Database of luminescent minerals 

plagioclase

Chemical formula: See ALBITE / Anglo-Saxon name for ALBITE/ANORTHITE serie

Status: NON APPR

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

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

No data

Thermoluminescence: OUI

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): Fe³⁺, Pb²⁺,  Cr³⁺,  Eu²⁺,  Ce³⁺,  Sm³⁺,  Eu³⁺,  Tb³⁺,  Mn²⁺ ,  Tl⁺,  

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Tl⁺ repl. Na⁺ : 287nm  : 321-325 347 (Ce³⁺),
Eu²⁺ : 405-412nm
Mn²⁺ repl.Ca²⁺ : broad bands peaking at 555-570nm
Fe³⁺ repl. [Al³⁺]_IV : broad band at 700-750-780nm
Sm³⁺  : 560, 600, 645, 805nm
Eu³⁺ : 600-615nm   
Tb³⁺  : 580, 620nm
Cr³⁺ repl. [Al³⁺]_IV (?): 680, 683nm
Pb⁺ repl. Na⁺ : 850nm

Spectrum: Michael Gaft, Petah Tikva, Israel. Plot: Institute of Mineralogy, University of Vienna, Austria, with permission of the authors.

Comments on spectrum and activators:

Activators: Tl⁺, Pb⁺, Pb²⁺, REE³⁺ (Ce, Dy, Sm, Tb, Nd), Eu²⁺, Mn²⁺ (delay time: 10-12ms), Fe³⁺, Cr³⁺ (Tarashchan in Gaft)

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Ilimaussaq complex, Kvanefjeld, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland;

(*)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 ,
• Luminescence Spectroscopy of Minerals and Materials, M. Gaft, R. Reisfeld, G. Panczer, Springer Editor, ISBN: 10 3-540-21918-8 ,
• Luminescent Spectra of Minerals, Boris S. Gorobets and Alexandre A. Rogojine, Moscow, 2002 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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