Database of luminescent minerals
BUSTAMITE
Chemical formula: (Mn+2,Ca)3Si3O9
Family: Silicates
Status: IMA-GP
Display mineral: NON
Luminescence:
Longwave UV (365nm) colors: |
Red , | ||
Intensity LW:Strong | Frequency LW:Rarely | ||
Shortwave UV (254nm) colors: |
Violet red , | ||
Intensity SW:Medium | Frequency SW:Rarely | ||
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Phosphorescence (in the common sense of the term) observable with the naked eye:
No data
Comments:
Bustamite from Sterling Hill is not fluorescent. Bustamite from Franklin is mostly not fluorescent but sometimes.
Activator(s) and spectrum:
No dataNo spectrum yet
Best localities for fluorescence (*):
- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
- Langban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden;
- Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa;
(*)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:
- Der Aufschluss, Vol.48, n°2 March/April 1997 by Fritz Blatter;
- The Picking Table (Journal of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society), vol. 55, no. 2, p. 13-25
Images:
- Franklin Mine, New Jersey, USA: http://www.mindat.org/photo-442695.html
- Franklin Mine, New Jersey, USA (LW): http://www.mindat.org/photo-389502.html
- Franklin Mine, New Jersey, USA (SW): http://www.mindat.org/photo-389503.html
- Franklin Mine, New Jersey, USA (LW): http://www.mindat.org/photo-619019.html
- Wessels Mine, Hotazel, South Africa: http://www.mindat.org/photo-229906.html
Mineralogical reference on the Internet:
http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Bustamite
http://webmineral.com/data/Bustamite.shtml
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