Database of luminescent minerals 

COLLINSITE

Chemical formula: Ca₂(Mg,Fe⁺²) (PO₄)₂ 2H₂O

Family: Phosphates, Arseniates, Vanadates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Triclinic

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

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

No data

Comments:

De Ment make an association between the name collinsite and quercyite a discredited name today (carbonate-rich hydroxylapatite donker than collinsite).

Collinsite is sometime associated with scholzite;

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): ST (Singlet-triplet)-Matière organique en impureté,

No spectrum yet

Comments on spectrum and activators:

Collinsite from François Lake, BC, Canada is associated to bitumen which could be the cause of fluorescence.

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia;
• Burns Lake, British Columbia, Canada (?);
• Francois Lake phosphate occurrence, Francois Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada (yellow-orange LW);

(*)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 ,

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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