Database of luminescent Minerals


VESUVIANITE


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.):  Californiteidocrase

Luminescence:


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
Site of the author
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:

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


UV Type Color Intensity Observation Frequency
Short Waves (254 nm): Orange Strong
 

Comments:


Synonyme: californite ;


Main Activator(s) and spectrum:


No data


Best Locality for luminescence(*):


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


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Luminescence Reference on internet:



Mineralogical Reference on internet:


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

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

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