Luminescent

Minerals of Franklin,

New Jersey, USA




Gérard BARMARIN

List of all Franklin minerals included in the database

 

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There are 97 luminescent minerals found in Franklin, New Jersey, USA included in the database.

• ALBITE NaAlSi₃O₈
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Comments:

  La variété péricline (albite allongée selon l axe b) est parfois fluorescente : OC et OL: rouge; OL: bleu; La variété cleavelandite (albite en masse lamellaire) est parfois fluorescente: OL et OC: crème; OC: faible intensité,rose;

  
  
  

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• amazonite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Comments:

  Variété bleu verdâtre de Microcline.

  
  
  

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• ARAGONITE CaCO₃
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW: Pink
  SW: Bluish White
  Comments:
  • Nicholsonite (aragonite zincifère): OL: jaune-orangé; OC: blanc-bleuté, crème;
  • Strontio-aragonite: OL: rouge-orangé, rose; OC: rose, blanc;
  • Tarnowitzite (aragonite plombifère): OL:orange, jaune, crème, vert; OC: jaune, crème;
  
  
  

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• BARYLITE BaBe₂Si₂O₇
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Violet Pink
  Comments:
  
  

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• BARYSILITE Pb₈Mn(Si₂O₇)₃
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Comments: Reported fluo from Langab but not Franklin
  
  

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• BARYTE BaSO₄
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Comments:
  
  

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• BASSANITE 2CaSO₄ H₂O
  LW: Violet
  MW:
  SW: Violet
  Comments:
  
  

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• beta-willemite
  LW:
  MW: Orange
  SW: Yellow
  Comments:

  = yellow fluorescing willemite

  
  
  

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• BUSTAMITE (Mn⁺²,Ca)₃Si₃O₉
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Violet red
  Comments:
  
  

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• CAHNITE Ca₂B(AsO₄)(OH)₄
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Comments:
  
  

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• calciothomsonite syn: xonotlite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW:
  Comments:
  
  

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• CALCITE CaCO₃
  LW: Pink
  MW: Red
  SW: Blue
  Comments:

  manganocalcite OC rose, rouge; OL : orange, rose, rouge, rouge orangé;
  plumbocalcite : OC et OL: rouge sombre ;
  strontiocalcite OL et OC: crème, blanc-jaunâtre, rose;
  thinolite ( = pseudomorphose après gaylussite): OL et OC: orange, blanc bleuté;

  
  
  

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• calcium larsenite
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Comments:

  syn: esperite

  
  
  

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• CANAVESITE Mg₂(CO₃)(HBO₃) 5H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Comments:
  
  

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• CELESTITE SrSO₄
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Comments:
  
  

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• CERUSSITE PbCO₃
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Comments:

  Variété chrome cerusite: OC et OL: jaune vert; Activateurs possibles:  Ag⁺ (Gorobets)or Pb²⁺ (Gaft), accessory Sm³⁺

  
  
  

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• CHABAZITE-Ca (Ca_0,5,K,Na)₄[Al₄Si₈O₂₄] 12H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Comments:

  Sometimes green fluo due to uranium impurities, sometimes yellow orange or yellowish white. Also pink SW and Blue white LW (Paterson, USA)

  
  
  

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• CHARLESITE Ca₆(Al,Si)₂(SO₄)₂B(OH)₄(OH,O)₁₂ 26H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Greenish white
  Comments:
  
  

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• chlorophane
  LW: Greenish white
  MW:
  SW: Greenish white
  Comments: Thermoluminescent variety of Fluotite
  
  

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• CHONDRODITE (Mg,Fe⁺²)₅(SiO₄)₂(F,OH)₂
  LW: Yellowish
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Comments:

  Facilement confondable avec la NORBERGITE qui lui est visuellement très similaire.

  
  
  

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• CLINOCHRYSOTILE Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Comments:

  From Franklin, NJ, in a report by John Chianciulli in Picking Table vol 45/2, this mineral fluoresces pale blue-gray to strong mustard yellow LW. In appearance, specimens are blocky, glassy, an yellow-brown. Information from Mark Boyer.

