Chemical Formula: Na3Pb2(SO4)3Cl
Familly: Sulfates
Status: IMA-GP
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Mineral for Display: No
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,
Decomposes in water, leaving PbSO4. Sometime associated with anglesite also possibly fluorescent (Chile) and/or other Pb minerals (plumbojarosite for exemple).
(*)Data are not exhaustive and are limited to the most important localities for fluorescence
Images:
http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Caracolite
http://webmineral.com/data/Caracolite.shtml
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