Database of luminescent Minerals

BERZELIITE

Chemical Formula: NaCa₂(Mg,Mn⁺²)₂(AsO₄)₃

Familly: Phosphates, Arseniates, Vanadates

Status: IMA-GP

Mineral for Display: No

Luminescence:

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

Comments:

Grains of pure yellow Berzeliite show a red fluorescence under shortwave and no longwave fluorescence. So it is not the fluorescence of calcite through the berzeliite which is seen on shortwave. (?)

It seems that the Berzellite which gives a response under SW is Zn-bearing. The fluorescence color is green  under SW. (info: S. Stolze)

Main Activator(s) and spectrum:

Best Locality for luminescence(*):

• Langban, Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden (seldom fluorescent in bright blue SW);

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

Bibliographical 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 ,

Luminescence Reference on internet:

• Fluorescent Minerals of Langban, Richard Loyens, UV-Waves January/February 1996.
• Der Aufschluss, Vol.48, n°2 March/April 1997 by Fritz Blatter;

 

Images:

 

• Langban: http://www.mindat.org/photo-434990.html
• Langban: https://www.mindat.org/photo-522913.html 
• Langban: https://www.mindat.org/photo-651028.html

Mineralogical Reference on internet:

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

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

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