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

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

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

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

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

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Sodalite with blue Nosean inclusions on Nepheline from Ladjuar Madan, Sar-e-Sang District, Koksha Valley, Badakshan, Afghanistan

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Sodalite with blue Nosean inclusions on Nepheline from Ladjuar Madan, Sar-e-Sang District, Koksha Valley, Badakshan, Afghanistan

DESCRIPTION:No. 81198
Mineral:Sodalite with blue Nosean inclusions on Nepheline
Locality:Ladjuar Madan, Sar-e-Sang District, Koksha Valley, Badakshan, Afghanistan
Description:Translucent sodalite crystals to 17 mm in translucent pale-gray nepheline with scattered yellow-metallic pyrite. The sodalite is colored blue by microscopic blue nosean inclusions. Fluorescent under LW-SW ultraviolet illumination
Overall Size:7x4.5x3.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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