Crystal Prospect

STEENSTRUPINE with fluorescing SODALITE - Taseq, Ilimaussaq, Greenland

Orange LW and SW fluorescent Sodalite with lots of dark brown Steenstrupine-(Ce), tiny dark green Aegirine needles, and some green SW uranyl-activated fluorescence.

Steenstrupine is a very rare mineral found in only 4 regions worldwide.

Some areas of Sodalite are tenebrescent - areas assume a pink coloration upon irradiation with SW UV, the color will fade on exposure to light.

ex Tom Pankratz

from Taseq Slope (Tasseq Slope, Taseq area), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq (Kitaa Province - West Greenland), Greenland, Denmark

Ilimaussaq is the type locality area of Sodalite and Steenstrupine

Measures approximately 3.5 x 3.5 x 1 inch, 8.00 oz / 89 x 89 x 25 mm, 227g

Price: 2000.00 USD

Item # A0771114

To show the fluorescent response the specimen was illuminated using 6 watt 254nm (Short Wave) / 366nm (Long Wave) UVGL-58 lamp (you need a proper UV light source to observe the fluorescence, more powerful lamp = brighter response).