Fluorescent Mineral Database

Blue Sodalite - very Tenebrescent - Ilimaussaq Complex, Greenland

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Apr 1st, 2026
Locality: Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland (See on Mindat)

Description:
Originally posted by Mark Cole on Nature's Rainbows in 2015.

Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.
Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Sodalite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Red