HECTORITE
Chemical Formula: Na0,3(Mg,Li)3Si4O10(F,OH)2
Familly: Silicates
Status: IMA-GP
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Mineral for Display: No
Luminescence:
UV Type |
Main color |
Intensity |
Observation Frequency |
|
| | | |
Long Waves (365nm): | Bluish White | Medium | | Short Waves (254 nm): | Blue | Medium | | | | | |
Other colors LW: | Yellowish White , |
Other colors SW: | White , |
Daylight Picture
HECTORITE, Hector Mine, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Photo and Copyright: Kevin Brady
Used with permission of the author;
Short Waves Pictures (254nm)
HECTORITE, Hector Mine, San Bernardino County, California, USA under Superbright SW lamp
Photo and Copyright: Kevin Brady
Used with permission of the author;
Phosphorescence (in the common meaning of the term) seen by naked eye:
UV Type |
Color |
Intensity |
Observation Frequency |
Short Waves (254 nm): | Bluish White | | |
Main Activator(s) and spectrum:
No data
Best Locality for luminescence(*):
- Hector mine near Hector, San Bernardino County, Mojave Desert, California, USA;
(*)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 ,
Mineralogical Reference on internet:
http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Hectorite
http://webmineral.com/data/Hectorite.shtml
Search on Internet:
Search for images on 'Google Image'
Search for documents in English on Google
Search for documents in any languages on Google
Search on Wikipédia
Note: While all due attention has been paid to the implementation of the database, it may contain errors and/or accidental omissions. By nature, the database will always be incomplete because science always evolves according to new analysis.
A request providing no result means only that no such reference exists in the database, but it does not mean that what you are looking for does not exist, just not to our knowledge. If you think you have found an error or omission, please let us know
via the contact page being sure to cite the source of information.