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Pyromorphite

Number of references: 11

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Luminescence

Fluorescence

Shortwave: Orange [2], Yellow [1], Pink [1]
Longwave: Yellow [4], Orange [2]
Unknown excitation: [1]

Phosphorescence/Afterglow

None reported

Activators

Peak Excitation Activator Color Locality
580nm VO43- replacing PO43-

Localities

Australia
    New South Wales
        Yancowinna County
            Broken Hill district
                Broken Hill
                    LW-Yellow [1]
Germany
    Rhineland-Palatinate
        Rhein-Lahn District
            Loreley
                Braubach
                    Rosenberg Mine
                        LW-Yellow [1], SW-Yellow [1]
UK
    England
        Cumbria
            Allerdale
                Caldbeck
                    Roughton Gill
                        Roughton Gill Mine
                            SW-Orange [1], SW-Pink [1], LW-Yellow [1]
USA
    Idaho
        Shoshone County
            Yreka Mining District
                Bunker Hill Mine
                    LW-Orange [1], SW-Orange [1]
    Montana
        Granite County
            Philipsburg Mining District
                Black Pine Mine
                    LW-Orange [1]
    Pennsylvania
        Chester County
            Schuylkill Township
                Phoenixville Mining District
                    Wheatley Mines
                        LW-Yellow [1]
Unknown
    FL- [1]

References

John Rakovan, Glenn A. Waychunas. "Color and luminescence in apatite." Apatite - The Great Pretender. Mineral Monographs, 17:10-17, 2013.

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. Fluorescence in Pyromorphite and other Lead Apatites." Rocks & Minerals, 60(6):293-296, 1985. 10.1080/00357529.1985.11764430