Database of luminescent Minerals


CANCRINITE


Chemical Formula: Na6Ca2Al6Si6O24(CO3)2

Familly: Carbonates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal System: Hexagonal

Mineral for Display: No


Luminescence:


UV Type Main color Intensity Observation Frequency
Long Waves (365nm):      Yellowish White
Short Waves (254 nm):      Orangy yellow
Other colors LW:          
Dark Orange /Tawn , Tawn ,
Other colors SW:               
Dark Orange /Tawn , Tawn , Green ,
 

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


No Data

Comments:


A complex mineral, a sodium alumino-silicate oxide carbonate sulfate hydrate, is reported from the Alluaiv region of the Lovozero massif, Russia. It is reported to occur in pockets to 15mm, and to be transparent with a bright lilac color. Fl. is bright yellow, but the UV band is not stated. The cancrinite group.


Main Activator(s) and spectrum:


No data


Best Locality for luminescence(*):


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


Bibliographical Reference for luminescence:



Luminescence Reference on internet:



Mineralogical Reference on internet:


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

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

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