Sodalite (Hackmanite), Feldspar, Arfvedsonite - Greenland

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SKU: MSG1488
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5 oz, 3" x 2 1/2" x 1 1/2"

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A great piece of fluorescent sodalite (hackmanite) with bright red-orange fluorescence under shortwave. This specimen is extremely tenebrescent with a white matrix to really highlight the color change.

The material from this locality is probably the winner in the color-change department. We don't have much of this deeply tenebrescent material left.

Upon exposure to SW UV the sodalite on this piece changes color to a deep purple - in seconds! Expose it to a bright white light (UV free halogen or LED spotlight held directly on the rock) and it reverts back to its natural color almost immediately. The LW fluorescence is knock-your-socks-off bright.

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

The tenebrescent color of a piece of hackmanite can range from a light pink to a deep "grape jelly" purple. The time it takes the tenebrescence to fully develop is also quite variable, as well as the wavelength to which each specimen will react. Shortwave UV (254nm) generally is the most effective wavelength in causing tenebrescence, but some specimens will also react nicely to longwave (350nm) or even obscured sunlight (cloudy days). Any bright UV-free light source will "bleach" the color and return the mineral to its previous color (sunlight, even though it has a UV component, will also bleach most hackmanite – probably due to the intensity of the other wavelengths).

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