Database of luminescent minerals 

manganocalcite

Chemical formula: See CALCITE

Family: Carbonates

Status: NON APPR

Crystal system : Rhomboedric

Display mineral: OUI

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

Manganocalcite,
Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Peru;
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Shortwave (254nm) picture

Manganocalcite, UVSW
Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Peru;
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Phosphorescence (in the common sense of the term) observable with the naked eye:

No data

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): Mn²⁺ ,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Broad band peaking at 620nm

Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Peru;
• Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru;
• Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru;
• Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, MaramureÈ™ Co., Romania;
• Cavnic Mine, Cavnic, MaramureÈ™ Co., Romania;
• Sasar Mine, Baia Mare (Nagybánya), MaramureÈ™ Co., Romania
• Mine Krushev dol, Madan, Bulgaria;
• Trepča complex, Trepča valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, District of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo;
• Dal negorsk, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia;
• Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa;
• Manaoshan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Suxian District, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China;
• Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China;
• Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico;
• Langban, Filipstads Kommun, Värmlands län, Sweden;

(*)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=Manganocalcite

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

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