Database of luminescent minerals 

STOLZITE

Chemical formula: Pb(WO₄)

Family: Tungstates, Molybdates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Tetragonal

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

STOLZITE, Proprietary Mine , Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia;

Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

Shortwave (254nm) picture

STOLZITE, Proprietary Mine , Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia;
UVSW
Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

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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): WO₄^2-, MoO₄^2-,  

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

WO₄^2- : broad band peaking at 420 nm 

MoO₄^2- : broad band peaking at 560 nm  

(Gorobets)

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Sainte-Lucie Mine, St Léger-de-Peyre, Marvejols, Lozère, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (Zoned fluo yellow LW+SW);
• Tsumeb, Namibia (Bright yellow SW and Bright orange-red LW);
• Broken Hill Proprietary Mine (Proprietary Mine; BHP Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia ;

(*)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 ,

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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