Database of luminescent minerals 

SHORTITE

Chemical formula: Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃

Family: Carbonates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Orthorhombic

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

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

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): Dy³⁺, Sm³⁺,  Tb³⁺,  

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Tb³⁺ : 548nm

Dy³⁺ : 490, 580, 660, 720nm

Sm³⁺  : 598, 605,645nm

(All repl. Ca²⁺)

No spectrum yet

Comments on spectrum and activators:

Shortite was studied by steady-state luminescence spectroscopy and luminescence of trivalent REE, such as Gd, Dy, Sm and Tb was found (Gorobets and Rogojine 2001).
Excitation by CW laser with 532 and 780 nm revealed narrow luminescence lines possibly belonging to Nd3+ and two luminescence bands peaking at 650 and 705 nm 

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• FMC Westvaco Mine, Green River Formation, west of Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA (bright yellow or pink-orange to brown SW);
• Stauffer Mine, Green River, Wyoming, USA (yellow fluo, blue phospho);
• Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (orange);

(*)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 ,
• Luminescence Spectroscopy of Minerals and Materials, M. Gaft, R. Reisfeld, G. Panczer, Springer Editor, ISBN: 10 3-540-21918-8 ,
• Luminescent Spectra of Minerals, Boris S. Gorobets and Alexandre A. Rogojine, Moscow, 2002 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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