Sodalite w/ fluorescent minerals ex Obodda

Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Cabinet, 10.5 x 6.2 x 5.7 cm
Start Time: 07/01/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/05/2012 6:32:29 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A 3.9 x 3.8 cm, sharp, lustrous, moderately translucent, mottled blue-gray-green, doubly terminated, sodalite crystal is jauntily set atop an elongated, layered matrix. The sodalite does not fluoresce, BUT there are many fluorescents on both the crystal and the matrix. Small crusts on the sodalite fluoresce yellow and the fracture fillings fluoresce red. The layered matrix includes green, purple and pink fluorescence! Ex Herb Obodda dealer stock.

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