Database of luminescent minerals 

META-URANOCIRCITE (I)

Chemical formula: Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ 8H₂O

Family: Phosphates, Arseniates, Vanadates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Tetragonal

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

META-URANOCIRCITE ,
Davier Mine, Black Hills, South Dakota USA
Photo and Copyright: Christopher J. Stefano, Michigan, USA
Used with permission of the author

Longwave (365nm) picture

META-URANOCIRCITE UVLW ,
Davier Mine, Black Hills, South Dakota USA
Photo and Copyright: Christopher J. Stefano, Michigan, USA
Used with permission of the author

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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): (UO₂)²⁺ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque ,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

488.9, 502.5, 523.7, 547.4, 573.4, 602.6

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Davier Mine, Black Hills, South Dakota, USA;

(*)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 ,
• Spectroscopic properties of uranium(VI) minerals studied by TRLFS, G. Geipel and Al. Radiochim Acta 88 (2000) ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

  http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Meta-uranocircite (i)

  http://webmineral.com/data/Meta-uranocircite (i).shtml

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