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Sørensenite, Tugtupite. Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland

This is a very unusual combo with the rare Sørensenite associated with Tugtupite. Its best response is under short-wave UV light,...

Brightly Fluorescent Tugtupite from the Taseq Slope, Ilimaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland

This brightly fluorescent tugtupite specimen was collected in 2005 by Mark Cole from the Western Taseq Slope of the Ilmaussaq complex,...

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...

Tugtupite from Greenland

Cute little specimen of tugtupite, associated with chkalovite (assumed ID), along with some uranyl-activated green fluorescence, plus...

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...

Tugtupite, chkalovite & analcime, from the Taseq Slope, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland

Really nice small cabinet specimen of tugtupite (bright cherry red SW), chkalovite (pearl-white and blueish-white SW) and analcime...

Tugtupite - Ilímaussaq Complex, Greenland

Tiny pink crystals of tugtupite in white analcime matrix exhibiting bright cherry red SW fluorescence, orange in LW. A macro closeup is...

Greenland Fantasy Rock, a Spectacular, Multi-Colored Fluorescent Treat from the Taseq Slope

This is an excellent example of Greenland Fantasy Rock, showing a beautiful multi-colored, multi-wavelength fluorescent response under...

Tugtupite, Chkalovite and Arfvedsonite, Tasseq Slope, Ilímaussaq complex, Greenland

Mottled white to grey colored rock consisting of light colored tugtupite and grey chkalovite, with back needle-like crystals of...

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...

Tugtupite in Analcime, Taseq Slope, Ilimaussaq Complex, Greenland

Bubble gum pink colored tugtupite in a white analcime matrix, from the Taseq Slope, Ilimaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Greenland. This specimen...

Pink Tugtupite, Chkalovite, Analcime - from the Taseq Slope, Ilimaussaq Complex, Greenland

This is a very nice piece of tugtupite from the Taseq Slope (east). It is the first find we made of tugtupite from an area that was not...

Tugtupite and Sodalite, on Chkalovite - Greenland

Pieces like this are pretty rare from Greenland. The matrix appears to be chkalovite (green fluorescence at the bottom, muted overall...