Database of luminescent minerals 

HECTORITE

Chemical formula: Na_0,3(Mg,Li)₃Si₄O₁₀(F,OH)₂

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Monoclinic

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

HECTORITE, Hector Mine, San Bernardino County, California, USA

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Shortwave (254nm) picture

HECTORITE, Hector Mine, San Bernardino County, California, USA under Superbright SW lamp

Photo and Copyright: Kevin Brady
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Phosphorescence (in the common sense of the term) observable with the naked eye:

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Hector mine near Hector, San Bernardino County, Mojave Desert, California, 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 ,
• The World of Fluorescent Minerals, Stuart Schneider, Schiffer Publishing, 2006, ISBN 0-7643-2544-2 ,

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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