Database of luminescent minerals 

CHKALOVITE

Chemical formula: Na₂BeSi₂O₆

Status: IMA-GP

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

CHKALOVITE,

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Shortwave (254nm) picture

CHKALOVITE under UVSW,

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

Comments:

associated with tugtupite at Kvanefjeld

Activator(s) and spectrum:

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

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

UO₂²⁺ : 500, 518, 540nm

Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

Comments on spectrum and activators:

Seems to be similar to Uranyl spectrum associated with impurities.

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
• Alluaiv, Lovozero Massif, Kola peninsula, Russia;

(*)The data are not exhaustive and are limited to a few remarkable localities for fluorescence

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

• Fluorescence: Gems and Minerals Under Ultraviolet Light, Manuel Robbins, 1994, Geoscience Press, ISBN 0-945005-13-X ,
• Minershop.com ,

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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