The ultraviolet (UV) emission at 290 nm has been studied by thermoluminescence (TL), cathodoluminescence (CL), and radioluminescence (RL) techniques in a natural K-feldspar with intermediatemicrocline X-ray diffraction pattern. Electron microprobe analyses (EMPA) give the chemical for
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0.98Na
0.02Al
1.02Si
2.98O
8. An irregular submicroscopical twinning has been observed from transmissionelectron microscopy (TEM) images. Selected area electron diffraction (SAED) patterns along the [001]zone axis evidence the triclinic character of this feldspar (
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) and exhibit a double spotsplitting, associated with the presence of discrete twin-domains, interconnected by diffuse streaks. The
29Si MAS NMR spectrum demonstrates that the appearance of this UV emission cannot be explained bydistinct T-O-T geometry of the local structure in comparison with other triclinic K-feldspars. The closeassociation between twinning and the UV band in the K-feldspar points to charge trapping and lightemissions from complexes of structural defects located at the twin-domain boundaries. The high-temperature slope of the TL glow curve follows a power law decay, suggesting possible trapping-detrapping dynamics related to cooperative phenomena inside the complexes.