Database of luminescent minerals 

VUONNEMITE

Chemical formula: Na₁₁Ti⁺⁴Nb₂(Si₂O₇)₂(PO₄)₂O₃(F,OH)

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-A

Crystal system : Triclinic

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

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

Comments:

Russian scientist suppose Ti³⁺ responsible for yellow luminescence and Ti⁴⁺ for green luminescence;

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): Ti³⁺, TiO₆,  

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Ti³⁺ : large band +/- 600-620 nm 

TiO₆ : something at 530nm 

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
• Lovozero, Kola peninsula, Russia;
• Shkatulka pegmatite, Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
• Kvanefjell, Ilimaussaq, Greenland;

(*)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 ,
• Luminescent Spectra of Minerals, Boris S. Gorobets and Alexandre A. Rogojine, Moscow, 2002 ,
• Mt St Hilaire Website: http://www.saint-hilaire.ca ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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