunski Massif, near Aldon, south of the Lena River, Siberia, Russia;
  • Aldan Shield, Sahka republic (Yakutia), Russia;
  
  
  

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•   steatite
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Greenish white
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   STEENSTRUPITE-(Ce) Na₁₄Ce₆Mn⁺²Mn⁺³Fe₂⁺²(Zr,Th)(Si₆O₁₈)₂(PO₄)₇ 3H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   STEIGERITE AlVO₄ 3H₂O
  LW: Pale Yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   STELLERITE Ca[Al₂Si₇O₁₈] 7H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   STEVENSITE (Ca/2)_0,3Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • New Street quarry, Paterson, New jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   STILBITE-Ca (Ca_0,5,Na,K)₉[Al₉Si₂₇O₇₂] 28H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Organic impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Upper New Sreet, Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   STILLWELLITE-(Ce) (Ce,La,Ca)BSiO₅
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator: Sm³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikistan;
  
  
  

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•   STOLZITE Pb(WO₄)
  LW: Orange Red
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator: WO₄^2-
  Best Locality:
  • Mine Sainte lucie, St Léger, Lozère, France (fluo yellow);
  • Tsumeb, Namibia (Bright yellow SW and Bright orange-red LW);
  • Broken Hill Proprietary Mine (Proprietary Mine; BHP Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
  
  
  

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•   STRELKINITE Na₂(UO₂)₂(V₂O₈) 6H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Basaral occurrence, Bota-Burum U deposit, Alakol' Lake, Chu-Ili Mts, Balkhash Region, Dzhezkazgan Oblast', Kazakhstan former Soviet Union;
  
  
  

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•   stroganovite / (a scapolite with yellow-green color)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   STRONTIANITE SrCO₃
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Organic impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Winfield, Union Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
  
  
  

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•   strontio-aragonite
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Pink
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality: Boccheggiano (Grosseto), Toscana, Italy
  
  

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•   strontiocalcite
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   STRONTIUM-APATITE (Sr,Ca)₅(PO₄)₃(OH,F)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange Red
  Main Activator: Sm³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Lake Sayd, Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   STRUNZITE Mn⁺²Fe₂⁺³(PO₄)₂(OH)₂ 6H₂O
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Mount Palermo, North groton, New hampshire, USA;
  • Hagendorf pegmatite, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany;
  
  
  

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•   STUDTITE UO₄ 4H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Shinkolobwe-Kasolo, Shaba, Congo;
  • Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Germany;
  
  
  

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•   succinite
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   SULFOHALITE Na₆(SO₄)₂FCl
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   SUOLUNITE Ca₂Si₂O₅(OH)₂ H₂O
  LW: Greenish white
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Al Khawd, Oman;
  
  
  

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•   SUSANNITE Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland, England;
  
  
  

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•   SVABITE Ca₅(AsO₄)₃(F,OH)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;
  • Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  • A skarn at Solongo, Buriat Republic, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   SVYATOSLAVITE CaAl₂Si₂O₈
  LW: Yellowish
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • From burning coal dumps in the Chelyabinsk coal basin, Southern Urals, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   SWARTZITE CaMg(UO₂)(CO₃)₃ 12H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Hillside mine, Yavapai county, Arizona, USA;
  
  
  

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•   SWEDENBORGITE NaBe₄SbO₇
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;
  
  
  

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•   sylvinite / (melange/mixture de/of HALITE et/and SYLVITE)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   SYLVITE KCl
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Pink
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   SZAIBELYITE Mg₂(B₂O₄OH)(OH)
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Coating on a serpentine at Stinson Beach, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   taaffeite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   TACHARANITE Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₅₁ 18H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   TADZHIKITE-(Ce) Ca₄Ce₂TiX₂[Si₄B₄O₂₂](OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Greenish Yellow
  Main Activator: Ti - O
  Best Locality:
  • Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikistan;
  
  
  

