Luminescent

Minerals of Mont St Hilaire,

Québec, Canada


Gérard BARMARIN

List of all Mont St Hilaire minerals included in the database

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There are 61 luminescent minerals found in Mont St Hilaire, Québec, Canada 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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• ANALCIME-A Na[AlSi₂O₆] H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Comments:
  
  

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• BURBANKITE (Na,Ca)₃(Sr,Ba,Ce)₃(CO₃)₅
  LW: Orange Red
  MW:
  SW: Orange Red
  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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• CATAPLEIITE Na₂ZrSi₃O₉ 2H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  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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• CLINOPTILOLITE-Ca (Ca_0,5,Na,K)₆[Al₆Si₃₀O₇₂) 20H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Comments:
  
  

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• CRYOLITE Na₃AlF₆
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Pink
  Comments:
  
  

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• ELPIDITE Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅ 3H₂O
  LW: Yellowish Green
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish Green
  Comments:
  
  

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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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• FRANCONITE Na₂Nb₄O₁₁ 9H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Comments:
  
  

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• GAIDONNAYITE Na₂ZrSi₃O₉ 2H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW: Green
  SW: Green
  Comments:
  
  

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• GAULTITE Na₄[Zn₂Si₇O₁₈] 5H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Comments:

  I reported on a mineral from Mont Saint-Hilaire then known only under the temporary designation UK84. It has now been given the name Gaultite. It is a sodium zinc silicate hydrate. As reported in the book, fluorescence is bright green under SW. It was found as small colorless or mauve crystals to 0.05mm in a sodalite cavity at a contact between hornfels and sodalite syenite.

  
  
  

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• GENTHELVITE Zn₄Be₃(SiO₄)₃S
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Comments:

  Découverte en 2002 dans le Passaic Pit à Sterling Hill (Franklin, USA) en très petit spots fluorescents verts dans de l'amphibole.

  
  
  

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• GONNARDITE (Na,Ca)_6-8[(Al,Si)₂₀O₄₀] 12H₂O
  LW: Pinkish White
  MW:
  SW: Pinkish White
  Comments:

  See / Voir tetranatrolite

  
  
  

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• GRICEITE LiF
  LW: Pale Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Pale Yellow
  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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• hackmanite
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Orangy yellow
  Comments:
  
  

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• HELVITE Mn₄⁺²Be₃(SiO₄)₃S
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  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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• KELDYSHITE Na_2-xH_xZrSi₂O₇ nH₂O
  LW: Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Comments:

  voir aussi parakeldyshite. Luminescence bleue due à TiO₆ (Gaft)

  
  
  

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• KOGARKOITE Na₃(SO₄)F
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: White
  Comments:
  
  

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• LALONDEITE [np+] (Na,Ca)₆(Ca,Na)₃Si₁₆O₃₈(F,OH)₂ 3H₂O
  LW:
  MW: Violet blue
  SW: Violet blue
  Comments:

  Associée à la microcline,la  clinoamphibole et la narsarssukite.

  
  
  

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• LEIFITE (Na, H₂O)Na₆[Be₂Al₃Si₁₅O₃₉F₂]
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Comments:
  
  

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• LEUCOPHANITE (Ca,RRE)CaNa₂Be₂Si₄O₁₂(F,O)₂
  LW: Violet Pink
  MW:
  SW: Pink
  Comments:
  
  

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• LEUCOSPHENITE BaNa₄Ti₂B₂Si₁₀O₃₀
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Blue
  Comments:
  
  

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• LORENZENITE Na₂Ti₂Si₂O₉
  LW: Greenish Yellow
  MW:
  SW: Yellow
  Comments:
  
  

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• MAGADIITE NaSi₇O₁₃(OH)₃ 4H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Comments:
  
  

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• MAKATITE Na₂Si₄O₈(OH)₂ 4H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Greenish
  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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• MICROCLINE KAlSi₃O₈
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Comments:
  
  

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• MILARITE KCa₂AlBe₂Si₁₂O₃₀ 0,5H₂O
  LW: Bluish White
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Comments:
  
  

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• MONTEREGIANITE-(Y) (Na,K)₆(Y,Ca)₂Si₁₆O₃₈ 10H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Comments:
  
  

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• NATROLITE Na₂[Al₂Si₃O₁₀] 2H₂O
  LW: Greenish white
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Comments:
  
  

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• NENADKEVICHITE Na_8-xNb₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂(O,OH)₄ 8H₂O
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Comments:
  
  

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• PARAKELDYSHITE Na₂ZrSi₂O₇
  LW: Orangy yellow
  MW:
  SW: White
  Comments:

  voir KELDYSHITE.

  
  
  

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

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• POLYLITHIONITE-1M KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish 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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• REMONDITE-(Ce) Na₃(Ce,La,Ca,Na,Sr)₃(CO₃)₅
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Comments:
  
  

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• REVDITE Na₁₆[Si₄O₆(OH)₅]₂[Si₈O₁₅(OH)₆](OH)₁₀ 28H₂O
  LW: Blue
  MW:
  SW:
  Comments:

  associé au Natron et à la villiaumite; Type d'UV non spécifié;

  
  
  

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• SABINAITE Na₄Zr₂TiO₄(CO₃)₄
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Bluish White
  Comments:
  
  

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• SANIDINE (K,Na)(Si,Al)₄O₈
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Pink
  Comments:
  
  

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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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• SEARLESITE NaBSi₂O₅(OH)₂
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Greenish white
  Comments:
  
  

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• SODALITE Na₈Al₆Si₆O₂₄Cl₂
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish White
  Comments:

  HACKMANITE : variété fortement ténébrescente de sodalite
  Certaines sodalites du Mont Saint-Hillaire fluorescent en jaune sous les UV ondes courtes et moyennes, plus faiblement en ondes longues. La luminescence met un certain temps avant d'arriver à son maximum.

  
  
  

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

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• TERSKITE Na₄ZrSi₆O₁₅(OH)₂ H₂O
  LW: Yellowish White
  MW: Green
  SW: Green
  Comments:
  
  

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• tetranatrolite (IMA discredited)
  LW: Pink
  MW:
  SW: Pink
  Comments:
  
  

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• THORNASITE Na₁₂Th₃[Si₈O₁₉]₄ 18H₂O
  LW: Green
  MW:
  SW: Green
  Comments:

  Ancien mineral UK-27 du Mont St Hilaire.

  
  
  

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• TUGTUPITE Na₄AlBeSi₄O₁₂Cl
  LW: Orange
  MW: Pinkish White
  SW: Orange Red
  Comments:
  
  

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• VILLIAUMITE NaF
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW: Red
  Comments:
  
  

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• VINOGRADOVITE Na₈Ti₈O₈(Si₂O₆)₄[(Si₃Al)O₁₀]2 [(H₂O),(Na,K)₂]
  LW:
  MW:
  SW: Yellowish
  Comments:
  
  

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• VUONNEMITE Na₁₁Ti⁺⁴Nb₂(Si₂O₇)₂(PO₄)₂O₃(F,OH)
  LW: Greenish white
  MW:
  SW: Greenish Yellow
  Comments:

  Russian scientist suppose Ti³⁺ responsible for yellow luminescence and Ti⁴⁺ for green luminescence;

  
  
  

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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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• WURTZITE-2H (Zn,Fe)S
  LW: Red
  MW:
  SW:
  Comments:
  
  

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• WURTZITE-4H ZnS
  LW: Orange
  MW:
  SW:
  Comments:

  La wurtzite synthétique a été étudiée et utilisée comme phosphore industriel.

  
  
  

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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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