Database of luminescent minerals 

SCHOEPITE

DOUBTFUL FLUORESCENCE but sometimes cited in luminescence literature

Chemical formula: [(UO₂)₈O₂(OH)₁₂](H₂O)₁₂

Family: Oxides and hydroxides

Status: IMA-GP

Display mineral: NON

Associated names (luminescent varieties, discredited names, synonyms, etc.): epi-ianthinite, 

Luminescence:

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

No phosphorescence visible to the naked eye under any type of UV

Comments:

Not luminescent at room temperature for Gorobets but most other sources give it fluorescent SW and LW pale green. Spectra in Liquid Nitrogen given by Gorobets (17500 cm-1, 16800 cm-1 and 16100 cm-1)

Activator(s) and spectrum:

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

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre);
• Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre);
• San Rafael Swell, eastern Utah, USA;

(*)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 ,
• Introduction to radioactive minerals, Robert Lauf, Schiffer Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7643-2912-8 ,
• Handbook of mineralogy, John W. Anthony, Richard A. Bideaux, Kenneth W. Bladh, and Monte C. Nichols, and published by Mineral Da ,

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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