Database of luminescent Minerals


wernerite


Chemical Formula:See MEIONITE / (voir aussi/see also MARIALITE)

Familly: Silicates

Status:

Crystal System: Tetragonal

Mineral for Display: Yes


Luminescence:


UV Type Main color Intensity Observation Frequency
Long Waves (365nm):      Yellow Very Strong
Short Waves (254 nm):      Yellowish Weak
Other colors LW:     
Orangy yellow ,
Other colors SW:     
Pale Yellow ,

Daylight Picture


Wernerite, Grenville, Argenteuil Co., Québec, Canada
Photo and Copyright: G. Barmarin

Long Waves Picture (365nm)


Wernerite UVLW, Grenville, Argenteuil Co., Québec, Canada
Photo and Copyright: G. Barmarin

Short Waves Pictures (254nm)


Wernerite UVSW, Grenville, Argenteuil Co., Québec, Canada
Photo and Copyright: G. Barmarin

 

Galerie de photos:

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


No Data

Comments:


One of the most spectacular bright yellow luminescent mineral!


Main Activator(s) and spectrum:


Most Common Activator: S2-

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

(S2)- : Very broad band peaking around 600-603 nm with some waves superposed


Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

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Comments on activators and spectra:


De Ment studied the fluorescence spectrum of wernerite in 1943.

 

 The emission spectrum is dependent upon excitation wavelength, indicating that S2- occupies several different sites.

 

The luminescence emission spectrum is peculiar in that it is a series of distinct, nearly equally spaced bands, covering the region from 500 to 700nm with maximum intensity just below 600nm. This luminescence was originally attributed to 2+ UO 2 . Kirk (1954; 1955) showed that the luminescence center was more likely to be a polysulfide ion, S,, and later (Schulman and Kirk, 1964) deduced it to be S 2. Similar luminescence is found in hackmanite and in sodium thiosulfate reduced at 900 ° C. under UV light. The luminescence of wernerite can be enhanced by heating the samples to 900 °C for 24 h. (see Burgner R, Scheetz B, White W (1978) Vibrational structure of the S2- luminescence in scapolite. Phys Chem Miner 2:317–324).


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(*)Data are not exhaustive and are limited to the most important localities for fluorescence


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Mineralogical Reference on internet:


  http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Wernerite

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

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