SC399 - Sodalite
Locality: Horne Quarry, Red Hill, Moultonborough, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA (MINDAT)
Size: 7 x 6 x 4 cm - Small cabinet (5-7 cm)
Weight: 230 g
minID: 8UG-1D5
Sodalite in syenite. The sodalite fluoresces bright orange under longwave UV light. Under shortwave UV light the sodalite fluoresces dark orange, while the feldspar matrix fluoresces dark red. The two colors are difficult to distinguish in the shortwave photo. Part of the rock is covered by a white fluorescent secondary mineralization (some carbonate?). The black mineral is an hornblende amphibole, possibly hastingsite.
