Table of Minerals and their Colors

Minerals

Short wave length UV

Long wave length UV

Autunite

greenish-yellow

greenish-yellow

Anglesite

yellow, pink, white

yellow, red

Ankerite

orange

red

Apatite

yellow, pink, blue

pink, yellow, blue

Axinite

light blue, blue, red

light blue, blue, yellow-green

Barite

white

pink, white

Calamine

pale yellow, blue

white, light blue, white-yellow

Calcite

pink, red, orangey-red, yellow-green

pink, red

Celestite

yellow, white, bluish-white

white, yellow, pink

Cerussite

yellow, white

yellow, white

Corundum

red, yellow-brown, light blue

red, light blue, blue

Diamond

yellow, light blue, green

light blue, green, yellow

Dolomite

red, white, light blue

pink, red, white

Fluorite

blue

blue

Grossular

orangey-red

faintly greenish-yellow, red

Hydrozincite

blueish-white

Kyanite

reddish

reddish

Magnasite

white, light blue, red

white, light blue, red

Malacon

yellow

yellow

Mimetite

orangey-yellow

yellow

Opal

greenish

Powellite

yellow

pale light blue

Pyromorphite

yellow

Scheelite

blueish-white, blue, yellow

pale orange, orange, yellow

Smithsonite

light blue, white, pink

light blue, white, reddish-pink

Sphalerite

yellow

yellow

Spinel

red

red

Spodumene

pink, blue, light blue

red, pink, blue

Strontianite

white, red, blue, pink

white, yellow, green, faintly green

Thorite

faintly green

Topaz

yellow, green, red

light green, pinkesh-red

Tremolite

yellowish, orangey-pink, red

yellowish

Willemite

bright green

bright green

Witherite

yellow, white, pink

pink, orangey-green

Wollastonite

pinkish-yellow

pale pinky-yellow

Zircon

yellow, orangey-yellow

yellow, orangey-yellow pink