Sienita
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Sienita is a mineral with formula Roca con Sodalita, in the Roca Ígnea group. This specimen comes from Michigan, EE. UU..
Description
Roca de sienita con sodalita fluorescente.
About Sienita
It is not an official mineral, but a syenite rock with fluorescent sodalite. It glows under ultraviolet light because of the manganese in the sodalite.
Technical data
- Catalogue No.
- 0556
- Internal reference
- X0141
- Composition
- Roca con Sodalita
- Name
- Sienita
- Group
- Roca Ígnea
- Associations
- Sodalita (Yooperlite)
- Province
- Michigan
- Country
- EE. UU.
- Etymology
- Yooperlite' is a trade name. 'Yooper' is the nickname for the inhabitants of Michigan's Upper Peninsula (U.P. -> Yooper), where it was discovered.
- Quality
- Buena
- Value trend
- Estable
Related specimens
- Prehnita — EE. UU.