Luminescence, fluorescence et phosphorescence des minéraux: bibliographie

HEMIMORPHITE

Chemical formula: Zn₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂ H₂O

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Orthorhombic

Display mineral: NON

Associated names (luminescent varieties, discredited names, synonyms, etc.): calamine, vanuxemite,

Luminescence:


Longwave UV (365nm) colors:	Yellowish White , White ,

Midwave UV (320nm) colors:	Yellowish White ,

Shortwave UV (254nm) colors:	Blue , White , Bluish White , Yellowish White , Green ,

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

Type d'UV	Couleur	Intensité
UV longs (365nm):	White	Weak
UV moyens (320 nm):	White	Weak
UV courts (254 nm):	White	Weak

Triboluminescence: OUI

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No data

No spectrum yet

Comments on spectrum and activators:

Gunnell has studied the luminescence of hemimorphite in 1933 (publied in The Mineralogist?).

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

Hill Top Mine, Cochise county, Arizona, USA;
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (white or green SW);
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango Mexico (weak LW+SW);

(*)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 ,
Handbook of Fluorescent Gems and Minerals, a practical guide for the gem and mineral collector, Jack de Ment, 1949 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

The Langesundsfjord: history, geology, pegmatites, minerals, Alf Olav Larsen, Bode Verlag Gmbh, 2010 ISBN 978-3-925094-97-2.
The Picking Table (Journal of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society), vol. 55, no. 2, p. 13-25
http://www.minerant.org/archief/fluo-Belgie.pdf
MONT-SAINT-HILAIRE, History, Geology, Mineralogy, Laszlo HORVATH, The Canadian Mineralogist, Special Publication 14, 2019

Images:

Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mexico: https://www.mindat.org/photo-864309.html

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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