Database of luminescent Minerals


SULPHUR (ALPHA)


NOT FLUORESCENT but cited by some authors

DOUBTFULL FLUORESCENCE but cited by some authors

Chemical Formula: alpha S

Familly: Native elements

Status: IMA-GP;PLM

Crystal System: Orthorhombic

Mineral for Display: No


Luminescence:


UV Type Main color Intensity Observation Frequency
Short Waves (254 nm):      Greenish

Daylight Picture


Sulphur,
Stoneco Quarry (former Scofield Q, former Woolmith Q),
Maybee, Monroe County,Michigan, USA
Photo and Copyright: James Horste
Used with permission of the author.

Short Waves Pictures (254nm)


Sulphur, UVSW
Stoneco Quarry (former Scofield Q, former Woolmith Q),
Maybee, Monroe County,Michigan, USA
Photo and Copyright: James Horste
Used with permission of the author.

 

Phosphorescence (in the common meaning of the term) seen by naked eye:


No Data

Comments:


Very weak fluorescence; doubtful but pure specimens of sulphur seems to have a luminescence (see picture).


Main Activator(s) and spectrum:


Most Common Activator: Unknown

No spectrum for the moment

Comments on activators and spectra:


There is no marked luminescence but it nevertheless absobs largely the ultraviolet rays and may appear different from the surrounding material of the specimen.


Best Locality for luminescence(*):


(*)Data are not exhaustive and are limited to the most important localities for fluorescence


Bibliographical Reference for luminescence:



Mineralogical Reference on internet:


  http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Sulphur (alpha)

  http://webmineral.com/data/Sulphur (alpha).shtml

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