Database of luminescent Minerals


ABERNATHYITE


Chemical Formula: K2(UO2)2(AsO4)2 6H2O

Familly: Phosphates, Arseniates, Vanadates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal System: Tetragonal

Mineral for Display: No


Luminescence:


UV Type Main color Intensity Observation Frequency
Long Waves (365nm):      Green MediumAlways
Mid waves (320 nm):      Green MediumAlways
Short Waves (254 nm):      Green MediumAlways
Other colors LW:     
Greenish Yellow ,
Other colors MW:     
Greenish Yellow ,
Other colors SW:     
Greenish Yellow ,
 

Phosphorescence (in the common meaning of the term) seen by naked eye:


No phosphorescence seen by naked eye whatever the type of UV

Comments:


'In the summer of 1953, Jess Abernathy, operator of the Fuemrol mine, Emery County, Utah, noticed some yeillow crystals in his ore. Realizing that they might be of mineralogical importance, he gave the several pieces of sandstone which were coated with crystals to E. B. Gross, mineralogist for the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission in Grand Junction; but Gross was unable to find in the literature any mineral with corresponding optical properties, and, not having the facilities in Grand Junction for further work, he gave the specimens to A. D. Weeks and M E Thompson, mineralogists for the U. S. Geological Survey in Washington DC. M.E. Thompson, Blanche Ingram, and E. B. Gross were pleased to name this mineral for the person who found it, Jess Abernathy; without his interest in and appreciation of the mineralogy of his ore, the mineral might have remained undiscovered.'

(from: http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM41/AM41_82.pdf see bibliography)

 


Main Activator(s) and spectrum:


Most Common Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) intrinsic

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

(UO2)2+ : 503, 526, 550nm


ABERNATHYITE Excitation: laser 405nm. Col. L. Vandenberghe; Spectre: G. Barmarin


Best Locality for luminescence(*):


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


Bibliographical Reference for luminescence:



Luminescence Reference on internet:



Mineralogical Reference on internet:


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

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

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