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Sodalite Var Hackmanite

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Sodalite Var Hackmanite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.8 × 2.1 cm
Weight: 
20.00gr
Description

Fluorescent and tenebrescent Sodalite var Hackmanite with marble and Richterite. - orange UV LW. Purple Tenebrescence  after exposure to UV and sunlight.- 1st photo UV LW, 2nd photo UV SW and 3rd natural light . The specimen under SW UV light shows a whitish yellow hue. Under LW UV light, the crystal is a strong orange color. It's even tenebrescent, meaning that the crystal will absorb UV light causing it to physically change color in indoor lighting from a bluish hue to more of a purplish tone, and eventually the crystal will go back to the original color. 

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

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