Database of luminescent minerals 

BOLIVARITE

Chemical formula: See EVANSITE Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃ 4H₂O

Family: Phosphates, Arseniates, Vanadates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Amorphous

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

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

No data

Comments:

Possibly only a variety of evansite (if bolivarite was formally discredited, evansite would have priority as the species name).  (See https://www.mindat.org/min-713.html )

See also Kobokoboite

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): (UO₂)²⁺ (ion Uranyle) en impureté,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

UO₂²⁺ : 498, 518, 541, 566, 592nm

713nm 

Bolivarite, Kivu, Congo; Excitation: laser 405nm. Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Kobokobo pegmatite, Shabunda Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo (light green SW);
• Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain (white-green, SW+LW);

(*)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 ,
• Luminescenza nel regno minerale, Guido Mazzoleni, fotografia Roberto Appiani, Libri Sandit, 2010, ISBN 978-88-95990-63-7 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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