Database of luminescent minerals 

TURNEAUREITE

Chemical formula: Ca₅(AsO₄,PO₄)₃ Cl

Family: Phosphates, Arseniates, Vanadates

Status: IMA-A

Crystal system : Hexagonal

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Do you have a photo of this mineral you would like to see in the gallery? Contact us!

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

No data

Comments:

The arsenate analogue of Chlorapatite.

The Ca analogue of Hedyphane.

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA;
• ZCA (Zinc Corp. of America) N°4 Mine, Balmat, St Lawrence County, New York, USA;
• Langban, Sweden;
• Garpenberg Norra Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna County, Sweden (associated with red fluorescing calcite);

(*)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 ,
• 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=Turneaureite

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

Internet Search:

  Image search on 'Google Images'

  Search for documents in all languages on Google

  Search on Wikipedia