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Welcome to the MinerShop blog. We write about pretty much anything that sparks our interest. We've sorted our articles into the categories below.

Tenebrescent Tugtupite

Tenebrescence Experiments, Theories, Questions, and even some Facts

Recently I posted a question about Afghan sodalite (hackmanite) after reviewing the MinRec article about Sar-E-Sang. Someone reminded me that there was a large discussion on this topic last year. I dug out that discussion and copied it here to the blog. This is one reason we created Nature's Rainbows - to capture these excellent discussions. 
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Greenland Sodalite Hackmanite - Quick Change Artist, Tenebrescent Champion

Greenland Sodalite Hackmanite - Quick Change Artist, Tenebrescent Champion

Tenebrescence of Greenland sodalite is amazing. This is a piece of a deeply tenebrescent sodalite.
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Sodalite Hackmanite and Tugtupite Tenebrescent

Video of Tenebrescent Sodalite (Hackmanite) and Tugtupite

Tenebrescence is when minerals change color when exposed to sunlight, also known as reversible photochromism.
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