Database of luminescent minerals 

GITTINSITE

Chemical formula: CaZrSi₂O₇

Status: IMA-A

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

Rims of white Gittinsite arround Vlasovite in red eudyalite
Kipawa Alkaline Complex, Sheffield Lake, Villedieu Township Témiscamingue Co., Québec, Canada;
Photo and Copyright: Middle Earth Minerals
http://middleearthminerals.com
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Shortwave (254nm) picture

Rims of white Gittinsite (SW bluish white) arround Vlasovite (SW yellow)
Kipawa Alkaline Complex, Sheffield Lake, Villedieu Township Témiscamingue Co., Québec, Canada;
Photo and Copyright: Middle Earth Minerals
http://middleearthminerals.com
Used with permission of the author

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

No data

Comments:

Associated with Vlasovite and Eudialyte;

Vlasovite fluoresces yellow under SWUV and the Gittensite seems to be fluorescing a slightly paler yellow or cream. The Gittensite does fluoresce under LWUV too, but not the Vlasovite. (Source: http://www.middleearthminerals.com)

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Kipawa Alkaline Complex, Sheffield Lake, Villedieu Township Témiscamingue Co., Québec, Canada;

(*)The data are not exhaustive and are limited to a few remarkable localities for fluorescence

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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