Database of luminescent Minerals


PREHNITE


Chemical Formula: Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2

Familly: Silicates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal System: Orthorhombic

Mineral for Display: No


Luminescence:


UV Type Main color Intensity Observation Frequency
Long Waves (365nm):      Yellowish White
Mid waves (320 nm):      Pale Yellow
Short Waves (254 nm):      Bluish White
Other colors LW:     
Orange ,
Other colors SW:                    
White , Yellowish White , Pale Yellow , Orange ,

Daylight Picture


Prehnite, Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Québec, Canada;
Col. G. Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

Long Waves Picture (365nm)


Prehnite UVLW, Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Québec, Canada;
Col. G. Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

Short Waves Pictures (254nm)


Prehnite UVSW, Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Québec, Canada;
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:


No Data

Main Activator(s) and spectrum:


Most Common Activator: Pb2+

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Pb2+ : 356nm (exc. 266nm, t = 300ns)


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


Comments on activators and spectra:


Jeffrey Mine: bluish fluorescence under long wave UV illumination, plus orange-fluorescing coating by an unknown mineral (see picture above)


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=Prehnite

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

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