Database of luminescent minerals 

SULPHUR (ALPHA)   (French name: SOUFRE ALPHA )

Mineral NOT FLUORESCENT but sometimes cited in luminescence literature

DOUBTFUL FLUORESCENCE but sometimes cited in luminescence literature

Chemical formula: alpha S

Family: Native elements

Status: IMA-A

Crystal system : Orthorhombic

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

Sulphur,
Stoneco Quarry (former Scofield Q, former Woolmith Q),
Maybee, Monroe County,Michigan, USA
Photo and Copyright: James Horste
Used with permission of the author.

Shortwave (254nm) picture

Sulphur, UVSW
Stoneco Quarry (former Scofield Q, former Woolmith Q),
Maybee, Monroe County,Michigan, USA
Photo and Copyright: James Horste
Used with permission of the author.

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

No data

Comments:

Very weak fluorescence; doubtful but pure specimens of sulphur seems to have a luminescence (see picture).

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): Inconnu ,

No spectrum yet

Comments on spectrum and activators:

There is no marked luminescence but it nevertheless absobs largely the ultraviolet rays and may appear different from the surrounding material of the specimen.

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Stoneco Quarry (former Scofield Q, former Woolmith Q), Maybee, Monroe County, Michigan, USA;
• Cozzo Disi Mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy;

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

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

• Fluorescence: Gems and Minerals Under Ultraviolet Light, Manuel Robbins, 1994, Geoscience Press, ISBN 0-945005-13-X ,
• Handbook of Fluorescent Gems and Minerals, a practical guide for the gem and mineral collector, Jack de Ment, 1949 ,

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

  http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Sulphur (alpha)

  http://webmineral.com/data/Sulphur (alpha).shtml

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