Database of luminescent minerals 

INYOITE

Chemical formula: Ca₂B₆O₆(OH)₁₀ 8H₂O

Family: Borates

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:

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): ST (Singlet-triplet)-Matière organique en impureté,

No spectrum yet

Comments on spectrum and activators:

organic luminophores ("Humic acid") typical of evaporites and low temperature hydrothermal deposits

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Bigadiç Mine, Bigadiç, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey;
• Death Valley, CA, USA (cited by De Ment, 1949);
• Inder B deposit and salt dome (Inder Lake), Atyrau, Atyrau Province (Atyrau Oblast'), Kazakhstan;

(*)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 ,
• Handbook of Fluorescent Gems and Minerals, a practical guide for the gem and mineral collector, Jack de Ment, 1949 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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