ALBITE
Scheikundige formule: NaAlSi3O8
Familie: Silicaten
Status: IMA-GP
Kristal Systeem: Trikliniek
Mineraal om tentoon te stellen: Nee
Fluorescerende variëteiten:
cleavelandite, feldspath, pericline, perthite, plagioclase,
Fluorescentie:
UV Type |
Kleur |
Intensiteit |
Frequentie van de observatie |
Lange Golven (365nm): | Rood | Zeer zwak | |
Midden Golven (320 nm): | Rood | Zeer zwak | | Korte Golven(254 nm): | Rood | Zwak | | | | | |
Andere kleuren lange golven: | Witte , Gelig wit , Violet rood , Violet roos , Roze , Blauw , Blauwachtig , |
Andere kleuren Midden golven: | Violet rood , Violet roos , Roze , |
Andere kleuren korte golven: | Witte , Gelig wit , Oranje , Violet rood , Violet roos , Roze , Groen , |
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:

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Naar de volledige galerij (2 beelden in totaal)
Fosforescentie (in de algemene betekenis) zien met het blote oog:
No Data
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+
Geen spectrum voor de moment
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);
- Cap de Creus, Cadaqués, Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain (Green SW);
(*)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
- Cap de Creus, Cadaqués, Girona, Catalonia, Spain : https://www.mindat.org/photo-716091.html
Mineralogische Referentie op het internet:
http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Albite
http://webmineral.com/data/Albite.shtml
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