Polylithionite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Polylithionite

Images

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of polylithionite from Ilímaussaq, Greenland. Size: 8cm

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Photograph of a specimen of polylithionite from Ilímaussaq, Greenland. Size: 8cm

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Polylithionite (white) on serandite (salmon), from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

© Photo by Parent Géry (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY-SA 3.0

Properties

Formula	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂
Abbreviation	Pln
Classification	Mica
Luminescence emitters	Mn, O
IMA Status	Approved (IMA 1998 s.p.)
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, fluomin.org, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Crystal symmetry	Monoclinic
Tags	Mineral, Aluminosilicate

Composition

Element	Atoms
K	1
Al	1
O	10
Si	4
F	2
Li	2
Total:	20

References

Reference	Lines	Spectra	Images
Gaft et al. 1982; Prokofiev et al. 1979	2	0	0
Hamblen 2003	0	0	2