Database of luminescent minerals 

NASONITE

Chemical formula: Pb₆Ca₄Si₆O₂₁Cl₂

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-GP

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

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

No data

Comments:

Henkel (after De Ment): blue luminescence (?)

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Parker shaft, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA;
• Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden (associated with SW blue fluo Baryte and SW red fluo calcite);

(*)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 ,
• 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=Nasonite

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

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