Database of luminescent minerals 

MONTEBRASITE

Chemical formula: LiAl(PO₄)(OH,F)

Family: Phosphates, Arseniates, Vanadates

Status: IMA-GP

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

Montebrasite,
Poland, Maine, USA;
Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

Shortwave (254nm) picture

Montebrasite UVSW,
Poland, Maine, USA;
Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

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Phosphorescence (in the common sense of the term) observable with the naked eye:

No data

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): Inconnu , (UO₂)²⁺ (ion Uranyle) en impureté,  

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

(UO₂)²⁺ : 488, 502, 506, 522, 550, 575nm

430 nm (?)

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Steward Mine, San Diego County, California, USA;
• Oxford County - Havey Mine - Poland, Maine, USA;
• Russia;

(*)The data are not exhaustive and are limited to a few remarkable localities for fluorescence

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

• Luminescent Spectra of Minerals, Boris S. Gorobets and Alexandre A. Rogojine, Moscow, 2002 ,

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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