Database of luminescent minerals 

natrofairchildite

Chemical formula: See NYEREREITE Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂

Family: Carbonates

Status: Q

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

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

No data

Comments:

Found in burbankite-calcite veins;

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia (weak orange LW + SW);

(*)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 ,
• Luminescenza nel regno minerale, Guido Mazzoleni, fotografia Roberto Appiani, Libri Sandit, 2010, ISBN 978-88-95990-63-7 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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