Chemical Formula: Ca10Mg2Al4(SiO4)5(Si2O7)2(OH)4
Familly: Silicates
Status: IMA-GP
Mineral for Display: No
Associated names (luminescent varieties, discredited names, synonymes etc.): Californite, idocrase,UV Type | Main color | Intensity | Observation Frequency |
---|---|---|---|
Long Waves (365nm): | Orangy yellow | Short Waves (254 nm): | Orange |
Other colors LW: | Orange , Dark Orange /Tawn , Tawn , Orange Red , | ||
Other colors SW: | Yellow , Orangy yellow , Orange , Dark Orange /Tawn , Tawn , |
Daylight Picture
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Quebec, Canada;
Photo and Copyright: James Hamblen
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Used with permission of the author
Short Waves Pictures (254nm)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Quebec, Canada;
UV SW
Photo and Copyright: James Hamblen
Site of the author
Used with permission of the author
Galerie de photos:
...To the gallery (3 images in the gallery)
UV Type | Color | Intensity | Observation Frequency |
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Short Waves (254 nm): | Orange | Strong |
Synonyme: californite ;
(*)Data are not exhaustive and are limited to the most important localities for fluorescence
http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Vesuvianite
http://webmineral.com/data/Vesuvianite.shtml
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