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  • Tugtupite, chkalovite
  • Small cluster of vitreous chkalovite with embedded tugtupite
  • Small cluster of vitreous chkalovite with embedded tugtupite in SW UV

Tugtupite, chkalovite

€32.00
Pale tugtupite in an albite and aegirine matrix
Kuannersuit, Ilimaussaq, Greenland
Quantity

Albite with aegirine, pale pink tugtupite, colourless/white chkalovite, and traces of beryllite and pectolite.  The tugtupite displays a bright red fluorescence in SW UV light
BO_792
1 Item

Data sheet

Locality
Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld), Ilimaussaq, Greenland
Size category
Miniature
Size (cm)
4.5 x 3.3 x 3.3
Weight
55 g
Formula
Na4(AlBeSi4O12)Cl
Properties
Vitreous; clear pink colour; bright red fluorescence in SW UV light