Lijst van fluorescerende mineralen

ALBITE

Scheikundige formule: NaAlSi₃O₈

Familie: Silicaten

Status: IMA-GP

Kristal Systeem: Trikliniek

Mineraal om tentoon te stellen: Nee

Fluorescentie:

Daglicht foto

ALBITE, Gilgit District, Pakistan;
Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

Korte golf foto (254nm)

ALBITE, Gilgit District, Pakistan;   UVSW
Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

Foto galerij:

     Naar de volledige galerij (2 beelden in totaal)

Fosforescentie (in de algemene betekenis) zien met het blote oog:

Thermoluminescencie: Ja

Commentaar:

Pericline variety (ellongated albite following b axis) is sometime fluorescent: SW and LW: red; OL: bleu;

Cleavelandite variety (albite in lamellar masses) is sometime fluorescent: SW and LW: cream; SW: pink (very weak);

Activator en spectrum:

Voornaamste Activator: Fe³⁺

Commentaar over activators en spectra:

Cathodoluminescence: faint light blue (Khibiny).

Beste vindplaats voor fluorescentie(*):

• Exilles, Susa Valley, near Torino, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy;
• Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
• Crestmore Quarry, Crestmore, Riverside County, California, USA (var. Orthoclase, dull blue-white SW);
• Orchard Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford Co., Maine, USA (red SW associated with apatite orange-yellow SW);
• Middle Moat Mountain locality, Hale Location, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA (red SW);
• Chamberlain Lane, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA (var cleavelandite, red SW);
• Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA (Magenta-pink SW fluorescing cleavelandite +lavender fluorescing albite overgrowth on pale blue fluorescing microcline!);
• Dennis Hill locality, Litchfield, Kennebec Co., Maine, USA (weak SW but associated with cancrinite, fluorapatite  & nepheline);
• Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA (albite white SW associated with chlorophane green SW);
• Glen Wills, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia (green SW);
• Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
• Gilgit-Skardu Road, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;
• Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;
• Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;
• Sar-e-Sang River, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan;
• Manakana pegmatite, Manakana Commune, Tsaratanàna District, Betsiboka Region, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (blue albite with minor fluorescence SW, coming on the market in Tucson 2015);

(*)Gegevens zijn niet exhaustieve, ze zijn beperkt tot de meest belangrijke plaatsen voor fluorescentie

Referentie voor fluorescentie:

• The Henkel Glossary of Fluorescent Minerals, Dr. Gerhard Henkel, Published by the FMS, 1989 ,
• Fluorescence: Gems and Minerals Under Ultraviolet Light, Manuel Robbins, 1994, Geoscience Press, ISBN 0-945005-13-X ,
• The World of Fluorescent Minerals, Stuart Schneider, Schiffer Publishing, 2006, ISBN 0-7643-2544-2 ,

Referentie voor luminenscentie op het internet:

• Jacques Poulin (Light pink Albite fluo orange SW, Mt St Hilaire )

Images:

• Skardu District, Pakistan (var. pericline): http://www.mindat.org/photo-524828.html
• Glen Wills, Victoria, Australia: http://www.mindat.org/photo-283085.html
• Glen Wills, Victoria, Australia: http://www.mindat.org/photo-283086.html
• Middle Moat Mountain locality, New Hampshire, USA: http://www.mindat.org/photo-346997.html
• Chamberlain Lane, Connecticut, USA: http://www.mindat.org/photo-354301.html
• Fillow Quarry, Connecticut, USA (cleavelandite+albite+microcline): http://www.mindat.org/photo-387609.html
• Fillow Quarry, Connecticut, USA (albite): http://www.mindat.org/photo-387755.html
• Fillow Quarry, Connecticut, USA (cleavelandite+microcline): http://www.mindat.org/photo-387930.html
• Fillow Quarry, Connecticut, USA (albite+cleavelandite): http://www.mindat.org/photo-392143.html
• Fillow Quarry, Connecticut, USA (albite): http://www.mindat.org/photo-463016.html
• Fillow Quarry, Connecticut, USA (cleavelandite): http://www.mindat.org/photo-463018.html
• Dennis Hill locality, Maine, USA (albite magenta SW associated with cancrinite): http://www.mindat.org/photo-543945.html
• idem (albite blue-white LW): http://www.mindat.org/photo-543948.html
• Sar-e-Sang, Afghanistan (LW): http://www.mindat.org/photo-558135.html
• Sar-e-Sang, Afghanistan (same LW+SW): http://www.mindat.org/photo-558136.html
• Sar-e-Sang, Afghanistan (same SW): http://www.mindat.org/photo-558133.html
• Gillette Quarry, Connecticut, USA (albite+chlorophane): http://www.mindat.org/photo-629255.html
 

Mineralogische Referentie op het internet:

  http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Albite

  http://webmineral.com/data/Albite.shtml

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