Database of luminescent minerals 

JOHNBAUMITE

Chemical formula: Ca₅(AsO₄)₃(OH,F)

Family: Phosphates, Arseniates, Vanadates

Status: IMA-A

Crystal system : Hexagonal

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

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

No data

Comments:

The arsenate analogue of Hydroxylapatite. The OH analogue of Turneaurite.

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Parker Shaft, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (yellow SW);
• Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (orange SW);
• Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (weak orange SW);
• Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden (pink-violet SW);
• Langban, Varmland Province, Sweden (?) (Johnbaumite is not supposed to have been found in Langban);

(*)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 ,
• The World of Fluorescent Minerals, Stuart Schneider, Schiffer Publishing, 2006, ISBN 0-7643-2544-2 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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