Some important tools to assist you in the identification of species at Mont Saint-Hilaire are the light properties of minerals. In the following tables, you will find the species that do fluoresce or phosphoresce under different lights. Please look up the Notes section at the end of the table for more information.
| Mineral species | Properties* | |
| SW | LW | |
| Albite | cherry-red | |
| Analcime | green | green |
| Burbankite | pink | |
| Calcite | white & red | white & red |
| Catapleiite | green | green |
| Cerussite | pink-yellow | pink-yellow |
| Clinoptilolite-K | light green | |
| Cryolite | bluish white | |
| Elpidite | yellow & green | |
| Elpidite | yellow & green | yellow & green |
| Fluoroapatite | blue | pinkish blue |
| Fluoroapophyllite | green | yellow |
| Fluorite | violet blue | violet blue |
| Franconite | yellowish white | yellow-white |
| Gaidonnayite | green | green |
| Gaultite | bright apple green | |
| Genthelvite | green | green |
| Griceite | pale yellow | |
| Gypsum | orange-yellow | orange-yellow |
| Helvite | deep red | deep red |
| Hydrozincite | white | white |
| Kogarkoite | pale blue | white |
| Leucophanite | pink | pink |
| Leucosphenite | yellowish white | |
| Lorenzenite | pale yellow | |
| Magadiite | yellow-white | yellow-white |
| Makatite | pale green | yellow-white |
| Meionite | yellow-white | red |
| Microcline | cherry-red | |
| Milarite | bluish white | |
| Monteregianite-(Y) | green | |
| Natrolite | pale green | greenish white |
| Parakeldyshite | orange-white | |
| Pectolite | pink | orange-pink |
| Polylithionite | lemon yellow | |
| Quartz | yellow-orange | yellow-orange |
| Remondite-(Ce) | ||
| Scheelite | whitish blue | |
| Searlesite | bluish green | |
| Sodalite (pink) | orange | orange |
| Sodalite (pink) | yellowish white | yellowish white |
| Sodalite (blue) | orange | red |
| Sphalerite | yellow-orange | yellow-orange |
| Strontianite | white | white |
| Terskite | yellowish white | yellowish white |
| Tetranatrolite | pinkish white | pinkish white |
| Thornasite | apple green | apple green |
| Tugtupite | red | red |
| Villiaumite | red | |
| Vuonnemite | greenish yellow | pale yellow |
| Willemite | green | green |
| Wurtzite-2H | red | |
| Wurtzite-4H | orange | |
| Zircon | yellow-orange | |
| Notes | ||
| *Light wavelength: SW = shortwave; LW = longwave Intensities: bold = strong; bold italic = strong or weak; and normal = weak = not all fluorescent = some not fluorescent = reversible photochromic = photochromic = fluorescent zones in some |
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Phosphorescence Table
| Mineral species | Properties* | |
| SW | LW | |
| Genthelvite | green | |
| Sodalite (pink) | yellowish-white | |
| Sodalite (pink) | yellowish-white | yellowish-white |
| Tugtupite | pink | |
| Vuonnemite | bluish green | |
| Willemite | green | |
| Notes | ||
| *Light wavelength: SW = shortwave; LW = longwave Intensities: bold = strong; bold italic = strong or weak; and normal = weak = not all fluorescent = some not fluorescent = reversible photochromic = photochromic = fluorescent zones in some = very weakly reversible; LW continuously |
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