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 the Southern African Region My research collection includes the following fluorescent mineral species from the countries of Southern Africa. The details of each location and the fluorescent responses will be added later. 1  Calcite 2  Fluorite 3 Barite 4 Cerussite 5 Smithsonite 6 Mangano Calcite 7 Poldervaarite 8 Rhodochrosite 9 Willemite 10 Opal, var. Hyalite 11  Anglesite 12 Mimetite 13 Chalcedony, var. Quartz 14 Aragonite 15 Dolomite 16 Tarnowitzite, var. Aragonite 17 Otavite 18 Adamite 19 Scheelite 20 Microcline 21 Feldspar 22 Eucryptite 23 Bikitaite 24 Natrolite 25 Ruby, var. Corundum 26  Diopside 27  Xonotlite 28  Phenakite 29  Rhodizite 30 Petalite  31 Rubellite, var. Tourmaline 32 Gypsum 33 Sphalerite 34 Richterite 35  Oyelite 36  Pectolite  37 Sugilite 38 Topaz 39 Kunzite, var. Spodumene 40 Zircon  41 Leadhillite 42 Wollastonite  43 Hemimorphite                 44  Autunite 45 Pollucite 46 Villiaumite 47  Spinel 48 Tremolite 49  Scapolite 50 Albite 51 Boltwoodite 52 Uranophane Beta 53 Laumontite 54 Norsethite 55  Cupro-Scheelite 56 Gaylussite 57  Lepidolite 58  Fluorapophyllite 59 Albite, var. Feldspar 60 Orthoclase, var. Feldspar 61 Fluorapatite 62 Hydrozincite 63 Tarbuttite 64 Kutnohorite 65  Brucite 66 Greenockite 67 Stilbite 68 Oligoclase, var. Feldspar 69 Clinohumite 70 Sorensenite 71 Dolomite, var. Cobaltoan 72 Bustamite 73  Garnet, var. Grossular 74  Tsavorite, var. Grossular garnet 75 Wurtzite 76  Plagioclase, var. Feldspar 77 Prehnite 78 Makatite 79 Opal, var. Jelly 80 Stolzite 81 Austinite 82  Metanovacekite 83 Dravite, var. Tourmaline 84  Isokite 85 Titanite (Sphene) 86 Pyromorphite 87 Phlogopite 88 Magnesite 89  Halite   Related Fluorescent Carbonatite (rock with at least 20% carbonate minerals - not a species)   Fluorescent Minerals From Region That Appear To Fluoresce, Not Yet Certain 1  Parahopeite 2 Dumortierite     My Specimen Not Fluorescent But Inquiry Revealed Fluorescence In Other Specimens 1 Zunyite       Possible Fluorescent Species Fluorescent species and varieties I tested from the region that were not fluorescent  1 Milarite  21  Pargasite  2 Celestine 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 Hydrocerussite 12 Kyanite 32 Beryl, var. Goshenite 13 Beryl, var. Chrysoberyl 33 Corundum, var. Sapphire 14  Vesuvianite 34 Beryl, var. Emerald 15 Stilbite 35  Garnet 16 Datolite 36  Zunyite 17 Thaumasite 37 Brucite, var. brown 18 Gyrolite 38 Chiastolite 19 Pyrophyllite 39 Sturmanite 20 Karibibite 40 Beryl, var. Morganite     41 Orange Prehnite     42 Magadiite           Reported fluorescent species and others from the region I inquired about, but samples were not fluorescent. Will keep checking.  1 Aragonite , var. Nicholsonite  2 Brucite, var. green  3 Minium  4 Weeksite  5 Dundasite 6 Manganvesuvianite  7 Amblygonite  8 Hydroxylherderite  9 Tetranatrolite 10 Mesolite (Palabora) 11 Sazhinite-Ce 12 Kamenite 13 Legrandite (Tsumeb) 14 Hambergite (Madagascar)   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       Geo Safari Research page     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                   Corby Waste, researcher, USA Contact: Corby Waste