Database of luminescent Minerals


alabaster


Chemical Formula:See GYPSUM

Familly: Rock

Status: NR

Crystal System: Monoclinic

Mineral for Display: No


Luminescence:


UV Type Main color Intensity Observation Frequency
Long Waves (365nm):      White MediumOften
Short Waves (254 nm):      White MediumOften
Other colors LW:                                                            
Bluish White , Yellowish White , Pale Yellow , Yellow , Orangy yellow , Orange , Dark Orange /Tawn , Green , Greenish , Blue , Bluish , Greenish white ,
Other colors SW:                                                            
Bluish White , Yellowish White , Pale Yellow , Yellow , Orangy yellow , Orange , Dark Orange /Tawn , Green , Greenish , Blue , Bluish , Greenish white ,
 

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


UV Type Color Intensity Observation Frequency
Long Wave (365nm): Bluish White MediumOften
Short Waves (254 nm): Bluish White MediumOften
 

Comments:


Nom commun du Gypse. Parfois également utilisé abusivement pour un calcaire zoné non métamorphisé ne pouvant pas être appelé marbre ("albâtre calcaire").


Main Activator(s) and spectrum:


No data

Comments on activators and spectra:


Common name of Gypsum. Also sometimes used improperly for unmetamorphosed zoned limestone that can not be called marble ("alabaster limestone").


Best Locality for luminescence(*):


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


Bibliographical Reference for luminescence:



Mineralogical Reference on internet:


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

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

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