Database of luminescent minerals 

CARACOLITE

Chemical formula: Na₃Pb₂(SO₄)₃Cl

Family: Sulfates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Monoclinic

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

CARACOLITE xls with glauberite, Challacollo mine, Challacollo
Tarapaca Province, Chile;
Copyright 2006 S. Schneider,
The World of Fluorescent Minerals,
Used with permission of the author,

Shortwave (254nm) picture

CARACOLITE xls with glauberite, Challacollo mine, Challacollo
Tarapaca Province, Chile; Caracolite fluoresces pale pink and glauberite blue-green (UVSW)
Copyright 2006 S. Schneider,
The World of Fluorescent Minerals,
Used with permission of the author,

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

No data

Comments:

Decomposes in water, leaving PbSO₄. Sometime associated with anglesite also possibly fluorescent (Chile) and/or other Pb minerals (plumbojarosite for exemple).

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Lolon Mine, Challacollo, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile;

(*)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=Caracolite

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

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