Database of luminescent Minerals

CERUSSITE

Chemical Formula: PbCO₃

Familly: Carbonates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal System: Orthorhombic

Mineral for Display: Yes

Luminescence:

Daylight Picture

Cerusite, Mibladen, Maroc.
Col. G. Barmarin, Photo: G. Barmarin

Long Waves Picture (365nm)

Cerusite, Mibladen, Maroc. OL (365nm)
Col. G. Barmarin, Photo: G. Barmarin

Galerie de photos:

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

Comments:

Variéty chrome cerussite: SW et LW: Yellowish-White, greenish yellow;

Activator: possibly Ag⁺ (Gorobets)or Pb²⁺ (Gaft), accessory Sm³⁺

Main Activator(s) and spectrum:

Most Common Activator: Pb²⁺

Other activators:            Sm³⁺ , Eu³⁺ , Dy³⁺ , Ag⁺ ,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

(?) : large band peaking at 515 nm,

Sm³⁺  : peaks at 564, 597, 649nm 

Dy³⁺ : 574, 577nm

Nd³⁺ : 876, 919nm

Eu³⁺ : 615, 621, 643, 657, 704nm

Comments on activators and spectra:

Lifetime: 218μs @475nm;

Excitation by CW laser with 532 and 780 nm revealed several luminescence bands and lines. IR lines under 780 nm excitation may be evidently ascribed to Nd³⁺ and other trivalent REE luminescence present under 532 nm excitation, while the bands origin needs further investigation. (Gaft)

Best Locality for luminescence(*):

• Mibladen Mining District, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco ;
• Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco ;
• Bou Zegger, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco ;
• Ressas Touireuf Mine, Ressas Touireuf, Tunisia (fluo LW);
• Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia (minor fluorescence);
• Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy ;
• Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China (very fluo SW+LW);
• Handlebar Hill Open Cut, Hilton deposits, Mount Isa district, Mount Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia (yellow SW);
• White Rake, Tideswell, Derbyshire, England, UK ;
• Nakhlak Mine, Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province,  Iran (SW, 2016);
• Magnet Mine, Magnet, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia (Chrome-cerussite, fluo yellowish white)
• Lescure Mine, Mayres, Thueyts, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (SW + LW);
• Chaillac Mine, Chaillac, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France (SW);
• Rubtsovskoe Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, South Siberia. Russia;

(*)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 ,
• The World of Fluorescent Minerals, Stuart Schneider, Schiffer Publishing, 2006, ISBN 0-7643-2544-2 ,
• Luminescence Spectroscopy of Minerals and Materials, M. Gaft, R. Reisfeld, G. Panczer, Springer Editor, ISBN: 10 3-540-21918-8 ,
• Luminescent Spectra of Minerals, Boris S. Gorobets and Alexandre A. Rogojine, Moscow, 2002 ,

Luminescence Reference on internet:

• Der Aufschluss, Vol.48, n°2 March/April 1997 by Fritz Blatter;
• Cérusite de Richelle, Belgique
• MONT-SAINT-HILAIRE, History, Geology, Mineralogy, Laszlo HORVATH, The Canadian Mineralogist, Special Publication 14, 2019

 

Image(s):

 

• andlebar Hill Open Cut, Queensland, Australia: http://www.mindat.org/photo-283084.html
• Chrome-cerussite from Tasmania: https://www.mindat.org/photo-963836.html

Mineralogical Reference on internet:

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

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

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