POLYLITHIONITE-1M
Chemical Formula: KLi2AlSi4O10F2
Familly: Silicates
Status:
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Mineral for Display: No
Luminescence:
UV Type |
Main color |
Intensity |
Observation Frequency |
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Long Waves (365nm): | Yellowish White | Weak | | Mid waves (320 nm): | Yellowish White | Medium | | Short Waves (254 nm): | Yellowish White | Strong | | | | | |
Other colors LW: | White , Pale Yellow , Yellow , Greenish white , Yellowish , |
Other colors MW: | White , Pale Yellow , Greenish white , Yellowish , |
Other colors SW: | White , Pale Yellow , Yellow , Greenish white , Yellowish , |
Daylight Picture
POLYLITHIONITE
Photo and Copyright: James Hamblen
Site of the author
Used with permission of the author
Short Waves Pictures (254nm)
POLYLITHIONITE
UV SW
Photo and Copyright: James Hamblen
Site of the author
Used with permission of the author
Galerie de photos:
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Phosphorescence (in the common meaning of the term) seen by naked eye:
No Data
Comments:
At Mt St Hilaire, the tainiolite in marble xenoliths can look similar to polylithionite but it does not fluoresce.
Main Activator(s) and spectrum:
Most Common Activator:
Peaks in the spectrum (nm):
526nm, 556,5nm, 598nm
Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin
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Best Locality for luminescence(*):
- Poudrette Quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada;
- Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
- Vesle Aroya, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
- Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
- Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia;
(*)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 ,
- 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 ,
Luminescence Reference on internet:
- The Langesundsfjord: history, geology, pegmatites, minerals, Alf Olav Larsen, Bode Verlag Gmbh, 2010 ISBN 978-3-925094-97-2
- ARIS, Mineralogy of the famous alkaline phonolite, Uwe Kolitsch and Al.
- MONT-SAINT-HILAIRE, History, Geology, Mineralogy, Laszlo HORVATH, The Canadian Mineralogist, Special Publication 14, 2019
Images:
Mineralogical Reference on internet:
http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Polylithionite-1m
http://webmineral.com/data/Polylithionite-1m.shtml
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