Database of luminescent minerals 

BERYLLITE

Chemical formula: Be₃SiO₄(OH)₂ H₂O

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Orthorhombic

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

Berylite, tugtupite, analcime;
Kvanejfeld, Ilimaussaq complex, South Greenland;
Cpourtesy of Minershop.com

Longwave (365nm) picture

Berylite, tugtupite, analcime;Fluo Blue LW with orange red tugtupite
Kvanejfeld, Ilimaussaq complex, South Greenland;
Cpourtesy of Minershop.com

Midwave (330nm) picture

Berylite, tugtupite, analcime;Fluo Bluish MW with red-pink tugtupite
Kvanejfeld, Ilimaussaq complex, South Greenland;
Cpourtesy of Minershop.com

Shortwave (254nm) picture

Berylite, tugtupite, analcime;Fluo Bluish SW with red tugtupite
Kvanejfeld, Ilimaussaq complex, South Greenland;
Cpourtesy of Minershop.com

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

No data

Thermoluminescence: OUI

Comments:

associated with TUGTUPITE.

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
• Kvanefjeld Mt, Kuannersuit Plateau, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, 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 ,
• Minershop.com ,

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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