UK Fluorescent Mineral Occurences

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Mineral	LW Fluorescence	SW Fluorescence	Phosphorescence	Association	Location	County
Smithsonite	None	Red	Red	.	Alston	Cumbria
Smithsonite	None	Blue	Red	.	Coldstones Quarry, Pateley Bridge	N Yorks
Strontianite	Cream	Cream	None	.	Strontian	Argyll
Strontianite	None	Blue	White	.	Dulcote Quarry	Somerset
Strontianite	None	Blue	Blue	.	Penarth Beach	.
Susannite	Yellow	Yellow	None	.	Leadhills	Lanarkshire
Thomsonite	Brown	None	None	.	Belfast	.
Wavellite	White	White	None	.	Highdown Quarry	Devon
Wavellite	None	Green	None	.	Pwll du beach	Gower
Witherite	Yellow	White	Green Yellow	.	Settlingstones Mine Haydon Bridge, Hexham	Northumberland
Witherite	Yellow white	Yellow white	Blue white	Calcite(Pink)	Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nenthead	Cumbria
Witherite	Yellow	Yellow/white	White	Calcite	Haggs Mine, Nenthead	Cumbria
Wollastonite	None	Yellow	None	.	BR Quarry, Meldon	Devon