Geo Safari Research
| Investigating the fluorescent minerals of South Africa, Namibia and also including Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania and Madagascar (generally the entire Southern African region, including some of East Africa). |
Fluorescent Minerals of Africa Collection Lists
| My research collection includes the following fluorescent mineral species from the countries of Africa. The details of each location and the fluorescent responses will be added later. |
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Related Fluorescent
| Carbonatite (rock with at least 20% carbonate minerals - not a species) |
New: fluorescent species from Fluomin (doubtful in some cases)
| 1 | Euclase |
| 2 | Pezzottaite |
| 3 | Eophosphorite |
| 4 | Fraiponite |
| 5 | Massicot |
| 6 | Doyleite |
| 7 | Mitridatite - re-check specimen |
| 8 | Pennantite |
| 9 | Phoenicochroite |
| 10 | Periclase |
| 11 | Lueshite |
| 12 | Kornerupine |
Fluorescent Minerals From Region That Appear To Fluoresce, Not Yet Certain
| 1 | Parahopeite |
| 2 | Dumortierite |
| 3 | Beryl, var. Morganite |
| 4 | Sillimanite, Madagascar |
My Specimen Not Fluorescent But Inquiry Revealed Fluorescence In Other Specimens
Possible Fluorescent Species
Fluorescent species and varieties I tested from the region that were not fluorescent
| 1 | Milarite | 21 | Pargasite |
| 2 | Fraiponite | 22 | Hydroxyapophyllite |
| 3 | Phlogopite | 23 | Metazeunerite |
| 4 | Ettringite | 24 | Forsterite |
| 5 | Hopeite | 25 | Analcime |
| 6 | Charlesite | 26 | Baddeleyite |
| 7 | Wulfenite | 27 | Kenyaite |
| 8 | Bastnastite | 28 | Sodalite, var. blue |
| 9 | Cookeite | 29 | Cassiterite |
| 10 | Herderite | 30 | Hydro Grossular Garnet |
| 11 | Chondrodite | 31 | Pink Pectolite |
| 12 | Sturmanite | 32 | Beryl, var. Goshenite |
| 13 | Chrysoberyl, var. Beryl | 33 | Corundum, var. Sapphire |
| 14 | Vesuvianite | 34 | Beryl, var. Emerald |
| 15 | Heulandite | 35 | Garnet |
| 16 | Datolite | 36 | Magadiite |
| 17 | Thaumasite | 37 | Brucite, var. brown |
| 18 | Gyrolite | 38 | Chiastolite |
| 19 | Actinolite | 39 | Orange Prehnite |
| 20 | Karibibite | 40 | Beryl, var. Morganite |
| 41 | Titanite (Sphene) | ||
| Reported fluorescent species and others from the region I inquired about, but samples were not fluorescent. Will keep checking. |
| 1 | Aragonite , var. Nicholsonite - no longer true |
| 2 | Brucite, var. green |
| 3 | Minium - my own Minium is fluorescent |
| 4 | Weeksite - 2 different samples |
| 5 | Dundasite |
| 6 | Manganvesuvianite |
| 7 | Anorthoclase (Mt. Kibo, Tanzania) |
| 8 | Vaterite |
| 9 | Tetranatrolite |
| 10 | Sazhinite-Ce |
| 11 | Kamenite |
| 12 | Legrandite (Tsumeb) |
| 13 | Hambergite (Madagascar) |
| 14 | Talmessite (Morocco) |
| 15 | Pyrope, var. Garnet (Madagascar) |
| 16 | Red Sapphire (Madagascar) |
| 17 | Xenotime (Malawi) |
| 18 | Vandenbrandeite (Congo) |
| 19 | Wurtzite (Tanzania) |
| 20 | Senarmontite |
| 21 | Afwillite (South Africa) |
| 22 | Cristobalite Tridymite |
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Species not reported to be fluorescent that I tested and found to be not fluorescent |
| 1 | Tuperssuatsiaite |
| 2 | Stichite |
| 3 | Hausmmanite |
| 4 | Inesite |
| 5 | Descloizite |
| 6 | Sturmamite |
| 7 | Bultfonteinite |
| 8 | Purpurite |
| 9 | Psitticinite |
| 10 | Cassiterite |
| 11 | Cupro-Adamite |
| 12 | Barbertonite |
| 13 | Valleriite |
| 14 | Staurolite |
| 15 | Eudidymite |
| 16 | Alexandrite, variety Chrysoberyl (Zimbabwe) |
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Fluorescent species from Africa that were for sale but that I didn't buy |
| 1 | Genthelvite |
Fluorescent Minerals From Other African Regions
| 1 | Uvite (Green tourmaline), Zaire |
| 2 | Fluorite, Congo |
| 3 | Smithsonite and Willemite, Algeria |
| 4 | Anglesite, Morocco |
| 5 | Calcite, Morocco |
| 6 | Cerussite |
| 7 | Aragonite and unknown, Morocco |
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