Mineral of the Month: Aragonite
As your trusted source for fluorescent minerals, we've chosen aragonite as the current "Mineral of the Month" to share with you.
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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.
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