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Tugtupite

Number of references: 7

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Luminescence

Fluorescence

Shortwave: Red [2]
Longwave: Orange [2], Red [1]

Phosphorescence/Afterglow

None reported

Tenebrescence/Photochromism:

Red [2]

Activators

Peak Excitation Activator Color Locality
370nm S22- Orange Greenland

Localities

Greenland
    LW-Orange [1], TENEB-Red [1]
    Kujalleq
        Ilímaussaq complex
            SW-Red [1], LW-Orange [1]
Russia
    Murmansk Oblast
        Lovozero Massif
            SW-Red [1], LW-Red [1], TENEB-Red [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 at the 1988 Tucson and Wayne, New Jersey, Shows." Rocks & Minerals, 63(6):487-488, 1988. 10.1080/00357529.1988.11761889