Quartz

Number of references: 7

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Varieties: Chalcedony, Hyalite

Luminescence

Fluorescence

Shortwave: Red [1], Green [1], Yellow [1]
Longwave: Yellow [1]
Unknown excitation: Green [2], Yellow [1]

Phosphorescence/Afterglow

None reported

Activators

Peak	Excitation	Activator	Color	Locality
		AlO4/[Li+,Na+,K+,H+] replacing Si		La Sassa carbonate vein
		NBOHC		La Sassa carbonate vein

Localities

Canada
    Québec
        Montérégie
            La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM
                Mont Saint-Hilaire
                    LW-Yellow [1]
Italy
    Tuscany
        Pisa Province
            Montecatini Val di Cecina
                La Sassa
                    La Sassa carbonate vein
                        FL-Yellow [1]
Russia
    Murmansk Oblast
        Lovozero Massif
            SW-Red [1]
Sweden
    Värmland County
        Filipstad
            Långban Ore District
                Långban Mine
                    SW-Yellow [1]
USA
    Connecticut
        Middlesex County
            Portland
                Collins Hill
                    Strickland pegmatite
                        FL-Green [1]
    Nebraska
        Sioux County
            FL-Green [1]
    New Hampshire
        Grafton County
            Orange
                Keyes Mica Quarries
                    SW-Green [1]

References

Igor V. Pekov. "Lovozero Massif: History, Pegmatites, Minerals." Ocean Pictures LTD, 2000. ISBN: 9785900395272

• Russia, Murmansk Oblast, Lovozero Massif (SW-Red)

Giulia Ricci, Andrea Maurizio Monti, Renato Pagano, Marco Martini, Luisa Caneve, Gilberto Artioli. "Unusual Luminescence of Quartz from La Sassa, Tuscany: Insights on the Crystal and Defect Nanostructure of Quartz." Minerals, 11(12):1345, 2021. 10.3390/min11121345

• Italy, Tuscany, Pisa Province, Montecatini Val di Cecina, La Sassa, La Sassa carbonate vein (FL-Yellow)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. Fluorescent Minerals of Mont Saint-Hilaire." Rocks & Minerals, 61(4):219-221, 1986. 10.1080/00357529.1986.11762717

• Canada, Québec, Montérégie, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Mont Saint-Hilaire (LW-Yellow)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. Apatite a Remarkable Fluorescent Mineral." Rocks & Minerals, 70(3):193-197, 1995. 10.1080/00357529.1995.9926621

• USA, Connecticut, Middlesex County, Portland, Collins Hill, Strickland pegmatite (FL-Green)

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. Ultraviolation and oher 1996 shows." Rocks & Minerals, 72(2):131-132, 1997. 10.1080/00357529709605024

• USA, Nebraska, Sioux County (FL-Green)

Woodrow B. Thompson, Alexander U. Falster, Thomas J, Mortimer. "The Keyes Mica Mines, Orange, Grafton County, New Hampshire." Rocks & Minerals, 97(4):302-328, 2022. 10.1080/00357529.2022.2053622

• USA, New Hampshire, Grafton County, Orange, Keyes Mica Quarries (SW-Green)

Dan Holtstam. "Langban: the mines, theis minerals, geology and explorers." Excalibur Mineral Company, 1999. ISBN: 9789187214882

• Sweden, Värmland County, Filipstad, Långban Ore District, Långban Mine (SW-Yellow)