Sodalite PL/Laser measurement, Gaft <i>et al.</i> 1998

Sodalite PL/Laser measurement, Gaft et al. 1998

Reference	Gaft et al. 1998 Gaft M., Reisfeld R., Panczer G., Blank P. & Boulon G. (1998). Laser-induced time-resolved luminescence of minerals. Spectrochimica Acta Part a-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 54(13), 2163-2175. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1386-1425(98)00134-6
Material	Sodalite [ Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl ] Sodalite from collection of Wikipedia user Ra'ike © CC BY-SA 3.0 Ra'ike
Specimen temperature	Ambient
Technique	Laser photoluminescence (PL)
Probe	Laser beam
Lines	S2^- 633 nm, 655 nm, 678 nm, 708 nm

Nominal composition of Sodalite [ Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl ].
Element	Atoms	At%	Wt%
Na	4	17.4	19
Al	3	13	16.7
Si	3	13	17.4
O	12	52.2	39.6
Cl	1	4.35	7.32