Database of luminescent minerals
adularia (French name: adulaire )
Chemical formula: See ORTHOCLASE
Family: Silicates
Status: NON APPR
Crystal system : Monoclinic
Display mineral: NON
Luminescence:
Shortwave UV (254nm) colors: |
Red , Violet 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
Thermoluminescence: OUI
Activator(s) and spectrum:
Activator(s): Fe3+,
No spectrum yet
Best localities for fluorescence (*):
- Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan ;
- Mount Malosa¸ Zombat District¸ Malawi ;
(*)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 ,
Reference for luminescence on the Internet:
- Infuence of preheating treatment on the luminescence properties of adularia feldspar (KAlSi3O8), V. Correchera, J. GarcõÂa-Guineab, A. Delgadoa
- https://www.ipen.br/biblioteca/2005/10180.pdf
- A new classification of feldspars by luminescence spectral techniques
Image(s):
- Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Gilgit, Pakistan http://www.mindat.org/photo-531600.html
Mineralogical reference on the Internet:
http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Adularia
http://webmineral.com/data/Adularia.shtml
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