Database of luminescent minerals 

RAVATITE

Chemical formula: C₁₄H₁₀

Family: Organic

Status: IMA-A

Crystal system : Monoclinic

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

Ravatite, Halde Anna 1, Alsdorf, Germany.

Photo and Copyright: Gérard Barmarin.

Longwave (365nm) picture

Ravatite, UVLW, Halde Anna 1, Alsdorf, Germany.

Photo and Copyright: Gérard Barmarin.

Shortwave (254nm) picture

Ravatite, UVSW, Halde Anna 1, Alsdorf, Germany.

Photo and Copyright: Gérard Barmarin.

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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:

A rare sublimate formed in burning coal seams at < 50 °C–60 °C.
Ravatite is a natural analogue of (synthetic) phenanthrene.

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): Matière organique intrinsèque,

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

395, 408, 433, 459, 486nm

Ravatite, Alsdorf, Germany.
Excitation: led 380nm. Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• From near the former village of Ravat, left bank of the Jagnob River Valley, Tajikistan ;
• Halde Anna 1, Alsdorf, Germany ;

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

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

• Luminescent Spectra of Minerals, Boris S. Gorobets and Alexandre A. Rogojine, Moscow, 2002 ,

Reference for luminescence on the Internet:

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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