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Aragonite
Aragonite:  Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico.

The green fluorescence is caused by the uranyl ion [(UO2) 2-], which cannot be incorporated by aragonite itself. During growth, thin crusts of hyalite-opal form on the aragonite. These microscopic layers can absorb the uranyl ion. So it is actually the embedded hyalite that fluoresces.
Short wave UV
Aragonite with calcite (red) and sphalerite (Orange): Passa Limani Cove slag locality, Passa Limani area, Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece.
Aragonite usually contains organic material, which causes a white to blue-green fluorescence. The red and orange fluorescence is due to calcite and sphalerite respectively.
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Aragonite on calcite: Yangshu, Guangxi Province, China. White fluorescing aragonite mainly due to organic matter, humic acids. The magenta fluorescence of the calcite is due to manganese and a little lead who both replace calcium.
 
 
 
 
Aragonite in clay: Pantoja, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
Fluorescence aragonite, greenish white, mainly by organic matter, humic acids.
Aragonite on calcite: Boverie quarry, Jemelle, Rochefort, Namur Province, Belgium 
Fluorescence of aragonite, greenish white, mainly by organic matter, humic acids.  Red fluorescent calcite, only in short-wave UV. The classic manganese and lead activator.  The blue color is reflection of blue light of the UV lamp. This is a scan of a slide. It is also the first successful picture of a fluorescent mineral I ever made, meanwhile already some 25 years ago.
Find and collection: Albert Vercammen             Short wave UV
 
Short wave UV
Short wave UV
Short wave UV
Aragonite and calcite: Boccheggiano mines, Montieri, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
This stuff is actually somewhat of a mix of calcite and aragonite. There are still persistent rumors that this would be a strontium aragonite. Wrong! Strontium has nothing to do with this impressive fluorescence. The activator is samarium. Check out the spectrum.
Long wave UV
 
Aragonite with calcite (red) and sphalerite (Orange): Passa Limani Cove slag locality, Passa Limani area, Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece.
Aragonite usually contains organic material, which causes a white to blue-green fluorescence. The red and orange fluorescence is due to calcite and sphalerite respectively.
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Short wave UV
Short wave UV
Aragonite with calcite (red) and cerussite (yellow): Passa Limani Cove slag locality, Passa Limani area, Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece.
Aragonite is intergrown with cerussite, showing a more yellow tint than the normal greenish fluorescence..
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