Database of luminescent minerals 

VITUSITE-(Ce)

Chemical formula: Na₃(Ce,La,Nd)(PO₄)₂

Family: Phosphates, Arseniates, Vanadates

Status: IMA-A

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Shortwave (254nm) picture

VITUSITE-(Ce) fluo blue with Microcline (Rischorrite Non Fluo)
Size: 4,5 x 4,5 x 2,5cm. UVSW,
Rasvumchorr Mt.Khibiny, Kola, Russia;
Photo and Copyright: James Horste
Used with permission of the author.

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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): Ce³⁺, Sm³⁺,  

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Ce³⁺ intr.: 380 nm 
Sm³⁺ replacing La³⁺ : 565, 600, 645 nm 

No spectrum yet

Comments on spectrum and activators:

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Yubileinaya vein, Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
• Rasvumchorr Mt. Khibiny, Kola, Russia;
• Kitaa Province, Greenland;

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

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

• 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=Vitusite-(ce)

  http://webmineral.com/data/Vitusite-(ce).shtml

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