Database of luminescent Minerals


SULFOHALITE


Chemical Formula: Na6(SO4)2FCl

Familly: Sulfates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal System: Isometric

Mineral for Display: No


Luminescence:


UV Type Main color Intensity Observation Frequency
Long Waves (365nm):      Bluish White
Short Waves (254 nm):      Bluish White
Other colors LW:          
Yellowish White , Greenish white ,
Other colors SW:     
Greenish white ,

Daylight Picture


SULFOHALITE, Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;
Octaèdre corrodé; Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

Long Waves Picture (365nm)


SULFOHALITE, Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;
UVLW; Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

Short Waves Pictures (254nm)


SULFOHALITE, Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;
UVSW; Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

 

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


UV Type Color Intensity Observation Frequency
Long Wave (365nm): Bluish White Weak
 

Main Activator(s) and spectrum:


Most Common Activator:

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

490nm, 516nm, 548nm, 598nm,654nm


Sulfohalite, Searles Lake, California, USA. Excitation: laser 405nm. Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin


Best Locality for luminescence(*):


(*)Data are not exhaustive and are limited to the most important localities for fluorescence


Bibliographical Reference for luminescence:



Mineralogical Reference on internet:


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

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

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