Database of luminescent minerals 

WICKENBURGITE

Chemical formula: Pb₃CaAl₂Si₁₀O₂₇ 4H₂O

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-A

Crystal system : Rhomboedric

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

WICKENBURGITE
From the Potter-Cramer Mine near Wickenburg, AZ USA
Photo and Copyright: Cran Cowan
Used with permission of the author;

Shortwave (254nm) picture

WICKENBURGITE (fluo red) & FLUORITE (fluo blue), UVSW
From the Potter-Cramer Mine near Wickenburg, AZ USA
Photo and Copyright: Cran Cowan
Used with permission of the author;

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

No data

Activator(s) and spectrum:

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Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Potter-Cramer mine, Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA;
• Rat Tail claim (Pack Rat claim), Wickenburg area, Belmont Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA;
• Anchor mine, Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona, 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 ,
• 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=Wickenburgite

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

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