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 (Hackmanite), Leucophanite, Chkalovite - Greenland
$400.00 USD
SKU: MSG1564-112
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One of our largest sodalite (hackmanite) spheres. Deeply tenebrescent and phosphorescent. Phosphorescent sodalite from Greenland is unusual and is very unique material.
Bright under all wavelengths. Blue can likely be analcime. Black arfvedsonite crystals with a fluorescent uranyl green coating makes for a nice contrast.
Under midwave, you can see bright pinkish-violet leucophanite. Leucophanite is only found in a few places around the world - most notably Norway, Canada (MSH), and Greenland. It is very rare. Responds best to midwave UV.
Close up of leucophanite
"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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