  
  
  

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• CLINOHEDRITE CaZnSiO₄ H₂O
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Comments:

  Pectolite and wollastonite from Franklin, New Jersey, USA, have the same luminescent color but the association with hardystonite is typical of clinohedrite.

  
  
  

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• CORINDON Al₂O₃
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Comments:

  Variété rubis (rouge): presque toujours fluorescent (Cr³⁺)
  Variété saphire (bleu): parfois légèrement fluorescent rouge, rosâtre
  Autres variétés colorées de saphire: fluorescence variable mais assez fréquente;

  
  
  

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• CUSPIDINE Ca₁₆(Si₂O₇)₄(F,OH)₈
  LW: Yellow
  MW: Salmon pink
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Comments:

  Fluo rose-peach MW.
  Found in 1997 in very small quantity.
  First identified as johnbaumite, but differentiated by X-Ray powder diffraction analysis.

  
  
  

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• DATOLITE Ca₂B₂Si₂O₈(OH)₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Comments:
  
  

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• DIOPSIDE CaMgSi₂O₆
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Comments:

  Variété fassaite : OC et OL: blanc ;
  Associated as grain (fluo blue SW) in wernerite (fluo orange LW) in Canada.
  Associated with NORBERGITE (fluo Yellow SW) in Franklin, New jersey, USA;

  
  
  

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• DYPINGITE Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂ 5H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Comments:

  Asoociée à la lizardite et à l'hydrotalcite à Snarum, Norvège;

  
  
  

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• EDENITE NaCa₂Mg₅Si₇AlO₂₂(OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Comments:

  Facilement confondue avec la PARGASITE et la MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE qui sont également parfois luminescentes.

  
  
  

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• EPSOMITE MgSO₄ 7H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Comments:
  
  

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• ESPERITE PbCa₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₄
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Comments:

  synonyme: calcium larsenite. Associated with willemite (green), hardystonite (dark-blue), calcite (red) and clinohédrite (orange), esperite from franklin give the most exciting combinaison of luminescent colors in one sample.

  
  
  

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• FLUOBORITE Mg₃(BO₃)(F,OH)₃
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Comments:

  Peut être confondue avec la norbergite ou la chondrodite également présentes dans le marbre de Franklin;

  
  
  

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• FLUORAPATITE Ca₅(PO₄)₃F
  LW: Pale Yellow
  MW: Violet
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Comments:

  variété MANGANAPATITE: OL et OC: jaune, orange ; Activators: Eu2+, Ce3+, Mn2+, Dy3+, Nd3+, Sm3+ and Sm2+; TR3+ are located in the high symmetry Ca(I) position (Gorobets, Marfunin, Waychunas). Large pics: Mn2+ 569 nm, Mn3+ 583nm (yellow band); Other activator: U: 467, 486, 505, 526, 550 nm (gaft); Blue and violet luminescent colors due to Ce3+ and Eu2+; pink, violet pink, yellow pink: Sm3+, Dy3+; yellow band due to Mn2+ (Marfunin)
  The diversity of the luminescence in Apatite is created in part by:
  - the ability of the apatite structure to incorporate transition metal, REE and anion impurity activators and co-activators, often in combination;
  - the varying types of associations and formation conditions that promote luminescence activity; and
  - the nature of the structure of the apatite host itself. This favorable and flexible host structure has not been lost to commercial enterprises, as apatites have long been used as synthetic phosphors in industrial and consumer products. (Apatite Luminescence, Glenn A. Waychunas, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry; January 2002; v. 48)
  The luminescence spectrum of fluorapatite from Panasqueira, Portugal, is characterized by four emission bands 349 nm (bandwidth:,10 nm) (REE possibly Ce³⁺); 445 nm (40nm)(REE possibly Eu²⁺); 555 rm (100 nm)(Mn²⁺ + REE sensitization (co-activator/UV absorber) most probably Ce³⁺ and Eu²⁺); 701 nm (50 nm)(Unknown activator). (Source see link to article below)

  
  
  

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• FLUORAPOPHYLLITE KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(F,OH) 8H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Greenish
  Comments:
  
  

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• FLUORITE CaF₂
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Comments:

