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Sodalite Natrolite Analcime & Eudialyte

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Sodalite Natrolite Analcime & Eudialyte

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Taseq Slope, Ilimaussaq, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4 × 8.5 × 6 cm
Weight: 
160.00gr
Description

Rough specimen of Sodalite (orange UV LW) with green uranyl activated Natrolite, blue UV SW Analcime and pink non fl Eudialyte.  Photos in UV-SW, LW, last in natural light.  This combination of fluorescent minerals  from Taseq Slope, Ilimaussaq Complex, Greenland  is known as  "Fantasy Rock ". Fantasy Rock is a combination of tugtupite, sodalite, analcime, chkalovite, natrolite and other minerals. Cherry red is Tugtupite, Green is uranyl activated Natrolite, light blue is Analcime, Sodalite is orange in UV-LW. Chkalovite sometimes surrounded by a ring of cherry red Tugtupite can be either white or magenta.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Natrolite

Formula: 
Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hohentwiel, Singen, Hegau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

Eudialyte

Formula: 
Na15Ca6(Fe2+,Mn2+)3Zr3[Si25O73](O,OH,H2O)3(OH,Cl)2
Strunz: 
9.CO.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Kangerluarsuk Fjord (Kangerdluarssuq Fjord), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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