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Tugtupite
Tugtupite, "Reindeer Stone," comes from Greenland. It is fluorescent, phosphorescent and tenebrescent. The phosphorescence is white. The color under white light changes from pink to deep red after exposure to short wave ultraviolet and fades back with exposure to white light.(Best viewed in True Color or High Color)
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| Tugtupite from Kvanefjeld, Ilimaussaq, Greenland |
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Tugtupite, Kvanefjeld, Illimaussaq Complex, Greenland |
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See this fabulous new web site for pictures and information about fluorescent minerals including Greenland minerals: Luminous Minerals - by Herb Yeates
James E. Tozour, jtozour@comcast.net
Last Updated 8/2/2008
