Database of luminescent minerals 

ANDERSONITE

Chemical formula: Na₂Ca(UO₂)(CO₃)₃ 6H₂O

Family: Carbonates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Rhomboedric

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

ANDERSONITE ,
Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó,
municipio de La Torre de Cabdella,
Lérida province, Spain
Photo and Copyright: Joan Abella i Creus, Spain
Used with permission of the author

Longwave (365nm) picture

ANDERSONITE , UVSW
Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó,
municipio de La Torre de Cabdella,
Lérida province, Spain
Photo and Copyright: Joan Abella i Creus, Spain
Used with permission of the author

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

No phosphorescence visible to the naked eye under any type of UV

Comments:

A particular blue green fluorescence color quite different of the color of common uranium minerals.

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): (UO₂)²⁺ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque ,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

(UO₂)²⁺ : (452),(467), 472, 483,504, 526, 550, 577, 607, 640, (676), (711)

Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

Spectrum of ANDERSONITE in CSV

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Comments on spectrum and activators:

Lifetime: 150μs @500nm;

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Monti Cristo mine near Moab, Utah, USA;
• Atomic King n°2 mine, near Moab, Utah, USA;
• Mina Eureka termino de Castell-estaó, municipio de La Torre de Cabdella, Lérida province, Spain;
• Ambrosia Lake area, McKinley County, New Mexico, 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 ,
• Fluorescence: Gems and Minerals Under Ultraviolet Light, Manuel Robbins, 1994, Geoscience Press, ISBN 0-945005-13-X ,
• Uranium minerals Website: http://www.uraniumminerals.com ,
• Introduction to radioactive minerals, Robert Lauf, Schiffer Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7643-2912-8 ,
• Minéraux uranifères, Minéraux et fossiles Hors-série n°28, décembre 2009, ISBN 978-2-917198-0 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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