Database of luminescent minerals 

QUARTZ

Chemical formula: SiO₂

Family: Oxides and hydroxides

Status: IMA-A

Crystal system : Rhomboedric

Display mineral: OUI

Associated names (luminescent varieties, discredited names, synonyms, etc.): agate,  amethyste,  calcedoine,  herkimer diamond,  Jaspe,  onyx, 

Luminescence:

Longwave (365nm) picture

OL (365 nm). Col. G. Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

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

Triboluminescence: OUI

Thermoluminescence: OUI

Comments:

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): (UO₂)²⁺ (ion Uranyle) en impureté, ST (Singlet-triplet)-Matière organique en impureté,  Fe³⁺,  

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Fe³⁺ : 680 nm (Gorobets)

Oil inclusions : 437, 489, 512, 546, 601nm

Quartz from La Sassa, Italy: 500, 520, 555, 595, 666nm

Quartz with "Oil Inclusions".
Excitation: led 370nm. Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

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Comments on spectrum and activators:

Cathodoluminescence: blue or yellow.

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• La Sassa, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy (yellowish LW, bright yellow SW);
• Asbach, former DDR (SW Orange, LW Red);
• Hanley Road, Hudson, Wisconsin, USA (fl. medium yellow-orange SW+LW);
• Wadh, Khuzdar District, Balochistan, Pakistan (petroleum/oil inclusion strongly fluorescent with bubble)

(*)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 ,
• Mt St Hilaire Website: http://www.saint-hilaire.ca ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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