Database of luminescent minerals 

ALLUAIVITE

Chemical formula: Na₁₉(Ca,Mn⁺²)₆(Ti,Nb)₃Si₂₆O₇₄Cl 2H₂O

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-A

Crystal system : Rhomboedric

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

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

No data

Comments:

Ti-bearing analog of eudialyte.

Alluaivite from Khibiny didn't show fluorescence in UV-lights. Chemical composition of the mineral is very similar in Khibiny and in Lovozero, but alluaivite in Khibiny, differing from the Lovozero one, bears smaller amounts of Mn, Nb, K, Sr and Cl, and the greater quantities of Ca and Ti; it contain Fe and S also. (source:http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13846139 )

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No spectrum yet

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:

• Handbook of mineralogy, John W. Anthony, Richard A. Bideaux, Kenneth W. Bladh, and Monte C. Nichols, and published by Mineral Da ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

  http://webmineral.com/data/Alluaivite.shtml

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