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Sodalite & Tugtupite

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Sodalite & Tugtupite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.00cm
Weight: 
160.00gr
Description

A piece with a sodalite and "tugtupite" from Greenland. The T is red/yellow  in uv-light and the S is dark blue.

Bought: 
2015
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

Tugtupite

Formula: 
Na4(AlBeSi4O12)Cl
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Albitite vein, Tugtup Agtakôrfia (Tuttup Attakoorfia), Tunulliarfik Fjord (Tunugdliarfik), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Lennart Borg

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