Database of luminescent minerals 

STILBITE-Ca

Chemical formula: (Ca_0,5,Na,K)₉[Al₉Si₂₇O₇₂] 28H₂O

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-A (GP)

Display mineral: NON

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

Luminescence:

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

No data

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): ST (Singlet-triplet)-Matière organique en impureté,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Adsorbed organic substances : band around 400-500nm

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Upper New Sreet, Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, USA;
• Pashan quarries, Pashan, Pune District, Maharashtra, India (minor fluorescence SW+LW);
• Nashik District, Maharashtra, India (minor fluorescence SW+LW);

(*)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 ,
• 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=Stilbite-ca

  http://webmineral.com/data/Stilbite-ca.shtml

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