UK Fluorescent Mineral Occurences

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Mineral	LW Fluorescence	SW Fluorescence	Phosphorescence	Association	Location	County
Barite	Yellow	White	None	Barytocalcite(Pink)	Dolyhir Quarry	Powys
Barytocalcite	White	White	None	.	Nentsberry Haggs, Nenthead	Cumbria
Barytocalcite	None	Pink	None	Witherite(white)	Rampgill Vein, Nenthead	Cumbria
Basaluminite	White	White	White	.	Weymouth	Dorset
Calcite	None	Red	None	.	Alston	Cumbria
Calcite	Pink	Blue	Blue	.	Halecombe Quarry, nr Frome	Somerset
Calcite	None	Red	None	.	Machen Quarry	Caerphilly
Calcite	Red (weak)	Red	None	Hydrozincite(Blue)	Leadhills	Lanarkshire
Calcite	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow	.	Speeton	N Yorks
Calcite	Red	Red	None	.	Garrigill	Cumbria
Calcite	Red	Red	None	Strontianite(Blue white)	Middleshop Mine, Strontian	Argyll
Calcite	Red	Red	None	Calcite(White) Harmotone(Non Fl)	Strontian	Argyll
Calcite	None	Red	None	.	Nenthead	Cumbria
Calcite	None	Red	None	.	Linhay Hill Quarry, Ashburton	Devon
Calcite	None	Red	None	Calcite(White)	Whatley Quarry, Frome	Somerset
Calcite	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow/white	.	Halecombe Quarry, Frome	Somerset
Calcite	Lemon	Lemon Yellow	None	Calcite(Blue/Pink)	Halecombe Quarry, Frome	Somerset
Calcite	None	White	None	Calcite(Red)	Whatley Quarry, Frome	Somerset
Calcite	Yellow(Weak)	Yellow	Yellow Green	.	Freemans Quarry, Long Ashton	Somerset
Calcite	None	Red	None	.	Freemans Quarry, Long Ashton	Somerset
Calcite	Yellow	Yellow	None	Unknown(Blue)	Stancombe Lane Quarry	Somerset
Calcite	Yellow	Yellow	None	.	West Runton beach	Norfolk
Calcite	None	Red	None	.	Wetgrooves Mine Aysgarth	N Yorks
Calcite	None	Red	None	.	Merehead Quarry, Shepton Mallet	Somerset
Calcite	Yellow/white	White	White	Calcite(Red), Harmotone	Strontian	Argyll