Database of luminescent minerals
BRUCITE
Chemical formula: Mg(OH)2
Family: Oxides and hydroxides
Status: IMA-GP
Crystal system : Rhomboedric
Display mineral: NON
Luminescence:
Longwave UV (365nm) colors: |
Bluish White , | ||
Intensity LW:Weak | |||
Midwave UV (320nm) colors: |
Bluish White , | ||
Shortwave UV (254nm) colors: |
Bluish White , | ||
Intensity SW:Weak | |||
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Phosphorescence (in the common sense of the term) observable with the naked eye:
Type d'UV |
Couleur |
Intensité |
Fréquence d'observation |
|---|---|---|---|
UV longs (365nm): | Bluish White | Strong | UV moyens (320 nm): | Greenish white | UV courts (254 nm): | Greenish white | Strong |
Activator(s) and spectrum:
No dataNo spectrum yet
Best localities for fluorescence (*):
- Wood s Chrome Mine, Texas, Little Britain Township, State Line Chromite District, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA (fluo bluish white or red);
- Cedar Hill Quarry, Fulton Township, State Line Chromite District, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
- Yngshytte ore field, Persberg district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden (?) (fluo red)
(*)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 ,
Mineralogical reference on the Internet:
http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Brucite
http://webmineral.com/data/Brucite.shtml
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