Database of luminescent minerals 

CERUSSITE   (French name: CERUSITE )

Chemical formula: PbCO₃

Family: Carbonates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Orthorhombic

Display mineral: OUI

Associated names (luminescent varieties, discredited names, synonyms, etc.): chrome-cerusite, 

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

Cerusite, Mibladen, Maroc.
Col. G. Barmarin, Photo: G. Barmarin

Longwave (365nm) picture

Cerusite, Mibladen, Maroc. OL (365nm)
Col. G. Barmarin, Photo: G. Barmarin

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

No data

Comments:

Variéty chrome cerussite: SW et LW: Yellowish-White, greenish yellow;

Activator: possibly Ag⁺ (Gorobets)or Pb²⁺ (Gaft), accessory Sm³⁺

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): Pb²⁺, Sm³⁺,  Eu³⁺,  Dy³⁺,  Ag⁺,  

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

(?) : large band peaking at 515 nm,

Sm³⁺  : peaks at 564, 597, 649nm 

Dy³⁺ : 574, 577nm

Nd³⁺ : 876, 919nm

Eu³⁺ : 615, 621, 643, 657, 704nm

Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

Comments on spectrum and activators:

Lifetime: 218μs @475nm;

Excitation by CW laser with 532 and 780 nm revealed several luminescence bands and lines. IR lines under 780 nm excitation may be evidently ascribed to Nd³⁺ and other trivalent REE luminescence present under 532 nm excitation, while the bands origin needs further investigation. (Gaft)

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Mibladen Mining District, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco ;
• Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco ;
• Bou Zegger, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco ;
• Ressas Touireuf Mine, Ressas Touireuf, Tunisia (fluo LW);
• Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia (minor fluorescence);
• Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy ;
• Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China (very fluo SW+LW);
• Handlebar Hill Open Cut, Hilton deposits, Mount Isa district, Mount Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia (yellow SW);
• White Rake, Tideswell, Derbyshire, England, UK ;
• Nakhlak Mine, Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province,  Iran (SW, 2016);
• Magnet Mine, Magnet, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia (Chrome-cerussite, fluo yellowish white)
• Lescure Mine, Mayres, Thueyts, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (SW + LW);
• Chaillac Mine, Chaillac, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France (SW);
• Rubtsovskoe Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, South Siberia. Russia;

(*)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 ,
• The World of Fluorescent Minerals, Stuart Schneider, Schiffer Publishing, 2006, ISBN 0-7643-2544-2 ,
• Luminescence Spectroscopy of Minerals and Materials, M. Gaft, R. Reisfeld, G. Panczer, Springer Editor, ISBN: 10 3-540-21918-8 ,
• Luminescent Spectra of Minerals, Boris S. Gorobets and Alexandre A. Rogojine, Moscow, 2002 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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