Database of luminescent minerals 

SODIUM BOLTWOODITE

Chemical formula: (Na,K)(UO₂)SiO₃(OH) 1,5H₂O

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-A

Display mineral: NON

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

Luminescence:

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

No data

Comments:

Synonyme: NATROBOLTWOODITE

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): (UO₂)²⁺ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque ,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

512, 530, 548nm

No spectrum yet

Comments on spectrum and activators:

Gorobets: 19720 cm-1, 18950 cm-1, 18200 cm-1 (20x brighter in N liquid;

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia;

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

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

• Luminescent Spectra of Minerals, Boris S. Gorobets and Alexandre A. Rogojine, Moscow, 2002 ,

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

  http://webmineral.com/data/Sodium boltwoodite.shtml

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