Quartz Crystals on Calcite - San Antonio Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico
Small delicate crystals of bright green fluorescing quartz are peppered around a matrix of calcite on this striking specimen.
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Sodalite, Chkalovite - Greenland
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A nice piece from Greenland. Greenland sodalite comes in all colors. This piece is a very bright piece under shortwave, midwave and longwave. The longwave fluorescence is knock-your-socks-off bright.
This sodalite on this specimen has some tenebrescence as shown in the animated GIF below. We bet if this rock is split in half, the interior probably has a brighter fluorescence and deeper tenebrescence.
"Red" Sodalite (Hackmanite) - Deeply Tenebrescent Greenland Mineral
Red sodalite is named for the color it takes on when exposed to sunlight; it is nicely tenebrescent under longwave UV. Under shortwave UV the color deepens, in seconds, to almost black in some areas.
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A Short Study on Rare Occurrences of Apatite from the Ilimaussaq Complex, Greenland
Rarest of the rare from Greenland - apatite has only been observed in a handful of pieces over the decade+ we have been exploring Greenland. Blue apatite crystals fluorescing under UV.
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