Database of luminescent minerals 

ZINCITE

Chemical formula: (Zn,Mn⁺²)O

Family: Oxides and hydroxides

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Hexagonal

Display mineral: NON

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

Luminescence:

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

No data

Comments:

Origin of artificial Zincite on the market: a factory near Olkusz, Katowice, Schlesien, Poland

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Franklin and Sterling Hill Mine (340 foot level), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;
• Artificial zincite: a factory near Olkusz, Katowice, Schlesien, Poland;
• Olawa (OÅ‚awa), Lower Silesia, Poland;

(*)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 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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