Database of luminescent minerals 

EPSOMITE

Chemical formula: MgSO₄ 7H₂O

Family: Sulfates

Status: IMA-GP

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

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

No data

Activator(s) and spectrum:

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Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Death Valley, CA, USA;
• Vale, Oregon, USA (orange to yellow-white LW, nothing SW);
• Sterling Mine (Franklin), Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA;

(*)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=Epsomite

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

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