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Laser-induced time-resolved luminescence of tugtupite, sodalite and hackmanite

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We have interpreted a number of luminescence centers in natural tugtupite Na8Al2Be2Si8O24Cl2, sodalite Na8Al6Si6O24C2 and hackmanite Na8Al6Si6O24(Cl2,S) by use of laser-induced time-resolved luminescence spectroscopy. The main new results are the following: Fe3+, Mn2+, Eu2+, Ce3+, mercury type (potentially Pb2+, Tl+, Sn2+ and/or Sb3+), radiation induced luminescence centers; several types of S2 − centers. Spectral shift connected with the presence of luminescence centers, which are detected together with S2 − centers and impossible to resolve with continuous wave luminescence spectroscopy, is the possible reason for spectral diversity of S2 − luminescence centers presented in different publications.

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Constructive and careful reviews and comments on the manuscript by Dr. M. Kurosawa and an anonymous reviewer are gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Laser Detect Systems (LDS), 11 Granit, Petach Tikva, Israel

    M. Gaft

  2. Physical Chemistry of Luminescent Materials Laboratory, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, UMR CNRS, 43 Bd. du 11 November 1918, 69622, Villeurbanne, France

    G. Panczer

  3. School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

    L. Nagli

  4. 1707 Vestal Drive, Coral Springs, FL, 33071, USA

    H. Yeates

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Gaft, M., Panczer, G., Nagli, L. et al. Laser-induced time-resolved luminescence of tugtupite, sodalite and hackmanite. Phys Chem Minerals 36, 127–141 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-008-0263-1

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