Database of luminescent minerals 

XONOTLITE

Chemical formula: Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Monoclinic

Display mineral: NON

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

Luminescence:

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

Activator(s) and spectrum:

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Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Wessels Mine, South Africa;
• Franklin mine, Franklin, New jersey, USA;
• Crestmore, Riverside, CA, USA (var. jurupaite=Mg-xonotlite, weak white, SW & LW);

(*)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 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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