Database of luminescent minerals 

SULFOHALITE

Chemical formula: Na₆(SO₄)₂FCl

Family: Sulfates

Status: IMA-GP

Crystal system : Isometric

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

SULFOHALITE, Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;
Octaèdre corrodé; Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

Longwave (365nm) picture

SULFOHALITE, Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;
UVLW; Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

Shortwave (254nm) picture

SULFOHALITE, Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;
UVSW; Col. G.Barmarin; Photo: G. Barmarin

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

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No data

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

490nm, 516nm, 548nm, 598nm,654nm

Sulfohalite, Searles Lake, California, USA. Excitation: laser 405nm. Col. G. Barmarin; Spectre: G. Barmarin

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Searles Lake, Trona, California, USA;

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

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

• The Henkel Glossary of Fluorescent Minerals, Dr. Gerhard Henkel, Published by the FMS, 1989 ,
• Fluorescence: Gems and Minerals Under Ultraviolet Light, Manuel Robbins, 1994, Geoscience Press, ISBN 0-945005-13-X ,

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

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

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

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