Database of luminescent minerals 

OLIGOCLASE

Chemical formula: (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)₄0₈

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

Thermoluminescence: OUI

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): Fe³⁺, Pb²⁺,  Mn²⁺ ,  

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Pb²⁺ : broad band peaking at 296nm

Spectrum: Michael Gaft, Petah Tikva, Israel. Plot: Institute of Mineralogy, University of Vienna, Austria, with permission of the authors.

Spectrum Galery:

  
  Go to the galery (3 spectra)

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (yellow LW);
•  Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA (dim brownish-white LW);

(*)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 ,
• Luminescence Spectroscopy of Minerals and Materials, M. Gaft, R. Reisfeld, G. Panczer, Springer Editor, ISBN: 10 3-540-21918-8 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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