Database of luminescent minerals 

SOGDIANITE

Chemical formula: (Zr,Ti⁺⁴,Fe⁺³,Al)₂(X,Na)₂K[Li₃Si₁₂O₃₀] ou Zr₂KLi₃Si₁₂O₃₀

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-A

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

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

No data

Comments:

Sogdianite from Washington Pass (USA) does not fluoresce.

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): Ti - O,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

 (Ti - O) : large band with max at 480 nm (Gorobets)

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Dara-I-Poiz glacier, Alayskiy Range, Tien Shan mountains, Tadzhikistan;

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

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

• Fluorescence: Gems and Minerals Under Ultraviolet Light, Manuel Robbins, 1994, Geoscience Press, ISBN 0-945005-13-X ,
• The World of Fluorescent Minerals, Stuart Schneider, Schiffer Publishing, 2006, ISBN 0-7643-2544-2 ,
• Luminescent Spectra of Minerals, Boris S. Gorobets and Alexandre A. Rogojine, Moscow, 2002 ,

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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