Database of luminescent Minerals


chalcedony


Chemical Formula:See QUARTZ

Status: NR

Crystal System: Polycrystalline

Mineral for Display: No

Associated names (luminescent varieties, discredited names, synonymes etc.):  beekiteyoungiteopalized wood (fossil)

Luminescence:


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

Daylight Picture


calcedoine;
Photo and Copyright: James Hamblen
Site of the author
Used with permission of the author

Short Waves Pictures (254nm)


calcedoine;
UVSW
Photo and Copyright: James Hamblen
Site of the author
Used with permission of the author

 

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


UV Type Color Intensity Observation Frequency
Long Wave (365nm): Pale Yellow
Short Waves (254 nm): Greenish white
 

Thermoluminescence: Yes


Main Activator(s) and spectrum:


Most Common Activator: (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impurities

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

(UO2)2+ : 502nm, 521nm, 544nm, 568nm, 601nm (fluo green)

569nm, 601nm, 647nm (fluo yellow)


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  To the spectrum gallery (1 spectra in the gallery)


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=Chalcedony

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

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