Database of luminescent minerals
VILLIAUMITE
Chemical formula: NaF
Family: Halides
Status: IMA-GP
Crystal system : Isometric
Display mineral: NON
Luminescence:
Longwave UV (365nm) colors: |
Red , Orangy yellow , Orange Red , | ||
Intensity LW:Medium | |||
Midwave UV (320nm) colors: |
Orange Red , Orange Red , Red , | ||
Intensity MW:Medium | |||
Shortwave UV (254nm) colors: |
Red , Orangy yellow , Orange Red , Red , | ||
Intensity SW:Weak | |||
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Phosphorescence (in the common sense of the term) observable with the naked eye:
No data
Activator(s) and spectrum:
No dataNo spectrum yet
Best localities for fluorescence (*):
- Point of Rocks, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA (fluo orange);
- Khibina Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia (fluo orange);
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Los Archipelago, Guinea (fluo red);
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia;
(*)The data are not exhaustive and are limited to a few remarkable localities for fluorescence
Bibliographic reference for luminescence:
- The Henkel Glossary of Fluorescent Minerals, Dr. Gerhard Henkel, Published by the FMS, 1989 ,
- Fluorescence: Gems and Minerals Under Ultraviolet Light, Manuel Robbins, 1994, Geoscience Press, ISBN 0-945005-13-X ,
- The World of Fluorescent Minerals, Stuart Schneider, Schiffer Publishing, 2006, ISBN 0-7643-2544-2 ,
Reference for luminescence on the Internet:
- http://www.crlc.ca/Fluorescent Mineral Database 1.pdf
- http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/villiaumite.pdf
- https://www.mindat.org/min-4181.html
- MONT-SAINT-HILAIRE, History, Geology, Mineralogy, Laszlo HORVATH, The Canadian Mineralogist, Special Publication 14, 2019
Mineralogical reference on the Internet:
http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Villiaumite
http://webmineral.com/data/Villiaumite.shtml
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