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

Zoisite 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	Zoisite [ Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH) ] Zoisite specimens from Tanzania Photo by Greg Polley, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Specimen temperature	Ambient
Analysis technique	Laser photoluminescence (PL)
Probe	Laser beam
Lines	Eu²⁺ 440 nm, {{linesearch:3afd2da0-abe2-4ce1-b982-9359feacb024\|Tb³⁺}}: 544 nm, {{linesearch:e0a1c080-4724-4b8a-944a-559bb072b260\|V²⁺}}: 718 nm

Nominal composition of Zoisite [ Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH) ].
Element	Atoms	At%	Wt%
Ca	2	9.09	17.6
Al	3	13.6	17.8
Si	3	13.6	18.5
O	13	59.1	45.8
H	1	4.55	0.222
Total	22	100	100