Database of luminescent minerals
HILAIRITE
Chemical formula: Na2ZrSi3O9 3H2O
Family: Silicates
Status: IMA-A
Display mineral: NON
Luminescence:
Longwave UV (365nm) colors: |
Yellowish White , Yellowish Green , | ||
Midwave UV (320nm) colors: |
Yellowish White , Yellowish Green , | ||
Shortwave UV (254nm) colors: |
Yellowish White , Yellowish Green , | ||
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Phosphorescence (in the common sense of the term) observable with the naked eye:
No data
Activator(s) and spectrum:
No dataNo spectrum yet
Comments on spectrum and activators:
Cathodoluminescence: greenish blue.
Best localities for fluorescence (*):
- Bratthagen farm in Lagendalen ( yellowish white SW and LW), Langesundfjord, Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway;
- Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (SW pale green);
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada;
(*)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:
- The Langesundsfjord: history, geology, pegmatites, minerals, Alf Olav Larsen, Bode Verlag Gmbh, 2010 ISBN 978-3-925094-97-2.
- Mineralien Welt Vol.4, 1996, The fluorescent Minerals of the Langesundfjord area, Norway by F. Anderson, S.A.Berge and I. Burvald
- MONT-SAINT-HILAIRE, History, Geology, Mineralogy, Laszlo HORVATH, The Canadian Mineralogist, Special Publication 14, 2019
Mineralogical reference on the Internet:
http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Hilairite
http://webmineral.com/data/Hilairite.shtml
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