Tugtupite Tumbled Stone

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SKU: MSG1428
Weight and Dimensions

1.20 grams, 12mm x 19mm x 4mm

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A deeply tenebrescent, gemmy piece of tumbled tugtupite.

A very rare stone, the name tugtupite is derived from the locality where the mineral was first found. Tugtupite is also referred to as Tuktu, a named derived from the Greenlandic Inuit word for reindeer (tuttu) and means “reindeer blood.” Tugtupite is a rare silicate, closely related to sodalite. The red variety of the mineral tugtupite has been used as a gemstone since 1965.

For ages, the inuit of Greenland have understoond the power of tugtupite. Legen has it that lovers can cause the stone to glow fiery red just from the heat of their romance. The brilliance and vibrant colors announce the intensity of their love.

How to tell the tugtupite you purchase is real:

1. It will glow a bright red under shortwave UV light or a salmon-orange under longwave UV light
2. No fluorescent lights? It will darken upon exposure to sunlight (sometimes, only slightly depending on how much tugtupite is in the stone) this phenomenon is called “tenebrescence”
3. It is phosphorescent (it briefly glows after exposure to strong UV light)

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