Database of luminescent minerals 

THOMSONITE-Ca

Chemical formula: Ca₂Na[Al₅Si₅O₂₀] 6H₂O

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-A (GP)

Display mineral: NON

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

Luminescence:

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

No data

Comments:

Les échantillons étiquetés dans le passé comme calciothomsonite venant de franklin, New Jersey, USA sont en fait de la XONOTLITE

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Lower and Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, USA;
• Franklin, New jersey, USA;

(*)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 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

  http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Thomsonite-ca

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

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