Database of luminescent Minerals


garnet


Chemical Formula:See GROSSULAR

Familly: Silicates

Status: NR

Crystal System: Isometric

Mineral for Display: No


Luminescence:


UV Type Main color Intensity Observation Frequency
 

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


No Data

Thermoluminescence: Yes


Comments:


See / voir grossulaire/grossular, spessartite , rhodolite


Main Activator(s) and spectrum:


Most Common Activator: Mn2+

Other activators:            V2+ , Nd3+ ,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Nd3+ : 462, 476, 482, 501nm

Mn2+ : band peaking at 590nm (60nm half-width)

V2+ : 717nm 


Spectrum: Michael Gaft, Petah Tikva, Israel. Plot: Institute of Mineralogy, University of Vienna, Austria, with permission of the authors.


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=Garnet

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

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