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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Green Sodalite - Greenland
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This is the material that put Greenland on the fluorescent mineral map. (First find sodalite) – we discovered this deposit in 2002 on our first visit. Greenland has always been known for tugtupite but this material was the reason for our first visit to this remote locale.
The area of green fluorescence (SW) is a uranyl activated mineral, likely analcime. The black areas are mostly arfvedsonite and aegirine.
"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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