Database of luminescent Minerals
CRYOLITE
Chemical Formula: Na3AlF6
Familly: Halides
Status: IMA-GP
Mineral for Display: No
Luminescence:
| UV Type | Main color | Intensity | Observation Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Waves (365nm): | Bluish White | Very weak | Rarely | Short Waves (254 nm): | Pink | Very weak | Rarely |
| Other colors LW: | Violet red , Violet Pink , | ||
| Other colors SW: | Bluish White , Orange Red , Violet red , Violet Pink , Salmon pink , | ||
Phosphorescence (in the common meaning of the term) seen by naked eye:
No Data
Main Activator(s) and spectrum:
Most Common Activator: Eu2+
Peaks in the spectrum (nm):
Eu2+ repl. Na+ : 460nm
Best Locality for luminescence(*):
- Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Sermersooq, Kitaa Province (West Greenland), Greenland (red-orange SW, violet red LW;
- Shomiokitovoe pegmatite, Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (SW whitish-blue with gaidonnayite SW strong green);
- Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia (blue-white SW);
- Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
(*)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 ,
- The World of Fluorescent Minerals, Stuart Schneider, Schiffer Publishing, 2006, ISBN 0-7643-2544-2 ,
- Luminescent Spectra of Minerals, Boris S. Gorobets and Alexandre A. Rogojine, Moscow, 2002 ,
- Mt St Hilaire Website: http://www.saint-hilaire.ca ,
Luminescence Reference on internet:
- ARIS, Mineralogy of the famous alkaline phonolite, Uwe Kolitsch and Al.
- MONT-SAINT-HILAIRE, History, Geology, Mineralogy, Laszlo HORVATH, The Canadian Mineralogist, Special Publication 14, 2019
- Ivigtut, Greenland SW: https://www.mindat.org/photo-602680.html
- Ivigtut, Greenland LW: https://www.mindat.org/photo-602681.html
Images:
Mineralogical Reference on internet:
http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Cryolite
http://webmineral.com/data/Cryolite.shtml
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