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•   TAINIOLITE-1M KLiMg₂Si₄O₁₀F₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Pink
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   TALC-1A Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Balmat and Talcville, New york, USA;
  • Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   TALMESSITE Ca₂Mg(AsO₄)₂ 2H₂O
  LW: Yellowish Green
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, USA;
  • Talmessi Mine, Anarak, Iran;
  
  
  

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•   taprobanite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   TARANAKITE (K,Na)₃(Al,Fe⁺³)₅(PO₄)₂(PO₃OH)₆ 18H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   TARBUTTITE Zn₂(PO₄)(OH)
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   tarnowitzite
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   TAUSONITE SrTiO₃
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Fe³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Murun, near Aldan, Yakutia, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   TELYUSHENKOITE CsNa₆[Be₂(Si,Al,Zn)₁₈O₃₉F₂]
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Violet
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Dara-i-Pioz, Tadzhikistan;
  
  
  

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•   TERLINGUAITE Hg₂ClO
  LW: Salmon pink
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Terlingua, USA;
  
  
  

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•   TERSKITE Na₄ZrSi₆O₁₅(OH)₂ H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW: Green
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  • Lovozero massif, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   TERTSCHITE Ca₄B₁₀O₁₉ 20H₂O
  LW: Violet
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Kurtpinari mine, Faras, Turquey;
  
  
  

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•   tetranatrolite (IMA discredited)
  LW: Pink
  MW:
  SW: Pink
  Main Activator: S₂^-
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   THAUMASITE Ca₆Si₂(CO₃)₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₂ 24H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Paterson, New Jersey, USA;
  • Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   THENARDITE Na₂SO₄
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Near Sodaville, Nevada, USA;
  • Searles Lake, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   thinolite
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   THOMSONITE-Ca Ca₂Na[Al₅Si₅O₂₀] 6H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Lower and Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, USA;
  • Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   THORIKOSITE Pb₃(Sb⁺³,As⁺³)O₃(OH)Cl₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Laurion District, Attica, Greece;
  
  
  

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•   THORITE (Th,U)SiO₄
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Langesundfjord Region, Norway (yellowish variety called orangite and fluorescing green);
  
  
  

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•   THORNASITE Na₁₂Th₃[Si₈O₁₉]₄ 18H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • DeMix-Varennes Quarry, Saint Amable Sill, Varennes, Quebec, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   THOROGUMMITE Th(SiO₄)_1-x(OH)_4x
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   thorstite ?
  LW: Greenish Yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality: Murun Alkali Massif
  
  

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•   THREADGOLDITE Al(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(OH) 8H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Kobokobo, Kivu, Congo;
  
  
  

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•   thulite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   Tiffany stone
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Brush Beryllium Mine in Juab Co., Utah, USA;
  • Spor Mountain deposit, Spor Mountain, Juab Co., Utah, USA;
  
  
  

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•   TILASITE CaMg(AsO₄)F
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Salmon pink
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;
  • Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   TILLEYITE Ca₅Si₂O₇(CO₃)₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   TINAKSITE K₂N (Ca,Mn⁺²)₂TiSi₇O₁₉(OH)
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: n[TiO₆] cluster
  Best Locality:
  • Murun, Aldan, Russia;Khibina Massif, Russia (Tinaksite-(Mn));
  
  
  

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•   TINCALCONITE Na₆[B₄O₅(OH)₄]₃ 8H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Boron, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   tirodite
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality: Balmat and Talcville, New York, USA;
  
  

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•   TITANITE CaTiSiO₅
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Dark Orange /Tawn
  Main Activator: Radiation induced centers
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  • Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil;
  
  
  

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•   TOBERMORITE Ca₅Si₆(O,OH)₁₈ 5H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   TOPAZE Al₂SiO₄(F,OH)₂
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Greenish white
  Main Activator: TiO₆
  Best Locality:
  • Shingus, Skardu District, Gilgit valley, Pakistan;
  • Mine de Vermelhão, Saramenha,Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Cr³⁺)
  
  
  

