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Sodalite Natrolite & Analcime

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Sodalite Natrolite & Analcime

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Taseq Slope, Ilimaussaq, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
8 × 15 × 2.3 cm
Weight: 
236.00gr
Description

Cut end piece with red and green Sodalite, fluorescent yellow /orange in UV LW and uranyl activated Natrolite (green UV SW), Analcime - blue UV SW.  Photos in UV-LW, SW, 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

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