Database of luminescent Minerals


achroite


Chemical Formula:See ELBAITE

Familly: Silicates

Status: NR

Crystal System: Rhomboedric

Mineral for Display: No


Luminescence:


UV Type Main color Intensity Observation Frequency
Long Waves (365nm):      Blue
Mid waves (320 nm):      Yellow
 

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


No Data

Comments:


Some very small crystals (a few mm) of achroïte from Elba Island are fluorescing the normal blue color under UV at 380nm and an unusual bright yellow fluorescence under UV at 306nm.
Activator is unknown, but the achroïte contain Mn and a very high amount of Mg (15-20%) but many non fluorescent tourmaline contain as much Mg.
Some very small crystals of achroïte included in quartz are practically only detectable by their strong yellow fluorescence.
Other colored tourmaline (pink, yellow and green) from Elba show sometimes a very weak yellow fluorescence.


Main Activator(s) and spectrum:


Most Common Activator:

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Excitation 380nm: 439nm;

Excitation 306nm: 350nm and 568nm;

No spectrum for the moment


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=Achroite

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

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