Database of luminescent Minerals


LEUCOPHANITE


Chemical Formula: (Ca,RRE)CaNa2Be2Si4O12(F,O)2

Familly: Silicates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal System: Orthorhombic

Mineral for Display: No


Luminescence:


UV Type Main color Intensity Observation Frequency
Long Waves (365nm):      Violet Pink Strong
Mid waves (320 nm):      Violet Pink Very Strong
Short Waves (254 nm):      Pink Strong
Other colors LW:          
Blue , Purple pink ,
Other colors MW:     
Purple pink ,
Other colors SW:          
Blue , Purple pink ,

Daylight Picture


LEUCOPHANITE, Saga, Tvedalen, Norway;

Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

Long Waves Picture (365nm)


LEUCOPHANITE, Saga, Tvedalen, Norway;
UVLW
Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

Short Waves Pictures (254nm)


LEUCOPHANITE, Saga, Tvedalen, Norway;
UVSW
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:


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

Triboluminescence: Yes

Thermoluminescence: Yes


Comments:


To compare with meliphanite.


Main Activator(s) and spectrum:


Most Common Activator: Ce3+

Other activators:            Eu2+ , Sm3+ , Dy3+ , Tb3+ , Mn2+ , Nd3+ ,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

 Ce3+ repl. Ca2+ : 375, 411, 450nm 
 Eu2+ : 466-470nm 
 Tb3+ : 546nm
 Sm3+: 607nm 
 Dy3+: 475, 488, 576nm
 Nd3+: 885, 1060nm 
 Mn2+: 610nm


Spectrum: Michael Gaft, Petah Tikva, Israel. Plot: Institute of Mineralogy, University of Vienna, Austria, with permission of the authors.

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Comments on activators and spectra:


Activators: a combinaison of RE elements - for exemple Ce3+ substituting to Ca (blue luminescence) and Mn (red luminescence) giving the magenta color (an orange flash typical of Mn(?) is seen on some samples).
Activators: Ce 3+, Eu 2+, Sm 3+, Dy 3+, Tb 3+, Nd 3+, Mn2+ substituting to Ca2+ (Gorobets in Gaft);

Cathodoluminescence: intense light-blue.

The application of multiple forms of excitation (Friis et al. 2011) revealed that the UV-Blue emission in leucophanite and meliphanite consists of more than one emission center and is therefore more complex than previously thought. The most likely centers are defects related to the structure, e.g. in connection with the tetrahedral sites, and a Ce3+ centre. The difference in Na/Ca ratio between the two minerals make it possible for REE to substitute into two sites in meliphanite contrary, to just one in leucophanite. (Gaft)


Best Locality for luminescence(*):


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


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Luminescence Reference on internet:



Mineralogical Reference on internet:


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

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

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