MEIONITE
Chemical Formula: 3CaAl2Si2O8CaCO3
Familly: Silicates
Status: IMA-GP
Crystal System: Tetragonal
Mineral for Display: No
Associated names (luminescent varieties, discredited names, synonymes etc.):
mizzonite, scapolite, stroganovite, wernerite,
Luminescence:
UV Type |
Main color |
Intensity |
Observation Frequency |
|
| | | |
Long Waves (365nm): | Yellow | | | Mid waves (320 nm): | Orangy yellow | | | Short Waves (254 nm): | Yellow | Strong | | | | | |
Other colors LW: | Orangy yellow , Red , |
Other colors MW: | Yellow , |
Other colors SW: | Yellowish White , Pale Yellow , |
Phosphorescence (in the common meaning of the term) seen by naked eye:
UV Type |
Color |
Intensity |
Observation Frequency |
Long Wave (365nm): | White | Weak | |
Mid Waves (320 nm): | White | Weak | | Short Waves (254 nm): | White | Weak | |
Comments:
SCAPOLITE Group see also MARIALITE and WERNERITE
Mizzonite = variety of MEIONITE (intermediate with MARIALITE and MEIONITE but with predominantly the last one.
Main Activator(s) and spectrum:
Most Common Activator: S2-
Other activators: Fe3+ , Eu2+ , O-2 ,
Peaks in the spectrum (nm):
Eu2+ repl. Ca2+ : 440nm
Fe3+ repl. Al3+ : red band (band at 710 - 720nm?)
Mn2+ : broad band at 630 - 690nm ?
No spectrum for the moment
Comments on activators and spectra:
Activator: O-2 (Gorobets);
The emission spectrum is dependent upon excitation wavelength, indicating that S2- occupies several different sites.
Gaft reported that the relative efficiency of yellow luminescence from one scapolite sample was increased up to 117 times by heat treatment at 1000 °C for 2 h in air.
The enhancement of yellow luminescence by heat treatment was ascribed to the alteration of SO32- and SO42- to S2- in scapolite.
Excitation by CW laser at 532 nm revealed several luminescence bands which may be supposedly connected to Mn2+ and Fe3+ centers (Gaft).
Best Locality for luminescence(*):
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
- Old Mill Site, Franklin, New jersey, USA (orange SW associated with amazonite);
- Skräbböle quarry, Pargas, Southwestern Finland Region, Finland (dim white-blue SW);
- Ahvensaari, Pargas, Southwestern Finland Region, Finland (red SW);
- Webster prospects, Sanford, York Co., Maine, USA (red SW);
- Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada (var. wernerite orange-yellow LW);
- Marble Quarry, Grand Forks, Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada (strong orange SW);
- Six Hundred Meter Locality, Sanford, York Co., Maine, USA (microxls, dim orange SW);
- Passaic pit, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (red SW);
- Lead Hill Mines, Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga Township, Essex Co., New York, USA (deep dark magenta-red SW);
- Hazen quarry, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA (pink SW);
(*)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 ,
- 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:
- The Picking Table (Journal of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society), vol. 55, no. 2, p. 13-25
- MONT-SAINT-HILAIRE, History, Geology, Mineralogy, Laszlo HORVATH, The Canadian Mineralogist, Special Publication 14, 2019
Images:
- Webster prospects, Maine, USA: http://www.mindat.org/photo-51784.html
- wernerite, Otter Lake, Québec, Canada: http://www.mindat.org/photo-288191.html
- Six Hundred Meter Locality, Maine, USA: http://www.mindat.org/photo-445629.html
- Passaic pit, Sterling Hill, USA: http://www.mindat.org/photo-513787.html
- Lead Hill Mines, New York, USA: http://www.mindat.org/photo-573238.html
- Lead Hill Mines, New York, USA: http://www.mindat.org/photo-573240.html
- Hazen quarry,Connecticut, USA: http://www.mindat.org/photo-618488.html
- Pargas, Finland: http://www.mindat.org/photo-648117.html
Mineralogical Reference on internet:
http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Meionite
http://webmineral.com/data/Meionite.shtml
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