Database of luminescent minerals 

BAZIRITE

Chemical formula: BaZrSi₃O₉

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-A

Crystal system : Hexagonal

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

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Phosphorescence (in the common sense of the term) observable with the naked eye:

No data

Comments:

Californian Bazirite occurs as abundant pinpoint to 2 mm blue fluorescent grains in the white side of Sanbornite cleavages, associated with Walstromite and MacDonaldite as veins.

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): Ti - O,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Ti-O replacing Zr-O : large band peaking at 470nm (exc. 290nm) (Gorobets)

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Rockall Island, Scotland, United-Kingdom;
• Esquire No. 8 claim (Lander s Gillespite locality), Big Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA (bluish-white SW associated with walstromite orange red SW & celsian blue-white SW);
• Esquire No. 7 claim (Lander s Gillespite locality), Big Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA (bluish-white SW associated with walstromite orange red SW & celsian blue-white SW);
• Darai-Pioz Glacier (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz), Alai Range (Alayskiy), Tien Shan Mtn, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan;
• Rockall Island, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK (pale withish-blue SW);

(*)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 ,
• 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=Bazirite

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

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