Database of luminescent minerals 

GAIDONNAYITE

Chemical formula: Na₂ZrSi₃O₉ 2H₂O

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-A

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:

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

No spectrum yet

Comments on spectrum and activators:

Cathodoluminescence: faint light-blue.

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
• Bronnebukta on Siktesoya, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
• Vardasen Quarry, Larvik, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
• Ostkogen Quarry, Tvedalen, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
• Shomiokitovoe pegmatite, Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (SW strong green);
• Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, 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 ,
• Fluorescence: Gems and Minerals Under Ultraviolet Light, Manuel Robbins, 1994, Geoscience Press, ISBN 0-945005-13-X ,
• The World of Fluorescent Minerals, Stuart Schneider, Schiffer Publishing, 2006, ISBN 0-7643-2544-2 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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