Database of luminescent minerals 

STRONTIANITE

Chemical formula: SrCO₃

Family: Carbonates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Orthorhombic

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

STRONTIANITE;
Winfield, Union Co., Pennsylvania, USA
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Shortwave (254nm) picture

STRONTIANITE;
Winfield, Union Co., Pennsylvania, USA
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Phosphorescence (in the common sense of the term) observable with the naked eye:

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): ST (Singlet-triplet)-Matière organique en impureté, (UO₂)²⁺ (ion Uranyle) en impureté,   Pb²⁺,  Eu²⁺,  Ce³⁺,  Sm³⁺,  Dy³⁺,  O^-₂,  Nd³⁺,  

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

435, 465, 475, 495, 500nm

Very large band at 631nm

No spectrum yet

Comments on spectrum and activators:

Strontianite has been studied by steady-state luminescence spectroscopy and trivalent REE, such as Dy, Sm, Nd and Ce, were found together with Mn2+ and uranyl (Gorobets and Rogojine 2001).

Luminescence characterized by broad bands associated with absoption of water-organic complexes (Tarashchan in Gaft).
Also possibly Pb2+ (Gaft);
O^-₂ (Gorobets);

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Winfield, Union Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
• Münsterland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (pink LW);
• Strontian, North West Highlands, Scotland, UK (yellowish-white LW with baryte bluish white 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 ,
• The World of Fluorescent Minerals, Stuart Schneider, Schiffer Publishing, 2006, ISBN 0-7643-2544-2 ,
• Luminescence Spectroscopy of Minerals and Materials, M. Gaft, R. Reisfeld, G. Panczer, Springer Editor, ISBN: 10 3-540-21918-8 ,
• Luminescent Spectra of Minerals, Boris S. Gorobets and Alexandre A. Rogojine, Moscow, 2002 ,
• Mt St Hilaire Website: http://www.saint-hilaire.ca ,
• Handbook of Fluorescent Gems and Minerals, a practical guide for the gem and mineral collector, Jack de Ment, 1949 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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