  Le minéral luminescent classique par excellence, mais attention, toutes les fluorines ne sont pas luminescente loin de là !
  Variété CHLOROPHANE : thermoluminescente en vert ;
  Variété YTTROFLUORITE : OC et OL: jaune, blanc jaunâtre (crème);

  
  
  

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• GANOMALITE Pb₉Ca₅Mn⁺²Si₉O₃₃
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: White
  Comments:
  
  

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• GUERINITE Ca₅(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)₂ 9H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Comments:
  
  

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• GYPSUM CaSO₄ 2H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Comments:

  Syn: selenite;
  Présente parfois une figure de fluorescence typique "en sablier" suivant les diagonales du cristal.

  
  
  

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• HARDYSTONITE Ca₂ZnSi₂O₇
  LW:
  MW: Violet blue
  SW: Violet blue
  Comments:

  Un classique parmi les minéraux de Franklin.
  Parfois la luminescence est meilleure en OM; ce phénomène pourrait être dû au fait que la willémite associée est moins brillante en OM et permet à l'hardystonite de mieux ressortir.

  
  
  

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• HEDYPHANE Pb₃Ca₂(AsO₄)₃Cl
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Comments:

  Samples from Langban are sometimes considered as mislabeled and could be mimetite

  
  
  

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• HEMIMORPHITE Zn₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂ H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Comments:
  
  

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• HODGKINSONITE Mn⁺²Zn₂(SiO₄)(OH)₂
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Comments:
  
  

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• HUMITE (Mg,Fe⁺²)₇(SiO₄)₃(F,OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Comments:

  L'association avec la calcite (fluo rouge), l'aragonite (fluo blanc bleutée) et le diopside (fluo blanc bleuté) donne de très bons échantillons notamment à Parham, Ontario, USA (Long Lake Zinc Mine).

  
  
  

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• HYALOPHANE (K,Ba)Al(Si,Al)₃O₈
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Violet red
  Comments:

  Associé à  la margarosanite à  Franklin qui pourrait être responsable de la luminescence bleue.
  Autre localité: Andover

  
  
  

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• HYDROTALCITE Mg₆Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆ 4H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Comments:
  
  

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• HYDROXYAPOPHYLLITE KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F) 8H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: White
  Comments:
  
  

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• HYDROZINCITE Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Comments:

  Très bel effet en association avec de la calcite fluorescente rouge;

  
  
  

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• JOHNBAUMITE Ca₅(AsO₄)₃(OH,F)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange Red
  Comments:
  
  

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• JUNITOITE CaZn₂Si₂O₇ H₂O
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Comments:
  
  

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• MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE XCa₂[Mg₄(Al,Fe⁺³)]Si₇AlO₂₂(OH)₂
  LW: Greenish Blue
  MW:
  SW:
  Comments:
  
  

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• MAGNESIORIEBECKITE XNa₂(Mg₃Fe⁺³₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Comments:

  Il semble que la sphalérite présente sous la Magnesioriebeckite pourrait être la cause de la luminescence et non la Magnesioriebeckite elle-même. (information venant de Stuart Schneider lui même l'ayant reçue de Dick Bostwick et Earl Verbeek)

  
  
  

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• MANGANAXINITE Ca₂Mn⁺²Al₂BSi₄O₁₅(OH)
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Comments:
  
  

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• MARGARITE-2M1 CaAl₂XAl₂Si₂O₁₀(OH)₂
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Comments:

  Sometimes associated with red fluorescing corundum. Found in a 75 foot wide area of the Franklin Quarry at Franklin, USA.

  
  
  

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• MARGAROSANITE Pb(Ca,Mn⁺²)₂Si₃O₉
  LW: Violet red
  MW: Red
  SW: Bluish White
  Comments:
  
  

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• MARIALITE Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Comments:

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  Groupe de la SCAPOLITE voir aussi MEIONITE.
  Marialite et meionite se trouve sous forme de masses ou de cristaux dans quelques localités dans le marbre de Grenville au Quebec et en Ontario (Canada). Parfois les cristaux blancs opaques d'Otter Lake (Quebec) sont fluorecents en rouge sous les Ondes courtes (activateur: Fe) et blanc sous ondes longues.

