Tugtupite (Type Locality - fluorescent) Burgess Coll.

Tugtup Agtakorfia, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Greenland, Denmark
Small Cabinet, 7.1 x 6.3 x 4.3 cm
Start Time: 04/07/2019 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/11/2019 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Tugtupite is a very rare Na-Be silicate with chloride, a member of the Helvine Group, which is a subgroup of the Sodalite Group species. Specimens are rare from this Greenland Type Locality. Patches of pastel-pink tugtupite are noted on both sides of the sodalite and albite matrix. It fluoresces deep red under SW UV light and orange-pink under LW UV light. A fascinating species! Comes with a label from respected rarites dealer Josef Vajdak (Pequa Minerals). Ex David Burgess Collection, for whom Burgessite is named.

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