Database of luminescent minerals 

WADEITE

Chemical formula: K₂ZrSi₃O₉

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Hexagonal

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

Col. G. Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

Shortwave (254nm) picture

OC (254 nm). Col. G. Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

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

No data

Comments:

BENITOITE group.

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): n[TiO₆] cluster,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

n[TiO₆] : very large band with max at 580 nm

No spectrum yet

Comments on spectrum and activators:

Cathodoluminescence: intensive light-blue.

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• 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:

• Fluorescence: Gems and Minerals Under Ultraviolet Light, Manuel Robbins, 1994, Geoscience Press, ISBN 0-945005-13-X ,
• Luminescent Spectra of Minerals, Boris S. Gorobets and Alexandre A. Rogojine, Moscow, 2002 ,

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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