Database of luminescent minerals 

VESUVIANITE

Chemical formula: Ca₁₀Mg₂Al₄(SiO₄)₅(Si₂O₇)₂(OH)₄

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-GP

Display mineral: NON

Associated names (luminescent varieties, discredited names, synonyms, etc.): Californite,  idocrase, 

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Quebec, Canada;
Photo and Copyright: James Hamblen
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Shortwave (254nm) picture

Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Quebec, Canada;
UV SW
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Phosphorescence (in the common sense of the term) observable with the naked eye:

Comments:

Synonyme: californite ;

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Québec, Canada;
• Lake Jaco, Chihuahua, Mexico (en association avec grenats / with garnet );
• Pulga deposit, Pulga, Butte Co., California, USA (var. californite);
• Ludwig, NV, USA (yellow LW);

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

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

• The Henkel Glossary of Fluorescent Minerals, Dr. Gerhard Henkel, Published by the FMS, 1989 ,
• Fluorescence: Gems and Minerals Under Ultraviolet Light, Manuel Robbins, 1994, Geoscience Press, ISBN 0-945005-13-X ,
• The World of Fluorescent Minerals, Stuart Schneider, Schiffer Publishing, 2006, ISBN 0-7643-2544-2 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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