Database of luminescent minerals
SWEDENBORGITE
Chemical formula: NaBe4SbO7
Family: Phosphates, Arseniates, Vanadates
Status: IMA-GP
Crystal system : Hexagonal
Display mineral: NON
Luminescence:
Longwave UV (365nm) colors: |
Red , | ||
Shortwave UV (254nm) colors: |
Blue , | ||
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Phosphorescence (in the common sense of the term) observable with the naked eye:
No data
Activator(s) and spectrum:
No data
Peaks in the spectrum (nm):
No spectrum yet
Best localities for fluorescence (*):
- Langban, Filipstad, Varmland Province, Sweden (SW blue + calcite/dolomite SW red-orange);
(*)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 ,
Reference for luminescence on the Internet:
- Fluorescent Minerals of Langban, Richard Loyens, UV-Waves January/February 1996.
- Der Aufschluss, Vol.48, n°2 March/April 1997 Langban minerals by Fritz Blatter;
- Laser-induced time-resolved luminescence of natural margarosanite Pb(Ca,Mn)2Si3O9, swedenborgite NaBe4SbO7 and walstromite BaCa2Si3O9, Michael Gaft, H. Yeates, Lev Nagli, European Journal of Mineralogy
Images:
- Langban, Sweden: http://www.mindat.org/photo-141382.html
- Langban, Sweden: http://www.mindat.org/photo-141378.html
- Langban, Sweden: http://www.mindat.org/photo-171413.html
Mineralogical reference on the Internet:
http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Swedenborgite
http://webmineral.com/data/Swedenborgite.shtml
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