Tugtupite: typically bright red fluorescence under shortwave, orange under longwave. Only in some cases pink under midwave and long lasting white afterglow.
Famous also for its tenebrescence or reversible photochromism: it darkens to pink or red after exposure to UV light, and bleach back to its normal color (usually white or light pink, but also blue) with a strong white light.
Best (only?) samples are from the Ilímaussaq complex in Greenland.
SC1165 – Tugtupite from the Ilímaussaq complex, Greenland
Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.
Tenebrescence after exposure to UV light.
Fluorescent tugtupite in my collection:
SC1333 – Fantasy Rock from the Taseq Slope, Greenland
Nice and colorful “fantasy rock” from the Taseq slope in Greenland. We have chkalovite “eyes”...
SC1165 – Tugtupite from the Ilímaussaq complex, Greenland
Tenebrescent tugtupite: normally pink, it changes color to a darker red upon exposure to UV light....
