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SC537 - Sodalite


Locality: Tunulliarfik Fjord, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland (MINDAT)
Size: 12 x 7 x 7 cm - Large cabinet (10-15 cm)
Weight:
minID: E6E-2JP

Big piece of sodalite, very bright orange fluorescence under longwave UV light. It shows some pink tenebrescence with exposure to UV light (bleached by white light).

Photo in normal light.
Left: Tenebrescence after exposure to UV light. Right: normal light.
Left: Fluorescence under 365nm UVA (longwave) LED. Right: normal light.
Fluorescence spectrum under 365nm UVA (longwave) LED excitation.
Last update: 30 May 2022