rhodolite

 


Chemical formula: See PYROPE

Family: Silicates

Status: NR

Crystal system : Isometric

Display mineral: NON

 

Luminescence:

Longwave UV (365nm) colors:

    


Orange Red ,

 

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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

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): Mn2+ , Cr3+,  

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

Mn2+ sustituting to Ca2+ : Broad band peaking at 635 nm 

Cr3+ replacing Al3+ : line at 694 nm, band at 720nm , 690, 703, 733nm


Spectrum: Michael Gaft, Petah Tikva, Israel. Plot: Institute of Mineralogy, University of Vienna, Austria, with permission of the authors.

Spectrum Galery:

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Best localities for fluorescence (*):

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

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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