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

Calcite 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	Calcite [ CaCO₃ ] Photograph of calcite with duftite (NMNH 166935) from the National Mineral Collection Phot by Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution. CC0
Specimen temperature	Ambient
Analysis technique	Laser photoluminescence (PL)
Probe	Laser beam
Lines	Eu³⁺ 618 nm, 619 nm, {{linesearch:6b50845f-cf4e-4bc4-b2d5-e1d08de5bb54\|Mn²⁺}}: 620 nm, {{linesearch:a6e69d9e-efbc-4fce-ad05-d51b57e02f29\|Nd³⁺}}: 889 nm, {{linesearch:34a47634-c0a9-4f51-b684-2e6e3f2ce477\|Pb²⁺}}: 312 nm, {{linesearch:5200074d-e158-433d-8f00-6bece3b27473\|Tb³⁺}}: 488 nm

Nominal composition of Calcite [ CaCO₃ ].
Element	Atoms	At%	Wt%
Ca	1	20	40
C	1	20	12
O	3	60	48
Total	5	100	100