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Sodalite with blue Nosean inclusions on Nepheline from Ladjuar Madan, Sar-e-Sang District, Kokscha Valley, Badakshan, Afghanistan

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:

DESCRIPTION:	No. 61443
Mineral:	Sodalite with blue Nosean inclusions on Nepheline
Locality:	Ladjuar Madan, Sar-e-Sang District, Kokscha Valley, Badakshan, Afghanistan
Description:	Translucent sodalite crystals to 12 mm plus small yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 0.3 mm in translucent pale-gray nepheline and colorless (pale brown) phlogopite crystals to 4 mm. The sodalite is colored blue by microscopic blue nosean inclusions.
Overall Size:	5.5x4x3 cm
Crystals:	micro-12.0 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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