Chemical Formula:See ARAGONITE
Familly: Carbonates
Status: NR
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Mineral for Display: Yes
UV Type | Main color | Intensity | Observation Frequency |
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Long Waves (365nm): | Red | Strong | Mid waves (320 nm): | Red | Medium | Short Waves (254 nm): | Pink | Medium |
Other colors LW: | Orange Red , Violet red , Violet Pink , | ||
Other colors SW: | Orange Red , Pink , |
Daylight Picture
Mossotite, Boccheggiano (Grosseto), Toscana, Italy;
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Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin
Long Waves Picture (365nm)
OL (365 nm)
Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin
Short Waves Pictures (254nm)
Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin
Galerie de photos:
...To the gallery (3 images in the gallery)
UV Type | Color | Intensity | Observation Frequency |
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Long Wave (365nm): | Greenish white | Medium | Mid Waves (320 nm): | Greenish white | Medium | Short Waves (254 nm): | Greenish white | Medium |
Mossottite (Luca, 1858): a variety of Aragonite also known as strontio-aragonite This variety can contain strontium up to composition (Ca0.5Sr0.5)[CO3]
Most Common Activator: Mn2+
Peaks in the spectrum (nm):
Broad band peaking at 643nm, wave at 710nm
Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin
The frequent occurrence of slight amounts of Strontium in aragonite was known during the time of Becquerel and he ascribed the luminescence to the presence of strontium. Later, Nichols confirmed the idea. Hence the name strontioaragonite for some specimen of very bright red fluorescing aragonite. Actually, strontium is not considered anymore as the activator responsable for the red fluorescence of aragonite and Mn2+ is considered as the principal activator of this red fluorescence.
(*)Data are not exhaustive and are limited to the most important localities for fluorescence
Images:
http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Mossottite
http://webmineral.com/data/Mossottite.shtml
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