Database of luminescent Minerals

SODIUM URANOSPINITE

Chemical Formula: (Na₂,Ca)(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂ 5H₂O

Familly: Phosphates, Arseniates, Vanadates

Status: IMA-GP

Mineral for Display: No

Luminescence:

Daylight Picture

SODIUM URANOSPINITE ,
Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó,
municipio de La Torre de Cabdella,
Lérida province, Spain
Photo and Copyright: Joan Abella i Creus, Spain
Used with permission of the author

Short Waves Pictures (254nm)

SODIUM URANOSPINITE , UVSW
Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó,
municipio de La Torre de Cabdella,
Lérida province, Spain
Photo and Copyright: Joan Abella i Creus, Spain
Used with permission of the author

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):

502nm, 524nm, 548nm, 573nm, 601nm

Best Locality for luminescence(*):

• “Mina Eureka” término de Castell-estaó, La Torre de Cabdella, provincia de Lérida, Spain;

(*)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 ,

Luminescence Reference on internet:

• Joan Abella i Creus, Spain;

Mineralogical Reference on internet:

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

  http://webmineral.com/data/Sodium uranospinite.shtml

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