Hyalite Opal from Erongo, Namibia, Showing Green Daylight Fluorescence
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| Rok publikování | 2022 |
| Druh | Článek v odborném periodiku |
| Časopis / Zdroj | Journal of Gemmology |
| Fakulta / Pracoviště MU | |
| Citace | |
| www | https://gem-a.com/jog-volume-38-issue-2-2022 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.15506/JoG.2022.38.2.172 |
| Klíčová slova | Hyalite; Uranyl ion; Raman spectroscopy; Gamma spectroscopy; Photoluminescence |
| Popis | Rare hyalite opal showing green daylight fluorescence was discovered in the Erongo region, Namibia, sometime prior to 2000. Raman spectroscopy confirms this hyalite to be opal-A, and the most interesting feature of the Raman spectra are bands associated with the hydroxyl-stretching regions in the mineral’s structure. A doublet at 3602/3665 cm–1 appears to be unique to opal from this locality and may be due to the vibration of water in an unusual structural-binding arrangement. Trace amounts of the uranyl molecule (UO2)2+ are responsible for the luminescence, which is unevenly distributed according to the opal’s botryoidal structure. Measured radioactivity values are similar to those reported for other daylight-fluorescing opals (e.g. from Mexico), and are well below the global average terrestrial gamma dose rate. |
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