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•   tourmaline / (Group of minerals: see/voir ELBAITE, UVITE, DRAVITE)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Cr³⁺
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   travertin / (variete de calcaire / variety of limestone)
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Greenish white
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   TREMOLITE XCa₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Orange Red
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Gouverneur Talc Co, Balmat and Talcville, St Lawrence County, New York, USA;
  • Farber Quarry, Franklin, New jersey, USA (blue SW);
  
  
  

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•   TRIDYMITE alpha SiO₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Obsidian Cliff in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, USA (in obsidian);
  • Big Lue Mountains, Greenlee county, Arizona, USA;
  
  
  

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•   TRIMERITE CaMn₂⁺²Be₃(SiO₄)₃
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   tripoli / (roche sedimentaire / sedimentary rock)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   TROEGERITE (UO₂)₃(AsO₄)₂ 12H₂O (?)
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   TRONA Na₃(CO₃)(HCO₃) 2H₂O
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Westvaco, Wyoming, USA (Pale yellow);
  • Searles Lake, California, USA (Bright blue-white);
  
  
  

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•   troostite
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
• Franklin, New Jersey, USA;




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•   TSCHERNICHITE-M Ca_3,8Mg_1,7Na_1,6K_0,4(Al,Si)₆₄O₁₂₈ 65H₂O
  LW: Pale Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Pale Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   tugtulite
  LW: Orange Red
  MW: Orange
  SW: Pinkish White
  Main Activator: S₂^-
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   TUGTUPITE Na₄AlBeSi₄O₁₂Cl
  LW: Orange
  MW: Pinkish White
  SW: Orange Red
  Main Activator: S₂^-
  Best Locality:
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Taseq slopes, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kangerlassaq, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  • Mont St hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   TUNELLITE SrB₆O₉(OH)₂ 3H₂O
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Boron, california, USA;
  
  
  

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•   TUNISITE NaCa₂Al₄(CO₃)₄(OH)₈Cl
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   TURKESTANITE Th (Ca,Na)2 (K1-x Xx) Si8 O20 nH2 O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:

  Dara-i-Pioz, Tadjikistan;

  
  
  

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•   TURNEAUREITE Ca₅(AsO₄,PO₄)₃ Cl
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA;
  • N°4 Mine, Balmat, St Lawrence County, New York, USA;
  • Langban, Sweden;
  
  
  

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•   TURQUOISE CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈ 4H₂O
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   TUSCANITE K(Ca,Na)₆(Si,Al)₁₀O₂₂(SO₄,CO₃,(OH)₂) H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Ditch Attica, near Rome, Italy;
  
  
  

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•   TVEITITE-(Y) Ca₁₄Y₅F₄₃
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Barringer Hill, Llano and Burnet Counties, Texas, USA (now under Lake Buchanan!);
  • Telmark, Norway
  
  
  

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•   TYCHITE Na₆Mg₂(CO₃)₄(SO₄)
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   TYUYAMUNITE Ca(UO₂)₂(V₂O₈) 5-8H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ULEXITE NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆ 5H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Boron, California, USA;
  
  
  

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•   UMBITE K₂ZrSi₃O₉ H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: n[TiO₆] cluster
  Best Locality:
  • Khibina Massif, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   URALBORITE CaB₂O₂(OH)₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Violet
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Turinsk, Northern Ural Mountains, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   URALOLITE Ca₂Be₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₃ 5H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Dunton Gem Mine, Newry, Maine, USA;
  
  
  

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•   URAMARSITE (NH₄,H₃O)₂(UO₂)₂(AsO₄, PO₄)₂.6H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Bota-Burum U-Mo Deposit, south of Alakol'Lake, southwestern Balkhash area, Southern Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan;
  
  
  

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•   URAMPHITE (NH₄)₂(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ 6H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • found in a uranium-coal deposit in the former Soviet Union;
  
  
  

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•   URANOCIRCITE Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ 12H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Bergen, Germany;
  • Menzenschwand, Black Forest region, Germany;
  • San Pedro mine, Malacacheta, Minas Gerais, Brazil;
  
