Hackmanite PL/Laser measurement, 355 nm Nd-YAG laser beam, Gaft <i>et al.</i> 2009

Hackmanite PL/Laser measurement, 355 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	355 nm Nd-YAG laser beam
Det. technology	Intensified CCD
Lines	S2^- 687 nm, 590 nm, 608 nm, 631 nm, 653 nm, 678 nm, 707 nm, 734 nm, 652 nm, Unspecified 450 nm

Nominal composition of Hackmanite [ Na₈Al₆Si₆O₂₄(Cl₂,S) ].
Element	Atoms	At%	Wt%
Na	8	17.6	19.4
Al	6	13.2	17
Si	6	13.2	17.7
O	24	52.7	40.4
S	0.5	1.1	1.69
Cl	1	2.2	3.73