Database of luminescent Minerals


agate


Chemical Formula:See QUARTZ

Familly: Oxides and hydroxides

Status: NON APPR

Crystal System: Polycrystalline

Mineral for Display: Yes

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

Luminescence:


UV Type Main color Intensity Observation Frequency
Long Waves (365nm):      Green
Short Waves (254 nm):      Yellowish White
Other colors LW:                    
Bluish White , Yellowish White , Pale Yellow , Yellowish ,
Other colors SW:                         
Yellowish White , Pale Yellow , Green , Greenish , Greenish white ,

Daylight Picture


agate

Photo and Copyright: Bill Barr
Used with permission of the author;

Short Waves Pictures (254nm)


agate under SWUV

Photo and Copyright: Bill Barr
Used with permission of the author;

 

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


No Data

Comments:


Siam agate: variety of chalcedony fluo green SW also called  or chapinite, a mixture of agate and jasper.


Main Activator(s) and spectrum:


Most Common Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impurities

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

(UO2)2+ : 502,7, 521,5, 544, 566, 593nm 


Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin


Comments on activators and spectra:


Typical spectrum linked to the presence of uranium ions.


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=Agate

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

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