HUANZALAITE
Chemical Formula: MgWO4
Familly: Tungstates, Molybdates
Status: IMA-A
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Mineral for Display: No
Luminescence:
UV Type |
Main color |
Intensity |
Observation Frequency |
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| | | |
Long Waves (365nm): | Blue | Weak | | Short Waves (254 nm): | Blue | Weak | | | | | |
Phosphorescence (in the common meaning of the term) seen by naked eye:
No Data
Comments:
Found as inclusion in scheelite;
Synthetic MgWO4 is also fluorescent in pale blue under SW and LW UV.
Main Activator(s) and spectrum:
Most Common Activator: WO42-
No spectrum for the moment
Best Locality for luminescence(*):
- Huanzala mine, Huallanca district, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru;
(*)Data are not exhaustive and are limited to the most important localities for fluorescence
Bibliographical Reference for luminescence:
- UV Waves, Newsletter of the Fluorescent Mineral Society ,
Luminescence Reference on internet:
- Kevin T. Brady, UV Waves September-October 2010;
- American Mineralogist, October 2010, vol.95, N°10, page 1598
- HUANZALAITE, MgWO4, A NEW MINERAL SPECIES FROM THE HUANZALA MINE, PERU Ritsuro Miyawaki, Kazumi Yokoyama, Satoshi Matsubara, Hirofumi Furuta, Atsushi Gomi and Ryosuke Murakami, Canadian Mineralogist 48(1):105-112 (2010)
Mineralogical Reference on internet:
http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Huanzalaite
http://webmineral.com/data/Huanzalaite.shtml
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