Database of luminescent minerals 

CHONDRODITE

Chemical formula: (Mg,Fe⁺²)₅(SiO₄)₂(F,OH)₂

Status: IMA-GP

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Shortwave (254nm) picture

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:

Easily confused with NORBERGITE which is visually very similar to it.

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No data

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Broad band peaking around 570-580nm 

Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden;
• Skräbböle quarry, Pargas (Parainen), Southwestern Finland Region, Finland (bright yellow SW);
• Edison-Bodnar Quarries, Franklin Marble Belt, Rudeville, Hardyston Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
• Fowler Quarry (Nicoll Quarry; Nicols Quarry; Cellate Quarry), Franklin Marble, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA;
• Lime Crest Quarry, Franklin Marble, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
• Atlas Quarry (Empire Quarry), Pine Island, Town of Warwick, Orange Co., New York, USA;
• South Central Patagonia Mountains, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA;
• Long Lake Zinc Mine, Olden Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada;
• Gouverneur Talc Company No. 4 Quarry, Diana Township, Lewis Co., New York, USA;
• Johnson Mine, Johnson Camp, Cochise Mining District, Little Dragoon Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA:

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

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

• Collecting Fluorescent Minerals, Stuart Schneider, Schiffer Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-7643-2091-2 ,
• Luminescence Spectroscopy of Minerals and Materials, M. Gaft, R. Reisfeld, G. Panczer, Springer Editor, ISBN: 10 3-540-21918-8 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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