Database of luminescent minerals 

BAYLEYITE

Chemical formula: Mg₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃ 18H₂O

Family: Carbonates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Monoclinic

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

Bayleyite,
Hideout #1 mine, White Canyon district,
San Juan County, Utah, USA
Photo and Copyright: Paul M. Schumacher
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Shortwave (254nm) picture

Bayleyite UVSW,
Hideout #1 mine, White Canyon district,
San Juan County, Utah, USA
Photo and Copyright: Paul M. Schumacher
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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): (UO₂)²⁺ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque ,

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Hillside mine, Arizona, USA;
• Hideout #1 mine, White Canyon district, San Juan County, Utah, USA;
• Mi Vida Mine, Big Indian Mining District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA;
• Poison Canyon Mine, Poison Canyon area, McKinley Co., New Mexico, USA;
• Plavno mine, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic;
• Lichtenberg open cast, Ronneburg U deposit, Thuringia, Germany;
• Paliokamariza Mine No. 18, Paliokamariza Mines, Plaka, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece;
• Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida province, Spain;
• Gerstenegg-Grimsel cable tunnel, Gerstenegg, Guttannen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland;
• Azegour Mine, Azgour, Tata Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco;
• Ambrosia Lake Sub-district, Grants District, McKinley Co., New Mexico, USA;

(*)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 ,
• Uranium minerals Website: http://www.uraniumminerals.com ,
• Introduction to radioactive minerals, Robert Lauf, Schiffer Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7643-2912-8 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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