Database of luminescent minerals 

SALEEITE

Chemical formula: Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ 10H₂O

Family: Phosphates, Arseniates, Vanadates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Monoclinic

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

Saleeite de Shinkolobwe, Katanga, R.D. du Congo;
Daylight
Photo and Copyright: G. Barmarin
Col.: L. Vandenberghe

Shortwave (254nm) picture

Saleeite de Shinkolobwe, Katanga, R.D. du Congo;
SW (254nm)
Photo and Copyright: G. Barmarin
Col.: L. Vandenberghe

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

No data

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): (UO₂)²⁺ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque ,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

[ 489.0 , 501.1 , 522.1 , 545.7 , 570.9 , 600.9 (Geipel) ]

[498nm, 519nm, 542nm, 567nm, 595nm (Sample in collection)]

Saleeite, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Excitation: UVSW 254nm. Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Urucum pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil;
• Saléeite de Shinkolobwe, Katanga, R.D. du Congo;
• Arcu su Linnarbu, Capoterra, Cagliari metropolitan city, Sardinia, Italy;
• Ranger Mine, Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia;
• Pedro Alvaro mine, Villares de Yeltes, Salamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain

(*)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 ,
• Spectroscopic properties of uranium(VI) minerals studied by TRLFS, G. Geipel and Al. Radiochim Acta 88 (2000) ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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