  
  

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•   URANOPHANE Ca(UO₂)₂[SiO₃(OH)]₂ 5H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Grants District, New Mexico, USA;
  • Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida province, Spain;
  
  
  

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•   URANOPHANE-BETA Ca(UO₂)₂[(SiO₃OH)]₂ 5H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Badgastein, Austria;
  
  
  

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•   URANOPILITE (UO₂)₆(SO₄)O₂(OH)₆ 14H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Rabejac, Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France ;
  
  
  

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•   URANOSPATHITE Al_0,5-1(UO₂)₄(PO₄)₄ 20-21H₂O F<1
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Krunkelbach Valley Uranium deposit, Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany;
  • Mina El Pedregal, Badajoz, Coimbra, Spain
  
  
  

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•   URANOSPINITE Ca(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂ 10H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   URSILITE (?) (Mg,Ca)₄(UO₂)₄(Si₂O₅)_5,5(OH)₅ 13H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Former Soviet union;
  
  
  

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•   USSINGITE Na₂AlSi₃O₈(OH)
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Lovozero massif, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   UVAROVITE Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Cr³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Nijie-Tagiskoyie, Urals, Russia (fluo green);
  • Transvaal, South Africa (fluo red);
  
  
  

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•   UVITE (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe⁺²)₃Al₅Mg(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH,F)₄
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator: TiO₆
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin marble, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
  • Brumado, Bahia, Brazil; Bradu Valley, Pakistan;
  
  
  

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•   valchovite / (polymeric sesquiterpen alcohol)
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Greenish
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  • Valchov, Boskovice, South Moravia Region, Moravia, Czech Republic;
  
  
  

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•   VANADINITE Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Greenish Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
• Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico;




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•   VANDENBRANDEITE Cu⁺²(UO₂)(OH)₄
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
• Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo(Zaïre);




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•   VANDENDRIESSCHEITE Pb_1,5[(UO₂)₁₀)O₆(OH)₁₁] 11H₂O
  LW: Tawn
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   VANMEERSSCHEITE U(UO₂)₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆ 4H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality: Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Congo;
  
  

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•   VANURALITE Al(UO₂)₂(V₂O₈)(OH) 11H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality: Munana, Gabon;
  
  

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•   vanuxemite / (melange/mixture de/of SAUCONITE et/and HEMIMORPHITE)
  LW: Tawn
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   VARISCITE AlPO₄ 2H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Fairfield, Utah, USA;
  
  
  

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•   VATERITE CaCO₃
  LW:
  MW: Greenish Blue
  SW:
  Main Activator: Organic impurities
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   veatchite-p
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   VESUVIANITE Ca₁₀Mg₂Al₄(SiO₄)₅(Si₂O₇)₂(OH)₄
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
• Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Québec, Canada;
• Lake Jaco, Chihuahua, Mexico (en association avec grenats / with garnet );




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•   VILLIAUMITE NaF
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Point of Rocks, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA (fluo orange);
  • Khibina Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia (fluo orange);
  • Mont-St-Hilaire, Quebec (fluo red); Canada and Rouma, Los Archipelago, Guinea (fluo red);
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   VINOGRADOVITE Na₈Ti₈O₈(Si₂O₆)₄[(Si₃Al)O₁₀]2 [(H₂O),(Na,K)₂]
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish
  Main Activator: TiO₆
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  • Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia;
  • Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   VITUSITE-(Ce) Na₃(Ce,La,Nd)(PO₄)₂
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Main Activator: Ce³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Yubileinaya vein, Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  • Rasvumchorr Mt. Khibiny, Kola, Russia;
  • Kitaa Province, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   VLASOVITE-1A Na₂ZrSi₄O₁₁
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator: n[TiO₆] cluster
  Best Locality:
  • Kipawa Complex, Sheffield Lake, Témiscamingue County, Quebec, Canada;
  • Burpala, Patom plateau, East Siberia, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   VOGLITE Ca₂Cu⁺²(UO₂)(CO₃)₄ 6H₂O (?)
  LW: Greenish Blue
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
• Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Krusné Hory (Erzgebirge), Západoceský Kraj, Bohemia, Czech Republic;
• White Canyon #1 Mine, Frey Point, San Juan County, Utah, USA;




