Chemical Formula: NaCa2(Mg,Mn+2)2(AsO4)3
Familly: Phosphates, Arseniates, Vanadates
Status: IMA-GP
Mineral for Display: No
UV Type | Main color | Intensity | Observation Frequency |
---|---|---|---|
Long Waves (365nm): | Not fluorescent | Short Waves (254 nm): | Bluish White |
Other colors SW: | Yellowish White , Pale Yellow , Dark Orange /Tawn , Tawn , Orange Red , Green , Greenish Blue , Blue , Yellowish , |
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)
(*)Data are not exhaustive and are limited to the most important localities for fluorescence
Images:
http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Berzeliite
http://webmineral.com/data/Berzeliite.shtml
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