Gagarinite-(Y) PL/XL measurement, x-ray beam, Ryabenko et al. 1986

Measurement details

Reference Ryabenko S.V. and Gorobets B.S. Rare-earth fluorides from alkali-rare-earth metasomatites. - Mineralogical Collected Papers ( Mineralogicheski Sbornik). - Lviv: Lviv State University. Vyshcha Shkola. - 1986. - No. 40 (1). - P. 77-80.
Material Gagarinite-(Y) [ NaCaYF6 ]
Specimen temperature Ambient
Analysis technique X-ray photoluminescence
Probe X-ray beam
Lines Dy3+ 490 nm, 576 nm, {{linesearch:457478b7-152e-4280-8a28-842b626226df|Eu3+}}: 610 nm, {{linesearch:b31991a2-068a-4c6f-8aa6-44cd7a42ec04|Sm3+}}: 603.5 nm, {{linesearch:ba94a000-ff7b-4b94-82d6-b81da76ba992|Tb3+}}: 547.5 nm

Composition

Nominal composition of Gagarinite-(Y) [ NaCaYF6 ].
Element Atoms At% Wt%
Na 1 11.1 8.64
Ca 1 11.1 15.1
Y 1 11.1 33.4
F 6 66.7 42.9
Total 9 100 100