Database of luminescent minerals 

BERGSLAGITE

Chemical formula: CaBe(AsO₄)(OH)

Family: Phosphates, Arseniates, Vanadates

Status: IMA-A

Crystal system : Monoclinic

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

BERGSLAGITE with calcite, Langban, Filipstad,
Varmland, Sweden;
Copyright 2006 S. Schneider,
The World of Fluorescent Minerals,
Used with permission of the author,

Shortwave (254nm) picture

BERGSLAGITE with calcite, Langban, Filipstad,
Varmland, Sweden;
Bergslagite fluoresces pale blue SW, calcite orange-red SW
Copyright 2006 S. Schneider,
The World of Fluorescent Minerals,
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

Comments:

Associated with orange red fluo calcite or red fluo Tilasite (Langban);

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Langban mine, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden;

(*)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=Bergslagite

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

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