Database of luminescent minerals 

HEINRICHITE

Chemical formula: Ba(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂ 10-12 H₂O

Family: Phosphates, Arseniates, Vanadates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Monoclinic

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

HEINRICHITE ,
Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó,
municipio de La Torre de Cabdella,
Lérida province, Spain
Photo and Copyright: Joan Abella i Creus, Spain
Used with permission of the author

Shortwave (254nm) picture

HEINRICHITE , UVSW
Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó,
municipio de La Torre de Cabdella,
Lérida province, Spain
Photo and Copyright: Joan Abella i Creus, Spain
Used with permission of the author

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

No phosphorescence visible to the naked eye under any type of UV

Comments:

Unstable at room temperature and dehydrates fairly rapidly to metaheinrichite 

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): (UO₂)²⁺ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque ,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

(UO₂)²⁺ : 495.0, 505.8, 528.4, 551.4, 577.7, 604.6nm

HEINRICHITE, Excitation: laser 405nm. Col. L. Vandenberghe; Spectre: G. Barmarin

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Schmiedestollen dump, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany;
• Krunkelbach Valley Uranium deposit, Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany;
• White King Mine, Lakeview, Lake Co., Oregon, USA;
• Fuemrol No. 2 mine (Fuemrole mine), Temple Mountain, San Rafael District (San Rafael Swell), Emery Co., Utah, USA;
• ina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida province, Spain;

(*)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 ,
• Uranium minerals Website: http://www.uraniumminerals.com ,
• Spectroscopic properties of uranium(VI) minerals studied by TRLFS, G. Geipel and Al. Radiochim Acta 88 (2000) ,
• Introduction to radioactive minerals, Robert Lauf, Schiffer Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7643-2912-8 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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