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Natural calcite from Kuerle, Xinjiang, China, shows orange-red fluorescence when exposed to short-wave ultraviolet (UV) light (Hg 253.7 nm). Photoluminescence (PL) emission and excitation spectra of the calcite are observed at room temperature in detail. The PL emission spectrum under 208 nm excitation consists of three bands: two UV bands at 325 and 355 nm and an orange-red band at 620 nm. The three bands are ascribed to Pb2+, Ce3+ and Mn2+, respectively, as activators. The Pb2+ excitation band is observed at 243 nm, and the Ce3+ excitation band at 295 nm. The Pb2+ excitation band is also observed by monitoring the Ce3+ fluorescence, and the Pb2+ and Ce3+ excitation bands, in addition to six Mn2+ excitation bands, are also observed by monitoring the Mn2+ fluorescence. These indicate that four types of the energy transfer can occur in calcite through the following processes: (1) Pb2+ → Ce3+, (2) Pb2+ → Mn2+, (3) Ce3+ → Mn2+ and (4) Pb2+ → Ce3+ → Mn2+.
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The authors thank Mr. Abudu Keyum, the director of the Xinjiang Geology and Mineral Museum, for supplying the natural calcite used in this study. The analysis of the contents of trace elements in the calcite was carried out at the Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The authors are also grateful to Mr. Zhi-Hui Chen for performing the ICP-OES analysis. They also wish to thank Dr. Michael Gaft, the Open University of Israel, for helpful suggestions regarding this paper. This study was supported by the Science Research Foundation of Xinjiang Normal University, China.
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Aierken Sidike, Wang, XM., Alifu Sawuti et al. Energy transfer among Pb, Ce and Mn in fluorescent calcite from Kuerle, Xinjiang, China. Phys Chem Minerals 33, 559–566 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-006-0103-0
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