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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: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 4.8 × 4.8 cm
Weight: 
169.00gr
Description

Fluorescent and tenebrescent Sodalite var Hackmanite in matrix.

Cut and polished 48 mm sphere showing purple tenebrescence of Hackmanite  after UV and sunlight. Fluoresces yellow orange in UV LW together with an unusual unknown greenish fluorescence ?

Photos taken in UV LW and white light showing purple tenebrescence

White fluorescence and phosphorescence in UV SW (photos 4 and 5 ) most likely Calcite

Photos in white light ( 6 and 7)

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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