Database of luminescent minerals 

AUSTINITE

Chemical formula: CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)

Family: Phosphates, Arseniates, Vanadates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Orthorhombic

Display mineral: NON

Associated names (luminescent varieties, discredited names, synonyms, etc.): cupro austinite, 

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

Austinite, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, USA.

Photo and Copyright: Gérard Barmarin.

Shortwave (254nm) picture

Austinite UVSW, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, USA.

Photo and Copyright: Gérard Barmarin.

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Phosphorescence (in the common sense of the term) observable with the naked eye:

No phosphorescence visible to the naked eye under any type of UV

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): (UO₂)²⁺ (ion Uranyle) en impureté,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

UO₂²⁺ : 502, 521, 545nm

Austinite UVSW, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, USA.
Excitation: UVSW 254nm (Superbright). Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

Comments on spectrum and activators:

Typical spectrum from Uranyl impurities.

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Gold hill, Tooele County, Utah, USA;
• Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico;

(*)The data are not exhaustive and are limited to a few remarkable localities for fluorescence

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

• The Henkel Glossary of Fluorescent Minerals, Dr. Gerhard Henkel, Published by the FMS, 1989 ,
• Fluorescence: Gems and Minerals Under Ultraviolet Light, Manuel Robbins, 1994, Geoscience Press, ISBN 0-945005-13-X ,
• The World of Fluorescent Minerals, Stuart Schneider, Schiffer Publishing, 2006, ISBN 0-7643-2544-2 ,

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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