Database of luminescent minerals 

NESQUEHONITE

Chemical formula: Mg(HCO₃)(OH) 2H₂O

Family: Carbonates

Status: IMA-GP

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

Nesquehonite,
Puy Saint Gulmier, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France;
Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

Longwave (365nm) picture

Nesquehonite, UVLW
Puy Saint Gulmier, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France;
Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

Shortwave (254nm) picture

Nesquehonite, UVSW
Puy Saint Gulmier, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France;
Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

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

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No data

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Very broad band with local max at 490, 517, 558, 600nm

Nesquehonite, Puy Saint Gulmier, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France.
Excitation: laser 405nm. Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Puy Saint Gulmier, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France;
• Golden, Colorado, USA;
• Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic (intense green 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 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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