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Tugtupite - Greenland
$115.00 USD
SKU: MSG1469
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"Taseq Tugtupite" has become one of the more popular varieties from Greenland. We found this material on our 2nd visit. Most pieces occur as veins in a matrix of analcime crystals. A select few massive habit pieces were found.
Tugtupite is a very rare mineral - found in only three places around the world (Kola Russia, Mt St Hilaire, and Greenland). Pieces from Greenland are the most sought after due to coverage, size and brightness. This material is from the Taseq Slope. Bright cherry red tugtupite with a very bright rare variety of lithium mica - polylithionite. The matrix is albite (or possibly analcime – an area of confusion) which fluoresces a dull magenta SW and a dull bluish/white LW.
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