Glow-Hounding

glow·hound·ing Pronunciation: \ˈglō\-ˌhaun-diŋ\ noun

Glow-Hounding is the search for rocks and minerals that fluoresce under UV-Black-light and this is the attempt to mark some locations for hunting, based on Ann Sabina’s identified locations in Nova Scotia in her ‘Rock and Mineral Collecting in Canada Vol. III (1965) and her ‘Rocks and Minerals for the Collector: Bay of Fundy Area (1965)

Smithfield Lead Mine, Colchester County

Whale Cove Manganese Deposit (Calcite fluoresces bright pink)
Shoreline: Walton to Cheverie (Calcite fluoresces bright hot pink)
Moose River Tungsten Mine (Scheelite fluoresces bluish white)
Lake Ainslie Barite Mines (Calcite fluoresces bright pink, Fluorite blue, Barite deep yellow)
Coxheath Mine (Calcite fluoresces pink under short waves and yellow under long waves)
Scotch Lake Quarry (Calcite fluoresces pink)Limestone Point Quarry (Calcite fluoresces pink under short waves)
Point Edward Limestone Quarry (Calcite fluoresces pink under short waves)
Eagle Head Mine (Calcite fluoresces pink under short waves and yellow under long waves)
Irish Cove Limestone Quarry (Tiny Calcite crystals that fluoresces pale yellow)
Stirling (Mindamar) Mine (Dolomite fluoresces pink under long waves Calcite fluoresces brighter pink under short waves)
Marble Mountain Quarry (White & pink Calcite fluoresces bright pink under short rays, pale under long)
Manchester Iron Deposit (Calcite fluoresces bright pink under short waves)
Cribbon’s (Crebbing) Point (Calcite fluoresces faintly pink under short waves)
Malignant Cove Shore (Calcite associated with Epidote fluoresces bright pink)
Knoydart Point Copper (Calcite fluoresces bright pink under short UV rays)
Pugwash Limestone Quarry (Calcite fluoresces pink under short waves and yellow under long waves)

Web Resources:

Ronnie Van Dommelen’s website, The Mineralogy of Nova Scotia has a section about Fluorescent Minerals in Nova Scotia.

Mineral Gallery – The Fluorescent Minerals

The Fluorescent Mineral Society