Database of luminescent minerals 

ZOISITE

Chemical formula: Ca₂Al₃(SiO₄)₃(OH)

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-GP

Display mineral: NON

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

Luminescence:

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

No data

Comments:

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): V²⁺, Eu²⁺,  Dy³⁺,  Tb³⁺,  Mn²⁺ ,  V²⁺,  

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Eu²⁺  : 440nm 

Dy³⁺ : 480, 575, 578nm  

Tb³⁺ : 544nm  

V²⁺ : 700, 705, 718, 726 nm  

Spectrum: Michael Gaft, Petah Tikva, Israel. Plot: Institute of Mineralogy, University of Vienna, Austria, with permission of the authors.

Spectrum Galery:

  
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Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Mitchell county, North Carolina, 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 ,

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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