Database of luminescent minerals 

ZIPPEITE

Chemical formula: K (UO₂)₂(SO₄)(OH)₃ H₂O

Family: Sulfates

Status: IMA-A

Crystal system : Monoclinic

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

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

No phosphorescence visible to the naked eye under any type of UV

Comments:

Synthetic Cobalt and Nickel Zippeite both fluoresce.

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): (UO₂)²⁺ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque ,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

505, 527, 551, 577

Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

Spectrum Galery:

  
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Comments on spectrum and activators:

Lifetime: 3μs @ 540nm;

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Sec. 35 mine, Grants, New Mexico, USA;
• Green River, Emery county, Utah, 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 ,
• Luminescence Spectroscopy of Minerals and Materials, M. Gaft, R. Reisfeld, G. Panczer, Springer Editor, ISBN: 10 3-540-21918-8 ,
• 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=Zippeite

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

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