Database of luminescent minerals 

KHIBINSKITE

Chemical formula: K₂ZrSi₂O₇

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:

From Khibina Russia, a potassium zirconium silicate. Fluorescence is yellowish. Also blue luminescence due to TiO6 (Gaft)

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): n[TiO₆] cluster,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

n[TiO₆] : very large band with max at 540 nm (Gorobets)

No spectrum yet

Comments on spectrum and activators:

Cathodoluminescence: violet.

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Hackman Valley, Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, 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 ,

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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