Meionite ($$Me > 60$$) from Mishevsko, Central Rhodopes – First Find of Yellow LW UV Fluorescent Scapolite for Bulgaria
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article presents the results of preliminary mineralogical characterization of scapolite from a new for Bulgaria locality – Mishevsko, Central Rhodopes. The examined samples exhibit a characteristic yellow luminescence under long-wave ultraviolet light. There are compositional variations, primarily affecting the extra-framework cation and anion species in the structure of the studied mineral and thus also the meionite component (62 < Me <74). At the end, considerations on the factors controlling the scapolitization process, as well as speculations on possible causes of scapolite fluorescence are presented.
Institution: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Language: English
Subfield: Geochemistry and Petrology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4408943902