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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.

Photo in normal light.
Left: Fluorescence under 254nm UVC (shortwave) Hg light. Right: normal light.
Left: Fluorescence under 365nm UVA (longwave) LED. Right: normal light.
Last update: 24 May 2022