Database of luminescent minerals 

NATROLITE

Chemical formula: Na₂[Al₂Si₃O₁₀] 2H₂O

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-A

Crystal system : Orthorhombic

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

NATROLITE, Poudrette Quarry, Mt St Hilaire
Quebec, Canada;
Copyright 2006 S. Schneider,
The World of Fluorescent Minerals
Used with permission of the author,

Shortwave (254nm) picture

NATROLITE, Poudrette Quarry, Mt St Hilaire
Quebec, Canada; SW (254 nm)
Copyright 2006 S. Schneider,
The World of Fluorescent Minerals,
Used with permission of the author,

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Phosphorescence (in the common sense of the term) observable with the naked eye:

No phosphorescence visible to the naked eye under any type of UV

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): (UO₂)²⁺ (ion Uranyle) en impureté,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

(UO₂)²⁺ : 488, 504 , 523-524, 545-546, 566, 593-594nm

Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

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Comments on spectrum and activators:

Green luminescence due to Uranium in traces (typical spectrum of uranyl).

Gunnel (1939) has studied the luminescence of natrolite from Oberschaffhauser, Germany (yellowish-white LW). Probably published in The Mineralogist at this time.

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Poudrette Quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada;
• Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;

(*)The data are not exhaustive and are limited to a few remarkable localities for fluorescence

Bibliographic 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 ,
• Mt St Hilaire Website: http://www.saint-hilaire.ca ,
• Handbook of Fluorescent Gems and Minerals, a practical guide for the gem and mineral collector, Jack de Ment, 1949 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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