Tenebrescent

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Tenebrescent sodalite, with chkalovite, tugtupite and uranyl, from Greenland

Very nice cabinet-sized specimen consisting of tenebrescent sodalite (orange fluorescence under all UV wavelengths, brighter LW), with...

Tenebrescent yellow sodalite from Greenland

Shown here is a very modest sized but lovely specimen of tenebrescent yellow sodalite, from Taseq Slope East, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq,...

Gemmy dark green sodalite from Greenland

Gemmy green sodalite from Kangerlussaq, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland. In the first image, the specimen is shown...

Sodalite Var. Hackmanite from Afghanistan

Nice little specimen of deeply tenebrescent hackmanite with [richterite?] from the Koksha Valley, Kuran Wa Munjan District, Badakhshan,...

Fantasy Rock from Taseq Slope, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

This specimen is one of my favorite in my small Greenland fluorescent minerals collection. It consists of the typical mineral assemblage...

Chkalovite, tugtupite, analcime, sodalite, etc, from Taseq West, Greenland

Shown here is a pretty neat specimen, consisting mostly of sodalite (highly tenebrescent), along with chkalovite, and minor amounts of...

"Fantasy rock" from Taseq West, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland

Here is a really nice "Fantasy rock" that I recently acquired. It contains only modest amounts of tugtupite, occurring as replacement...

Hackmanite from Narsaq, Illmaussaq complex, Greenland

Shown in this post is a modest-sized, but pretty nice specimen of hackmanite from Narsaq, Illmaussaq complex, Greenland. It is associated...

Tenebrescent blue sodalite, zircon, feldspar, etc, from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

This is one of many specimens I recovered from a boulder in the quarry in Mont Saint-Hilaire in 2018. While it's far from being the best...

Hackmanite, feldspar, astrophyllite, etc, from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada

Shown in the slideshow below is a nice combination piece consisting mostly of brightly fluorescing hackmanite, with some SW fluorescing...

LW, MW & SW tenebrescent hackmanite - Davis Quarry, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada

Beautiful specimen of sodalite var. hackmanite, from the now inaccessible Davis quarry, near Bancroft. This specimen was given to me by a...

LW, MW & SW tenebrescent hackmanite - Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

Nice cabinet-sized specimen of sodalite var. hackmanite, from a recent find in the District of Sudbury, in Ontario, Canada. It is...

LW, MW & SW tenebrescent hackmanite - Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

Small but pretty nice specimen of sodalite var. hackmanite, from a recent find in the District of Sudbury, in Ontario, Canada. It is...

LW, MW & SW tenebrescent hackmanite - Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

Shown here is a nice cabinet-sized specimen of sodalite var. hackmanite, from a recent find in the District of Sudbury, in Ontario,...

Tenebrescent blue sodalite from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada

Like most fluorescent minerals collectors already know, sadly, blue sodalite is rarely fluorescent. To my knowledge, fluorescent blue...

Sodalite - Ilímaussaq Complex, Greenland

Colorless Greenland sodalite with bright orange LW fluorescence, red-orange SW fluorescence, and tenebrescent change to purple for...

Horn Silver Sphalerite, it has it all!

Horn Silver Sphalerite is one of our favorite materials. Fluorescent in all wavelengths with an amazing array of colors, phosphorescent,...

Tugtupite and Fluorite - Ilimaussaq Complex, Greenland

Fluorite is a common mineral - but not so in the Ilimaussaq Complex, especially the fluorescent variety. Over a dozen years of...

Hackmanite, Cryolite, and Feldspar; Kola Peninsula, Russia

Some think this piece looks like a cross between Nemo and Dory, regardless, it's an interesting and allegedly relatively rare. It's...

Tugtupite, Sodalite, and Other Favorites from the Tasseq Slope, Greenland

Brick-shaped rock consisting of white to light pink tugtupite, light colored sodalite (var. hackmanite), grey analcime, chkalovite and...

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