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Tugtupite

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Tugtupite

Different intense Colours under UV-Light
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Description
Locality: 
Tugtup Agtakôrfia, Tunulliarfik Fjord, Ilímaussaq, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 2.2 × 2 cm
Description

Fine specimen richly decorated with pink tugtupite. The tugtupite area measures around 2 cm in length. 

The specimen shows an extremely intense pink colour (tugtupite) under shortwave UV light and some small green areas in the center of the specimen. 
Under longwave UV light the area with tugtupite is light pink/orange and the right part of the specimen is violet-blue. 
Very pretty specimen that shows many different and intense colours under UV light. 

Tugtupite is only known from a few localities worldwide. Specimen from type locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tugtupite

Formula: 
Na4(AlBeSi4O12)Cl
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Albitite vein, Tugtup Agtakôrfia (Tuttup Attakoorfia), Tunulliarfik Fjord (Tunugdliarfik), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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