UK Fluorescent Mineral Occurences

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Mineral	LW Fluorescence	SW Fluorescence	Phosphorescence	Association	Location	County
Fluorite	Blue	Blue	None	.	Holmbush Mine, Kelly Brae	Cornwall
Fluorite	Purple	Purple	None	.	Schierglas Quarry, Blair Atholl	Perthshire
Gypsum	Blue/white	Blue/white	White/green	.	Wendlebury	Oxford
Hydrocerussite	White	None	None	.	upper Roughton Gill	Cumbria
Hydrocerussite	None	White	None	Calcite(Red)	Merehead Quarry, Frome	Somerset
Hydrozincite	None	Blue	None	.	Machen Quarry	Caerphilly
Hydrozincite	None	Blue	None	Calcite(Red)	Leadhills	Lanarkshire
Hydrozincite	None	Blue	None	Calcite(Red)	Wetgrooves Mine Aysgarth	N Yorks
Hydrozincite	None	Blue	None	Calcite(red) Fluorite	Nenthead	Cumbria
Hydrozincite	None	Blue	None	.	Sandbeds Mine	Cumbria
Lanarkite	Yellow	None	None	.	Leadhills	Lanarkshire
Macphersonite	Yellow	Yellow	None	.	Leadhills	Lanarkshire
Malayaite	None	Greenish-Yellow	None	.	Red a Ven Mine Meldon	Devon
Matlockite	Lemon Yellow(Weak)	Lemon Yellow	None	.	Matlock	Derby
Mattheddleite	None	Yellow(Dull)	None	.	Leadhills	Lanarkshire
Mullite	None	Pale white	None	.	Loch Scridain, Mull	Argyll
Paracelsian	None	Red	None	.	Bennalt Mine	Carnarvon
Pectolite	Yellowish White	Yellowish white	None	.	Lendalfoot	Ayrshire
Pyromorphite	Yellow	Pink , Orange	None	.	Roughton Mine	Cumbria
Scheelite	None	Blue	None	.	Eagle Mine	Cumberland
Scheelite	None	Blue	None	.	Carrock Mine	Cumbria
Scheelite	None	Blue	None	.	Brandy Gill, Caldbecks	Cumbria
Scheelite	None	Blue	None	.	Hawk's Wood, North Hill	Cornwall
Scheelite	None	Blue	None	.	Wheal Cock, Botallack	Cornwall
Scheelite	None	Blue	None	.	Bedford United Mine, Tavistock	Devon