Database of luminescent minerals 

VANADINITE

Mineral NOT FLUORESCENT but sometimes cited in luminescence literature

DOUBTFUL FLUORESCENCE but sometimes cited in luminescence literature

Chemical formula: Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl

Family: Phosphates, Arseniates, Vanadates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Hexagonal

Display mineral: NON

Associated names (luminescent varieties, discredited names, synonyms, etc.): endlichite, 

Luminescence:

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

No data

Comments:

Doubtfull, See ENDLICHITE

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No data

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

VO₄^3- : broad band at 655nm

Nd³⁺ : 808, 879, 899, 901nm

No spectrum yet

Comments on spectrum and activators:

Vanadinite was studied by steady-state luminescence spectroscopy and luminescence of (VO₄)^3- metal-oxygen complexes was found (Gorobets and Rogojine 2001).

Excitation by CW laser with 532 and 780 nm revealed narrow luminescence lines possibly belonging to Nd³+ and luminescence band similar to ascribed to (VO₄)^3-

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico;
• Ahumada mine, Los Lamentos, Mexico;

(*)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 ,
• Luminescence Spectroscopy of Minerals and Materials, M. Gaft, R. Reisfeld, G. Panczer, Springer Editor, ISBN: 10 3-540-21918-8 ,

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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