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Sodalite (Hackmanite), Minor Polylithionite - Greenland

$45.00 USD $60.00 USD
SKU: MSG1549
Weight and Dimensions

2.3 oz, 2 1/2" x 2" x 1 1/4"

Shipping and Delivery

$5.99 Shipping
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2-5 Business Days

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A deeply tenebrescent piece of hackmanite (sodalite) with bright blue analcime, minor tugtupite, minor polylithionite and some weird unknowns. Under midwave UV, you can see an area of pink – an unknown mineral. Under white light, you can see pink eudialye throughout the specimen.

The animation shows the color change (tenebrescence) after exposure to longwave and shortwave UV.

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