Titanite PL/Laser measurement, Gaft <i>et al.</i> 2005

Titanite PL/Laser measurement, Gaft et al. 2005

Reference	Gaft et al. 2005 Gaft, M., Reisfeld, R. & Panczer, G. (2005). Modern Luminescence Spectroscopy of Minerals and Materials. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783642060113
Material	Titanite [ CaTiSiO₅ ] Titanite on amphibole, from Wannenköpfe, Ochtendung, Eifel region, Germany. Image width: 2mm © 2010 Fred Kruijen (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY-SA-3.0
Specimen temperature	Ambient
Technique	Laser photoluminescence (PL)
Probe	Laser beam
Lines	Cr³⁺ 790 nm, 686 nm Er³⁺ 978 nm, 820 nm Eu³⁺ 563 nm {{linesearch:00f76c41-416a-4950-b2ef-5a970c791991\|Nd³⁺}}: 735 nm, 756 nm, 867 nm, 906 nm, 1089 nm, 880 nm Tm³⁺ 805 nm

Nominal composition of Titanite [ CaTiSiO₅ ].
Element	Atoms	At%	Wt%
Ca	1	12.5	20.4
Ti	1	12.5	24.4
Si	1	12.5	14.3
O	5	62.5	40.8