Database of luminescent Minerals


CYANITE


Chemical Formula: Al2SiO5

Familly: Silicates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal System: Triclinic

Mineral for Display: No

Associated names (luminescent varieties, discredited names, synonymes etc.):  disthenekyanite

Luminescence:


UV Type Main color Intensity Observation Frequency
Long Waves (365nm):      Red Very weakOften
Mid waves (320 nm):      Red Very weak
Short Waves (254 nm):      Red Very weak
Other colors LW:                         
Yellowish White , Pale Yellow , Orange , Greenish white , Yellowish ,
Other colors MW:               
Bluish White , Yellowish White , Greenish white ,
Other colors SW:               
Bluish White , Yellowish White , Greenish white ,

Daylight Picture


Cyanite (Disthene), Russia.
Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

Long Waves Picture (365nm)


Cyanite (Disthene)(Excitation: laser 405nm), Russia.
Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

 

Galerie de photos:

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


No phosphorescence seen by naked eye whatever the type of UV

Main Activator(s) and spectrum:


Most Common Activator: Cr3+

Other activators:            TiO6 ,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Cr3+ replacing Al (site A giving Doublet R-lines) : Lines at 688 or 689 and at 706nm  

Cr3+ (site B weak crystal field) : broad band peaking at 750nm

Cr3+ (site C weak crystal field) : broad band peaking at 780-790nm (Gaft)

TiO6 : very large band at 500-570nm  (Gorobets)


Spectrum: Michael Gaft, Petah Tikva, Israel. Plot: Institute of Mineralogy, University of Vienna, Austria, with permission of the authors.

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Comments on activators and spectra:


Kyanite has four inequivalent Al3+ sites, which may be substituted by Cr3+.

 

Red luminescence reported to Cr3+ replacing aluminium (Tarashchan in Gaft) but three different site for Cr3+ identified.

 

The study of Cr3+ luminescence in kyanite has long history. 


Best Locality for luminescence(*):


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


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Mineralogical Reference on internet:


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

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

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