Database of luminescent minerals 

POLYLITHIONITE

Chemical formula: KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-A

Crystal system : Monoclinic

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

Shortwave (254nm) picture

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

No data

Comments:

At Mt St Hilaire, the tainiolite in marble xenoliths can look similar to polylithionite but it does not fluoresce.

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No data

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

526nm, 556,5nm, 598nm

Spectrum Galery:

No such directory (../mineral/POLYLITHIONITE/spectres)

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Poudrette Quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada;
• Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;
• Vesle Aroya, Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
• Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia;
• Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia;

(*)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 ,
• Mt St Hilaire Website: http://www.saint-hilaire.ca ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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