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Scapolite

Number of references: 11

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Aliases: Wernerite

Luminescence

Fluorescence

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

Phosphorescence/Afterglow

None reported

Tenebrescence/Photochromism:

Blue [1]

Activators

Peak Excitation Activator Color Locality
370nm S22- Orange Afghanistan

Localities

Afghanistan
    LW-Orange [1], TENEB-Blue [1]
Canada
    Ontario
        Bancroft area
            LW-Yellow [1]
    Québec
        FL-Yellow [1]
        Outaouais
            Pontiac RCM
                Otter Lake
                    LW-Yellow [1], SW-Red [1], LW-White [1]
USA
    New Jersey
        Sussex County
            Franklin Mining District
                Franklin
                    Franklin Mine
                        LW-Red [1], LW-Orange [1], LW-Yellow [1]
    New York
        St. Lawrence County
            Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District
                Edwards
                    LW-Yellow [1]

References

Pauline Colinet, Hannah Byron, Sami Vuori, Juha-Pekka Lehtio, Pekka Laukkanen, Ludo Van Goethem, Mika Lastusaari, Tangui Le Bahers. "The structural origin of the efficient photochromism in natural minerals." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(23):e2202487119, 2022. 10.1073/pnas.2202487119

Manuel Robbins. "Fluorescent Forum. Franklin's Fluorescent Minerals: Can They Be Found Elsewhere?." Rocks & Minerals, 60(5):235-244, 1985. 10.1080/00357529.1985.11764415