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•   voltzite / (mixture of WURTZITE and organometalic zinc compound)
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   VUONNEMITE Na₁₁Ti⁺⁴Nb₂(Si₂O₇)₂(PO₄)₂O₃(F,OH)
  LW: Greenish white
  MW:
  SW: Greenish Yellow
  Main Activator: Ti³⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
  • Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  • Ilimaussaq, Greenland;
  
  
  

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•   WADEITE K₂ZrSi₃O₉
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: n[TiO₆] cluster
  Best Locality:
  • Khibina, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   walchovite
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
• Moravia, Czech republic




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•   WALSTROMITE BaCa₂Si₃O₉
  LW: Orange
  MW: Orange
  SW: Orange
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Cat head mountains, Big Creek-Rush Creek area, Fresno County, California, USA (bright orange MW);
  
  
  

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•   WAVELLITE Al₃(PO₄)₂₍OH,F)₃ 5H₂O
  LW: Bluish White
  MW: Green
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Highdown Quarry, Devon, England;
  • Saline County, Arkansas, USA (some samples have a bright green fluorescence under MW, far stronger than under SW)
  
  
  

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•   websterite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   WEEKSITE (K,Ba,Ca)₂(UO₂)₂Si₅O₁₃ H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   weinschenkite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   WELOGANITE Na₂Sr₃Zr(CO₃)₆ 3H₂O
  LW: Pink
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Francon Quarry, Montreal, Jacques Cartier County, Québec, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   wernerite / (voir aussi/see also MARIALITE)
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish
  Main Activator: S₂^-
  Best Locality:
  • Otter Lake, Grenville, Quebec, Canada;
  • McGill Farm, Grenville Township, Quebec;
  • Grenville Scapolite Prospect, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada;
  
  
  

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•   wheelerite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality: variety of retinite occuring in lignite beds in Northern Mexico
  
  

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•   WHEWELLITE CaC₂O₄ H₂O
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
• Crystals in septarian concretions of Elk Creek, Meade county, South Dakota, USA;
• Dolny, Bilina, Tchéquie;




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•   WICKENBURGITE Pb₃CaAl₂Si₁₀O₂₇ 4H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Orange Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Potter-Cramer mine, Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA;
  
  
  

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•   WICKMANITE Mn⁺²Sn⁺⁴(OH)₆
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   WIGHTMANITE Mg₅O(BO₃)(OH)₅ 2H₂O
  LW: Tawn
  MW:
  SW: Tawn
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   wilkeite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   WILLEMITE Zn₂SiO₄
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA;
  • Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA;
  • Hogan Claim, near Wickenburg, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA (associated with calcite and fluorite);
  • Star Zinc Mine, Broken Hill, North Western province, Zambia;
  
  
  

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•   WITHERITE BaCO₃
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Cave in Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, USA;
  
  
  

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•   WOHLERITE Na₄Ca₈(Zr,Nb)₄(Si₂O₇)₄₍O,OH,F)₈
  LW: Orange Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   WOLLASTONITE-1A CaSiO₃
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • "Third find" (i.e. Wollastonite in calcite associated with Baryte) Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA;
  • Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New jersey, USA;
  • White Knob quarry, Lucerne Valley Limestone Province, San Berardino County, California, USA;
  • Desert View mine, Holcomb Valley, San Bernardino County, California, USA;
  • Yuma, Yuma District, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA;
  
  
  

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•   WULFENITE PbMoO₄
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: MoO₄^2-
  Best Locality:

  Red Cloud Mine, Yuma County, Arizona, USA; Mammoth, Arizona, USA;

  
  
  

