Database of luminescent minerals 

CANCRINITE

Chemical formula: Na₆Ca₂Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)₂

Family: Carbonates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Hexagonal

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

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

No data

Comments:

A complex mineral, a sodium alumino-silicate oxide carbonate sulfate hydrate, is reported from the Alluaiv region of the Lovozero massif, Russia. It is reported to occur in pockets to 15mm, and to be transparent with a bright lilac color. Fl. is bright yellow, but the UV band is not stated. The cancrinite group.

Activator(s) and spectrum:

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Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Alluaiv region, Lovozero massif, Russia;
• Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (Bright yellow);
• Flat Rapids, Bigwood, Ontario, Canada (dull brown SW);
• Dennis Hill locality, Litchfield, Kennebec Co., Maine, USA (albite weak SW associated with cancrinite SW green, zircon SW yellow);
• Point of Rocks Quarry, Point of Rocks Mesa, Springer, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA (orange SW);

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

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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