Database of luminescent Minerals


AMBER


Chemical Formula: C12H20O

Familly: Organic

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal System: Amorphous

Mineral for Display: Yes

Associated names (luminescent varieties, discredited names, synonymes etc.):  allingiteduxitecedaritewalchovitesimetitedelatyniteburmitegedaniterumanitesuccinitegedano-succinitevalchovite

Luminescence:


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

Daylight Picture


AMBRE, Gdansk, Pologne; Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

Long Waves Picture (365nm)


AMBRE, Gdansk, Pologne; UVLW Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

Short Waves Pictures (254nm)


AMBRE, Gdansk, Pologne; UVSW 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:


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

Comments:


Blue amber : strong blue fluorescence LW due to the presence of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon known as Perylene. It is formed from the resin of the Hymenea Protera tree unlike other ambers which originate from conifers.


Main Activator(s) and spectrum:


Most Common Activator: Intrinsic organic material

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Broad band centered at 500 nm (+/-100nm half-width) / "waves" at 480, 513, 548 and 592nm


Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

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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=Amber

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

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