Database of luminescent minerals 

METANATRO-AUTUNITE

Chemical formula: Na₂(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ 6-8H₂O

Family: Phosphates, Arseniates, Vanadates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Tetragonal

Display mineral: NON

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

Luminescence:

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

No phosphorescence visible to the naked eye under any type of UV

Comments:

Syn: Sodium Autunite

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): (UO₂)²⁺ (ion Uranyle) intrinsèque ,

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia;
• Kuruk U Deposit, Khodzhent, Sughd, Tajikistan;

(*)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 ,
• Uranium minerals Website: http://www.uraniumminerals.com ,
• Introduction to radioactive minerals, Robert Lauf, Schiffer Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7643-2912-8 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

  http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Metanatro-autunite

  http://webmineral.com/data/Metanatro-autunite.shtml

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