Database of luminescent minerals 

USSINGITE

Chemical formula: Na₂AlSi₃O₈(OH)

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-GP

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

USSINGITE, Lovozero massif,
Kola peninsula, MurmanskajaOblast, Russia;
Copyright 2006 S. Schneider,
The World of Fluorescent Minerals,
Used with permission of the author,

Shortwave (254nm) picture

MURMANITE, Lovozero massif,
Kola peninsula, MurmanskajaOblast, Russia;
Murmanite fluoresces green SW,
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

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): (UO₂)²⁺ (ion Uranyle) en impureté,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

(UO₂)²⁺ : 498nm, 518nm, 539nm, 563nm

Ussingite, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Excitation: Superbright 254nm. Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

Comments on spectrum and activators:

Typical spectrum of Uranyl impurities.

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Lovozero massif, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia;
• 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 World of Fluorescent Minerals, Stuart Schneider, Schiffer Publishing, 2006, ISBN 0-7643-2544-2 ,

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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