Database of luminescent Minerals


hessonite


Chemical Formula:See GROSSULAR

Status: NR

Mineral for Display: No


Luminescence:


UV Type Main color Intensity Observation Frequency
Long Waves (365nm):      Salmon pink
Other colors LW:                    
Orange Red , Violet red , Violet Pink , Pink ,
 

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


No Data

Comments:


syn.: essonite


Main Activator(s) and spectrum:


Most Common Activator:

Other activators:            Mn2+ ,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Mn2+ : Broad band peaking at 600nm (70nm half-width) ;

peaks at 501nm and 711 nm ;


Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: 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=Hessonite

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

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