Database of luminescent minerals 

ZEKTZERITE

Chemical formula: NaLiZrSi₆O₁₅

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-A

Crystal system : Orthorhombic

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

ZEKTZERITE
Washington Pass, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
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Shortwave (254nm) picture

ZEKTZERITE, UVSW
Washington Pass, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
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Phosphorescence (in the common sense of the term) observable with the naked eye:

No data

Comments:

Ti-O substituting for Zr-O

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): Ti - O,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Ti-O : large band with max at 490 nm  (Gorobets) 

490, 513, 545, 601nm (sample in collection)

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Golden Horn batholit, Washington Pass, Okanogan county, Washington, USA;
• Golden Horn batholit, Kangaroo Ridge, Okanogan county, Washington, USA;
• Dara-I-Poiz, Garm region, Alayskiy Range, Tien Shan, Tadzhikistan;

(*)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 ,
• 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=Zektzerite

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

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