  
  
  

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• MCALLISTERITE Mg₂B₁₂O₁₄(OH)₁₂ 9H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Comments:
  
  

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• MEIONITE 3CaAl₂Si₂O₈CaCO₃
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Comments:

  Groupe de la SCAPOLITE voir aussi MARIALITE et WERNERITE
  Mizzonite = variété de MEIONITE (intermédiaire entre MARIALITE et MEIONITE mais à dominante de cette dernière.

  
  
  

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• META-ANKOLEITE K₂(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ 6H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Comments:
  
  

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• METALODEVITE Zn(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂ 10H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Comments:
  
  

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• MICROCLINE KAlSi₃O₈
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Comments:
  
  

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• MINEHILLITE (K,Na)₂Ca₂₈Zn₅Al₄Si₄₀O₁₁₂(OH)₁₆
  LW: Blue
  MW: Blue
  SW: Blue
  Comments:

  Confusion possible avec la MARGAROSANITE cependant celle-ci a tendance à avoir une couleur plus rougeâtre sous les UV moyens (MW)

  
  
  

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• MONOHYDROCALCITE CaCO₃ H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Comments:
  
  

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• NASONITE Pb₆Ca₄Si₆O₂₁Cl₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Comments:

  Henkel: luminescence bleue (?)

  
  
  

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• NEWBERYITE Mg(PO₃OH) 3H₂O
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Comments:

  Luminescence peut-être dûe à des déjections de chauves-souris!!

  
  
  

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• NORBERGITE Mg₃(SiO₄)(F,OH)₂
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Comments:
  
  

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• OYELITE Ca₁₀Si₈B₂O₂₉ 12,5H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: Violet
  Comments:

  Trouvée dans des cavités de MANGANAXINITE à Franklin, New jersey, USA.

  
  
  

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• PARGASITE NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)Si₆Al₂O₂₂(OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Greenish
  Comments:
  
  

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• pecto-prehnite / (mixture / mélange PECTOLITE + PREHNITE)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange Red
  Comments:

  A white crystalline rock composed by a mixture of prehnite and pectolite found in the Franklin mine.Not a proper mineral name

  
  
  

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• PECTOLITE NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW: Pink
  SW: Orange
  Comments:
  
  

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• PHARMACOLITE Ca(HAsO₄) 2H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Comments:
  
  

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• PHLOGOPITE-1M KMg₃AlSi₃O₁₀(OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Comments:
  
  

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• PICROPHARMACOLITE Ca₄Mg(AsO₄)₂(HAsO₃OH)₂ 11H₂O
  LW: White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Comments:
  
  

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• POWELLITE CaMoO₄
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Comments:
  
  

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• PREHNITE Ca₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀(OH)₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Comments:
  
  

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• QUARTZ alpha (low) SiO₂
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Comments:

  Luminescence en zones bleues ou jaunes OL et OC : impuretés d'hydrocarbures Luminescence jaune ou verte OL et OC : impuretés d'uranium (agate, calcédoine) Luminescence verte de l'améthyste : recouvrement d'un voile d'hyalite contenant de l'uranium.

  
  
  

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• ROEBLINGITE Pb₂Ca₆Mn⁺²(Si₆O₁₈)(SO₄)₂(OH)₂ 4H₂O
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Comments:
  
  

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• SAMFOWLERITE Ca₂₈Mn₆Zn₄(Be,Zn)₄Be₁₂(SiO₄)₁₂(Si₂O₇)₈(OH)₁₂
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Comments:

  This is a hydroxyl calcium manganese zinc berylo-silicate from Franklin, NJ. It has been found in andradite lined vugs in franklinite, and in willemite ore. Fluorescence is weak red under SW and LW. .