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•   WURTZITE-2H (Zn,Fe)S
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Québec, Canada;
  • Tsumeb, Namibia (probably containing cadmium, fluo jaune/yellow);
  • Olkusz, Olkusz District, Małopolskie, Poland;
  • Plombières-Vieille Montagne (Plombières-Altenberg) District, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium;
  • Schmalgraf Mine, Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne (Plombières-Altenberg) District, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium;
  
  
  

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•   WURTZITE-4H ZnS
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: Mn²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Mont St Hilaire, Québec, Canada;
  • Olkusz, Olkusz District, Małopolskie, Poland;
  • Plombières-Vieille Montagne (Plombières-Altenberg) District, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium;
  • Schmalgraf Mine, Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne (Plombières-Altenberg) District, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium;
  
  
  

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•   XENOTIME-(Y) YPO₄
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   XONOTLITE Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Wessels Mine, South Africa;
  • Franklin mine, Franklin, New jersey, USA;
  
  
  

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•   YAROSLAVITE Ca₃Al₂F₁₀(OH)₂ H₂O
  LW: Violet
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   YINGJIANGITE K₂Ca(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄(OH)₆ 6H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   youngite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) as impurities
  Best Locality:
  • Mississippian limestone near Glendo and Guernsey reservoirs in Platte County, Wyoming, USA;
  
  
  

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•   yttrocerite CaF₂ + (Y,Ce)F₃
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   yttrofluorite / (Y bearing fluorite)
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:

  Globe Mine, Petaca District, New Mexico,USA;

  
  
  

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•   YUKSPORITE (K,Ba)NaCa₂(Si, Ti)₄O₁₁(F,OH) H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Yukspor Mountains, Khibina massif, Kola peninsula, Russia;
  
  
  

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•   ZEKTZERITE NaLiZrSi₆O₁₅
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: White
  Main Activator: Ti - O
  Best Locality:
  • Golden Horn batholit, Washington Pass, Okanogan county, Washington, USA;
  • Golden Horn batholit, Kangaroo Ridge, Okanogan county, Washington, USA;
  • Dara-I-Poiz, Garm region, Alayskiy Range, Tien Shan, Tadzhikistan;
  
  
  

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•   ZELLERITE Ca(UO₂)(CO₃)₂ 5H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality: Musonoï, Congo;
  
  

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•   ZEUNERITE Cu (UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂ 12H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ZINC-ZIPPEITE Zn₂(UO₂)₆(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₀ 16H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ZINCITE (Zn,Mn⁺²)O
  LW: Greenish Yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:
  • Franklin and Sterling Hill Mine (340 foot level), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;
  • Artificial zincite: a factory near Olkusz, Katowice, Schlesien, Poland
  
  
  

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•   ZIPPEITE K (UO₂)₂(SO₄)(OH)₃ H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
  • Sec. 35 mine, Grants, New Mexico, USA;
  • Green River, Emery county, Utah, USA;
  
  
  

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•   ZIRCON ZrSiO₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Main Activator: Radiation induced centers
  Best Locality:
  • OstSkogen Quarry, Tuften Quarry, Arent Quarry, Tvedalen, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic complex, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway;
  • Goias, Brazil;
  
  
  

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•   ZNUCALITE CaZn₁₁(UO₂)(CO₃)₃(OH)_2O 4H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Main Activator: (UO₂)²⁺ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic
  Best Locality:
• Lill mine, Pribram, Bohemia, former Czechoslovakia;
• Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;




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•   ZOISITE Ca₂Al₃(SiO₄)₃(OH)
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Main Activator: V²⁺
  Best Locality:
  • Mitchell county, North Carolina, USA;
  
  
  

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•   ZUGSHUNSTITE-(Ce) (Ce,Nd,La)Al(SO₄)₂(C₂O₄) 12H₂O
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Main Activator: Intrinsic organic material
  Best Locality:
  
  

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•   ZUNYITE Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl
  LW: Not fluorescent
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Main Activator:
  Best Locality:

  Zuni Mine, near Silverton, Colorado, USA; Big Bertha Extension mine, near Quartzite, Arizona, USA;

  
  
  

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