Database of luminescent minerals 

tetranatrolite

Chemical formula: See GONNARDITE

Status: NR

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

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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): S₂^-,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

S₂^- : 564, 590, 606, 622, 646, 667, 687, 715, 745nm

Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

Comments on spectrum and activators:

Typical spectrum of S₂^-;

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada;
• 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 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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