Database of luminescent minerals 

PHLOGOPITE

Chemical formula: KMg₃AlSi₃O₁₀(OH)₂

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-A (GP);PLT

Crystal system : Monoclinic

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

Shortwave (254nm) picture

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

No data

Triboluminescence: OUI

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): Mn²⁺ , TiO₆,  O^*,  n[TiO₆] cluster,  

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

(TiO₆^8-), 610 (nTiO₆?) : 500nm

Mn²⁺I repl. Mg²⁺ : 580nm 

Mn²⁺II : 630nm

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Sar-e-Sang, Kokcha (Koksha) Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan;
• Westport Road Roadcut, Godfrey, Ontario, Canada (fl. yellow SW associated with diopside fl. skyblue SW);

(*)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 ,
• Luminescent Spectra of Minerals, Boris S. Gorobets and Alexandre A. Rogojine, Moscow, 2002 ,

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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