Database of luminescent minerals 

hydrocarbon   (French name: hydrocarbone )

Chemical formula:

Family: Organic

Status: NR

Display mineral: NON

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

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

Hydrocarbone, Washington, USA;

Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

Longwave (365nm) picture

Hydrocarbone, Washington, USA;
UVLW
Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

Shortwave (254nm) picture

Hydrocarbone, Washington, USA;
UVSW
Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

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

No data

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): ST (Singlet-triplet)-Matière organique en impureté,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

490nm, 512nm, 552nm, 596nm

Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Hydrocarbone in milky quartz from Ilwaco, Washington, USA (Robbins);
• Hydrocarbone in milky quartz, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA (Robbins);

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

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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