Database of luminescent minerals 

FOWLERITE

Chemical formula: See RHODONITE (Mn²⁺,Zn,Ca)SiO₃

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-GP

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

Comments:

Cited by de Ment (1949)

A variety of Rhodonite

Zn- and Ca-bearing variety of rhodonite which consequently is paler pink than end-member rhodonite. 

Named in 1832 by Charles Upham Shepard in honor of Dr. Samuel Fowler [October 30, 1779 Newburgh, New York, USA - February 20, 1844 Franklin, New Jersey, USA], a physician with strong interests in science and business and a US Congressman from New Jersey, 1833-1837. He enlisted the aid of all scientists he could interest in the deposits of Franklin and Sterling Hill, NJ. In 1810, he purchased Mine Hill, with a partner, in Franklin, site of the Franklin orebody. In 1818 and 1824, he acquired the Sterling Mine from the Ogden family. (from mindat.org)

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin mining district, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;

(*)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=Fowlerite

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

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