SC455 - Analcime, Tugtupite
Locality: Taseq Slope, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland (MINDAT)
Size: 4.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm - Miniature (3-6 cm)
Weight: 23.3 g
minID: W27-RT3
Little piece of analcime, with a tiny bit of tugtupite. Under shortwave UV light the tugtupite fluoresces bright red on a background of blue/white analcime. Under longwave UV light the analcime fluoresces a mix of white and orange; the orange fluorescence is likely due to intermixed sodalite.
Last update: 24 May 2022