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A very large, rare fantasy rock sphere. You won't see any of these on the market, only a handful have been made.
The main minerals on this beautiful sphere are sodalite, bright blue analcime throughout the entire sphere, along with chkalovite and minor tugtupite/polylithionite throughout the matrix. Under longwave UV the sodalite fluoresces a bright orange. Black arfvedsonite crystals scattered throughout the sphere make for a very nice patterning.
The sodalite on this fantasy rock sphere is nicely tenebrescent, darkening to purple when exposed to shortwave UV. Shine a bright white light on it and the purple color will revert back immediately.
The nickname “Fantasy Rock” encompasses a group of rocks found on the Taseq Slope in the Ilimaussaq Complex, Greenland and only in this one locality within the complex. A typical Fantasy Rock usually consists of four basic minerals: tugtupite, sodalite, chkalovite, analcime, and they are always the most color-rich pieces from this exotic, remote locale.
A major component of rock collecting (for us) is simply getting out in nature. A buddy dragged us out to a very remote area here in middle Tennessee to hunt for fluorescent green agate. Since we consider ourselves pure "Glow Hounds" we weren't anticipating any glow rocks, just the beauty of the area, but we brought our UV lights anyway.