  
  
  

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• SCHEELITE CaWO₄
  LW: Violet Pink
  MW: Yellow
  SW: Bluish White
  Comments:

  Une fine couche de scheelite recouvre parfois la wolframite donnant l'impression que celle-ci est fluorescente

  
  
  

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• SMITHSONITE ZnCO₃
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Comments:
  
  

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• SPHALERITE (Zn,Fe)S
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Comments:

  synonyme: blende ; brunckite = sphalérite colloïdale ; variété cléiophane: orange OC et OL;

  
  
  

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• SPINELLE MgAl₂O₄
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Comments:
  
  

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• STRONTIANITE SrCO₃
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Comments:
  
  

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• SVABITE Ca₅(AsO₄)₃(F,OH)
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Comments:
  
  

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• TALC-1A Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Comments:
  
  

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• THOMSONITE-Ca Ca₂Na[Al₅Si₅O₂₀] 6H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish
  Comments:

  Les échantillons étiquetés dans le passé comme calciothomsonite venant de Franklin, New Jersey, USA sont en fait de la XONOTLITE

  
  
  

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• TILASITE CaMg(AsO₄)F
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Salmon pink
  Comments:
  
  

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• TITANITE CaTiSiO₅
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Dark Orange /Tawn
  Comments:
  
  

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• TREMOLITE XCa₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Orange Red
  Comments:
  
  

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• troostite
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Comments: Nom parfois utilisé pour les gros cristaux brun-rouge de willémite de la mine de franklin (USA).
  
  

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• TURNEAUREITE Ca₅(AsO₄,PO₄)₃ Cl
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orange
  Comments:

  The arsenate analogue of Chlorapatite. The Ca5 analogue of Hedyphane.

  
  
  

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• URANOSPINITE Ca(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂ 10H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW:
  Comments:
  
  

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• UVITE (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe⁺²)₃Al₅Mg(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH,F)₄
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Comments:
  
  

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• WILLEMITE Zn₂SiO₄
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Comments:

  Variété troostite : willémite manganèsifère ;
  beta-willemite nom erroné appliqué a une variété trouvée à Franklin-Sterling Hill et fluorescente en jaune ;
  Certains échantillons de Brandtite fluorescents en vert OC devraient leur fluorescence à la willemite associée ;

  
  
  

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• WOLLASTONITE-1A CaSiO₃
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Comments:

  From the White Knob quarry in the San Berardino Mts. CA, remarkable examples of orange or yellow-orange fluorescing wollastonite SW in blocky sections with orange-red fl. calcite SW and also red-fluorescing feldspar (species unidentified) of unusually high brightness. Information and help from Howard Brown and Lyman Hayes. Activator: Mn with Pb as coactivator?? Activator: probably Mn2+ substituting to Ca2+; also Fe3+ and Cr3+ found (Gaft).

  
  
  

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• XONOTLITE Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Comments:
  
  

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• ZINCITE (Zn,Mn⁺²)O
  LW: Greenish Yellow
  MW:
  SW:
  Comments:

  Origine de la zincite artificielle dans les bourses aux minéraux: usine de traitement de zinc près d'Olkusz, Katowice, Schlesien, Pologne;

  
  
  

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• ZIRCON ZrSiO₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Comments:

  Variété alvite (contenant du Hf, Th et des terres rares: OC et LW: vert; SW: Rouge-orangé; Variété cyrtolite (zircon partiellement métamicte contenant U et souvent Th et des terres rares: OC: jaune; variété malacon (zircon très métamicte, souvent brun: OL: orange; Activators: broadband emission from radiation induced centers and lines from Dy3+ (Trofimov in Gaft) masking other lines from REE in Zr4+ site. The intensity of the broadband luminescence quicly decrease after heating at 700-800° while the lines from REE stay constant (Shinno in Gaft).
  Zircon is ometimes thermoluminescent
  The yellow band with peak wavelength (λmax) = 575 nm, peak half-width (Δ) = 120–130 nm, and decay time (τ) = 30–35 µs is connected with neutron and alpha irradiation.
  The red band with λmax = 750 nm, Δ = 110–120 nm and τ = 3–5 ms is connected with Fe3+.(M. Gaft, I. Shinno, G. Panczer and R. Reisfeld, Laser-induced time-resolved spectroscopy of visible broad luminescence bands in zircon, Mineralogy and Petrology, vol76, 2002)

  
  
  

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• ZNUCALITE CaZn₁₁(UO₂)(CO₃)₃(OH)_2O 4H₂O
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  SW: Green
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