Fantasy Rock from Taseq Slope, Greenland

Contributed by: Simone Conti
minID: CDH-VK5
Date: Jun 8th, 2026
Locality: Taseq Slope, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland (See on Mindat)
Size: 6 x 8 x 10 cm
Weight: 517 g

Description:
Nice and colorful “fantasy rock” from the Taseq slope in Greenland. We have chkalovite “eyes” surrounded by tugtupite (tugtupite replacing the chkalovite), analcime, and a radial nodule of natrolite, white in daylight. Under UV light the chkalovite fluoresces white/grey under both short and midwave UV, the tugtupite red under shortwave and orange mid/long wave, and the analcime light blue. The midwave photo seems to cleanly differentiate the chkalovite from the analcime. The natrolite fluoresces green under both short and mid wave UV.