Hackmanite PL/Laser measurement, 266 nm Nd-YAG laser beam, Gaft <i>et al.</i> 2009

Hackmanite PL/Laser measurement, 266 nm Nd-YAG laser beam, Gaft et al. 2009

Reference	Gaft et al. 2009 Gaft M., Panczer G., Nagli L. & Yeates H. (2009). Laser-induced time-resolved luminescence of tugtupite, sodalite and hackmanite., 36(3), 127-141. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-008-0263-1
Material	Hackmanite [ Na₈Al₆Si₆O₂₄(Cl₂, S) ] Sodalite (var. Hackmanite) specimen from Kiran, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan © Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0
Technique	Laser photoluminescence (PL)
Probe	266 nm Nd-YAG laser beam
Det. technology	Intensified CCD
Lines	Fe³⁺ 725 nm, 735 nm, Fe/Cr³⁺ 687 nm, Pb²⁺ 441 nm, S² ion 450 nm

Nominal composition of Hackmanite [ Na₈Al₆Si₆O₂₄(Cl₂,S) ].
Element	Atoms	At%	Wt%
Na	8	17.4	19
Al	6	13	16.7
Si	6	13	17.4
O	24	52.2	39.6
Cl	2	4.35	7.32