Database of luminescent minerals 

UVITE

Chemical formula: (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe⁺²)₃Al₅Mg(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH,F)₄

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Rhomboedric

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

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

No data

Comments:

Bush Farm, Richville: uvite fl. yellow-orange SW associated with Diopside fl. bluish-white SW;

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): TiO₆, Cr³⁺,  Ti³⁺,  

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Cr³⁺ repl. Al³⁺ : 695nm

Ti³⁺ repl. Al³⁺? : 720nm

TiO_n (Ti⁴⁺ - Si⁴⁺ ) : 530-550nm

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Franklin marble, Franklin, New Jersey, USA;
• Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia  Brazil (±1994, weak SW);
• Bradu Valley, Pakistan;
• Bush Farm, Richville, St. Lawrence Co, NY, 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 ,
• Luminescent Spectra of Minerals, Boris S. Gorobets and Alexandre A. Rogojine, Moscow, 2002 ,

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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