Hackmanite Specimen - Tenebrescent retailer & Fluorescent

This is Hackmanite from the Kokcha Valley, Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakshan Afghanistan. Quality hackmanites from Afghanistan are getting difficult to find.

It is fluorescent (glows bright orange under longwave UV light), tenebrescent (changes to a deeper shade when exposed to sunlight or certain other light sources). You can see the tenebrescence (lighter and darker shades of purple) in the photos.

A 365 nm AloneFire long wave flashlight was used in the fluorescent photos. We sell the AloneFire for $24.99.

Location: Badakhshan, Afghanistan

Size: retailer 45 x 35 x 28 mm. 68 grams.