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Tugtupite Sodalite Analcime & Chkalovite

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Tugtupite Sodalite Analcime & Chkalovite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Taseq Slope, Ilimaussaq, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3.62 × 7.41 × 3.46 cm
Description

Known as "Fantasy Rock" from Greenland. Photos are in SW-UV and natural light. Green is a uranyl actived mineral, sodalite fluoresces orange and is tenebrescent, tugtupite fluoresces red, chkalovite FL white and analcime blue

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

Sodalite

Formula: 
Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Analcime

Formula: 
Na2(Al2Si4O12)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cyclopean Islands, Acitrezza (Aci Trezza), Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy

Chkalovite

Formula: 
Na2BeSi2O6
Strunz: 
9.DM.20
Hardness: 
6.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Malyi Punkaruaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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