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Sodalite Var Hackmanite On Winchite

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Sodalite Var Hackmanite On Winchite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 3.9 × 1.6 cm
Weight: 
19.00gr
Description

Sodalite var Hackmanite on Winchite. Bright orange fluorescence in UV LW with a purple tenebrescence. Photos in  UV LW  and white light showing purple tenebrescence.

Most Common Activator: S2-

Other activators:            (UO2)2+ (Uranyl ion) as impurities , Fe3+ , Mn2+

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

Hackmanite

Variety Of: 

Sodalite

Formula: 
Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Formula: 
Na8Al6Si6O24(Cl2,S)
Hardness: 
0.0

Winchite

Formula: 
☐{CaNa}{Mg4Al}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.20
Hardness: 
5.5

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