Database of luminescent minerals 

HUTTONITE

Chemical formula: ThSiO₄

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Monoclinic

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

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

No data

Comments:

Huttonite was first described in 1950 from beach sand and fluvio-glacial deposits in South Westland, at Gillespie Beach, near Fox Glacier, New Zealand, where it was found as anhedral grains of no more than 0.2 mm. Pure samples were subsequently obtained by handpicking huttonite grains under a microscope. This was accomplished in the presence of short wave (254 nm) fluorescent light, where the dull white fluorescence distinguishes it from accompagning scheelite (fluoresces blue) and zircon (fluoresces yellow).

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): Pas de données ,

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Harihari, Saltwater Creek, Okirito, Five Mile Beach, Bruce Bay, north and south of the mouth of the Waikukupa River, and Gillespie Beach, South Westland, New Zealand (dull white with a pink tinge SW);

(*)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 ,
• 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=Huttonite

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

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