Database of luminescent minerals 

NATISITE

Chemical formula: Na₂(TiO)SiO₄

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-A

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 sodium titanium silicate. Two specimens reported, one from Kibina the other from Lovozero . Two different fluorescent colors.

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): TiO₆,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

TiO₆  : broad band peaking at +/- 440 - 460nm

Tb₃₊? : 525nm

Dy³⁺ : 580nm 

Mn₂₊? replacing Na : 600nm

(Gorobets)

No spectrum yet

Comments on spectrum and activators:

Cathodoluminescence: light-blue.

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Kedykverpakhk Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
• Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
• Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero, Kola, Russia;

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

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

• Luminescence Spectroscopy of Minerals and Materials, M. Gaft, R. Reisfeld, G. Panczer, Springer Editor, ISBN: 10 3-540-21918-8 ,
• Luminescent Spectra of Minerals, Boris S. Gorobets and Alexandre A. Rogojine, Moscow, 2002 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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