Database of luminescent minerals 

HIORTDAHLITE

Chemical formula: Na₂Ca₄(Ca_0.5Zr_0.5)Zr(Si₂O₇)₂OF₃

Family: Silicates

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

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): Mn²⁺ , Eu²⁺,  Dy³⁺,  Er³⁺,  Tb³⁺,  

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Tb³⁺ repl.Ca²⁺ : 345nm

Eu²⁺ repl.Ca²⁺ : 430nm

Er³⁺ repl.Ca²⁺ : 553nm

Dy³⁺ repl.Ca²⁺ : 583nm

Mn²⁺ repl.Ca² : 620nm

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Langesundfjord, Norway;
• Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;

(*)The data are not exhaustive and are limited to a few remarkable localities for fluorescence

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

• Luminescent Spectra of Minerals, Boris S. Gorobets and Alexandre A. Rogojine, Moscow, 2002 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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