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Sodalite Var Hackmanite & Richterite

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Sodalite Var Hackmanite & Richterite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3 × 5 × 1.8 cm
Weight: 
33.00gr
Description

Fluorescent and tenebrescent Sodalite var Hackmanite on a striated Tan coloured Richterite crystal - orange UV LW. purple Tenebrescence  after exposure to UV and sunlight.- 1st photo UV LW, 2nd photo UV LW and 3rd natural light.

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

Richterite

Formula: 
{Na}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.20
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

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