Database of luminescent minerals 

ambatoarinite

Mineral NOT FLUORESCENT but sometimes cited in luminescence literature

Chemical formula: Sr₅(Ce,La,Dy)₁₀(CO₃)₁₇O₃ ?

Family: Carbonates

Status: NA

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

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

No phosphorescence visible to the naked eye under any type of UV

Thermoluminescence: OUI

Comments:

An ill-defined material from Ambatoarina, Madagascar, containing Ce. The tentative formula suggests a possible relationship to, or identity with, Ancylite-(Ce).

Whitish or greenish thermoluminescence without fluorescence (de Ment, 1949)

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Ambatoarina, Ambositra District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar;

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

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

• 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=Ambatoarinite

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

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