Database of luminescent minerals 

PENFIELDITE

Chemical formula: Pb₂Cl₃(OH)

Family: Halides

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Hexagonal

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

PENFIELDITE with blue boleite, Margarita mine, Sierra Gorda
Antofagasta Province, Chile;
Copyright 2006 S. Schneider,
The World of Fluorescent Minerals,
Used with permission of the author,

Shortwave (254nm) picture

PENFIELDITE with blue boleite, Margarita mine, Sierra Gorda
Antofagasta Province, Chile; UVSW
Copyright 2006 S. Schneider,
The World of Fluorescent Minerals,
Used with permission of the author,

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

No data

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Furnace slags of the Laurion District, Attica, Greece ;
• Margarita mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Chile;

(*)The data are not exhaustive and are limited to a few remarkable localities for fluorescence

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

• 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=Penfieldite

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

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