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Sodalite

Number of references: 12

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Varieties: Hackmanite

Luminescence

Fluorescence

Shortwave: Orange [3]
Longwave: Orange [4]

Phosphorescence/Afterglow

Shortwave: White [1]

Tenebrescence/Photochromism:

Pink [2], Violet [1], Purple [1]

Activators

Peak Excitation Activator Color Locality
370nm S22- Orange Greenland

Localities

Canada
    Québec
        Montérégie
            La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM
                Mont Saint-Hilaire
                    LW-Orange [2], SW-Orange [2], TENEB-Pink [2], SWA-White [1]
Greenland
    LW-Orange [1], TENEB-Purple [1]
Russia
    Murmansk Oblast
        Lovozero Massif
            SW-Orange [1], LW-Orange [1], TENEB-Violet [1]

References

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

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