Database of luminescent minerals 

AXINITE-(Mg)

Chemical formula: Ca₂MgAl₂BSi₄O₁₅(OH)

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-A

Crystal system : Triclinic

Display mineral: NON

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

Luminescence:

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

No data

Comments:

Discovered in Tanzania 1975 and formerly known as Magnesio-axinite, it was renamed by the IMA in 2008 as Axinite-(Mg)

The magnesium analogue of Axinite-(Fe) and Axinite-(Mn).

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): Cr³⁺,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Cr³⁺ : 687, 702nm

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Nandagala, Tanzania (blue-pink gemmy material);
• Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania (Strong red LW);
• Australia;

(*)The data are not exhaustive and are limited to a few remarkable localities for fluorescence

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

  http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Axinite-(mg)

  http://webmineral.com/data/Axinite-(mg).shtml

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