Database of luminescent Minerals

SALEEITE

Chemical Formula: Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ 10H₂O

Familly: Phosphates, Arseniates, Vanadates

Status: IMA-GP

Mineral for Display: No

Luminescence:

Daylight Picture

Saleeite de Shinkolobwe, Katanga, R.D. du Congo;
Daylight
Photo and Copyright: G. Barmarin
Col.: L. Vandenberghe

Short Waves Pictures (254nm)

Saleeite de Shinkolobwe, Katanga, R.D. du Congo;
SW (254nm)
Photo and Copyright: G. Barmarin
Col.: L. Vandenberghe

Galerie de photos:

     To the gallery (2 images in the gallery)

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

Main Activator(s) and spectrum:

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

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

[ 489.0 , 501.1 , 522.1 , 545.7 , 570.9 , 600.9 (Geipel) ]

[498nm, 519nm, 542nm, 567nm, 595nm (Sample in collection)]

Best Locality for luminescence(*):

• Urucum pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil;
• Saléeite de Shinkolobwe, Katanga, R.D. du Congo;

(*)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 ,
• Spectroscopic properties of uranium(VI) minerals studied by TRLFS, G. Geipel and Al. Radiochim Acta 88 (2000) ,

Mineralogical Reference on internet:

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

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

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