Database of luminescent Minerals


CARACOLITE


Chemical Formula: Na3Pb2(SO4)3Cl

Familly: Sulfates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal System: Monoclinic

Mineral for Display: No


Luminescence:


UV Type Main color Intensity Observation Frequency
Short Waves (254 nm):      Bluish White Medium
Other colors SW:                    
Violet Pink , Pink , Blue , Purple pink ,

Daylight Picture


CARACOLITE xls with glauberite, Challacollo mine, Challacollo
Tarapaca Province, Chile;
Copyright 2006 S. Schneider,
The World of Fluorescent Minerals,
Used with permission of the author,

Short Waves Pictures (254nm)


CARACOLITE xls with glauberite, Challacollo mine, Challacollo
Tarapaca Province, Chile; Caracolite fluoresces pale pink and glauberite blue-green (UVSW)
Copyright 2006 S. Schneider,
The World of Fluorescent Minerals,
Used with permission of the author,

 

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


No Data

Comments:


Decomposes in water, leaving PbSO4. Sometime associated with anglesite also possibly fluorescent (Chile) and/or other Pb minerals (plumbojarosite for exemple).


Main Activator(s) and spectrum:


No data


Best Locality for luminescence(*):


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


Bibliographical Reference for luminescence:



Luminescence Reference on internet:



Mineralogical Reference on internet:


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

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

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