Database of luminescent minerals 

URANOSPINITE

Chemical formula: Ca(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂ 10H₂O

Family: Phosphates, Arseniates, Vanadates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Tetragonal

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

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

Comments:

May dehydrate to metauranospinite.

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): (UO₂)²⁺ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque ,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

(UO₂)²⁺ : 488.2, 502.2, 523.6, 547.2, 573.0, 600.7

501nm, 522nm, 546nm, 570nm, 597nm

Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

•  Háje, PÅ™íbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic;

(*)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 ,
• Uranium minerals Website: http://www.uraniumminerals.com ,
• Spectroscopic properties of uranium(VI) minerals studied by TRLFS, G. Geipel and Al. Radiochim Acta 88 (2000) ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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