Database of luminescent minerals 

SODIUM URANOSPINITE

Chemical formula: (Na₂,Ca)(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂ 5H₂O

Family: Phosphates, Arseniates, Vanadates

Status: IMA-GP

Display mineral: NON

Associated names (luminescent varieties, discredited names, synonyms, etc.): ellweilerite,  natrouranospinite, 

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

SODIUM URANOSPINITE ,
Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó,
municipio de La Torre de Cabdella,
Lérida province, Spain
Photo and Copyright: Joan Abella i Creus, Spain
Used with permission of the author

Shortwave (254nm) picture

SODIUM URANOSPINITE , UVSW
Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó,
municipio de La Torre de Cabdella,
Lérida province, Spain
Photo and Copyright: Joan Abella i Creus, Spain
Used with permission of the author

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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

Activator(s) and spectrum:

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

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

502nm, 524nm, 548nm, 573nm, 601nm

Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• “Mina Eureka” término de Castell-estaó, La Torre de Cabdella, provincia de Lérida, 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 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

  http://webmineral.com/data/Sodium uranospinite.shtml

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