Database of luminescent minerals 

SODIUM-ZIPPEITE

Chemical formula: Na₄(UO₂)₆(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₀ 4H₂O

Family: Sulfates

Status: IMA-A

Display mineral: NON

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

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

SODIUM-ZIPPEITE, Daylight,
Bukov Mine, Rožná deposit, Vysočina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic
Photo & Col. © G. Barmarin

Shortwave (254nm) picture

SODIUM-ZIPPEITE, UV SW,
Bukov Mine, Rožná deposit, Vysočina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic
Photo & Col. © G. Barmarin

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

No data

Comments:

Synthetic Cobalt and Nickel zippeite also fluorescing.

Activator(s) and spectrum:

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

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

523nm, 537nm

Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Bukov Mine, Rožná deposit, Vysočina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic;
• Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida province, 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 ,
• Uranium minerals Website: http://www.uraniumminerals.com ,
• Introduction to radioactive minerals, Robert Lauf, Schiffer Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7643-2912-8 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

  http://webmineral.com/data/Sodium-zippeite.shtml

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