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UV MineralsWelcome!

30th Jan 2016 17:51 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder

Here is a new message board area to discuss fluorescence in minerals and other related properties.

We are going to be adding a significant amount of information to mindat regarding fluorescent properties this year!

Jolyon

30th Jan 2016 18:59 UTCRob Woodside 🌟 Manager

Great Thanks!!!

30th Jan 2016 21:33 UTCChester S. Lemanski, Jr.

Super wonderful !!!!!! We need to invite more fluorescent mineral photos too.

30th Jan 2016 22:16 UTCJosé Zendrera 🌟 Manager

It's great we can discuss here about fluorescents.

I suppose is understood that under the term Fluorescent Minerals this section involves also other types of luminescence (phosphorescence, triboluminescence, tenebrescence, thermoluminescence, etc.) which sometimes are associated to fluorescent properties.

In case anyone does not know, here there is a link to a very useful database: Luminescent Minerals

Hackmanite:

30th Jan 2016 23:56 UTCRanger Dave

Great topic.I just started specializing in fluorescents last year. The funny thing is that I can afford the rocks, but not the lights. I guess I'll specialize in LW UV for awhile.

31st Jan 2016 04:23 UTCPaul Brandes 🌟 Manager

Awesome Jolyon. Thank you for adding this important forum to Mindat!

I hope to be able to contribute and add many photos of "glow rocks"..... :-D

31st Jan 2016 12:50 UTCHarold Moritz 🌟 Expert

Hurray! Thanks for adding this forum. To celebrate, here's an image of my favorite fluorescent stuff, Terlingua type calcite.

31st Jan 2016 12:55 UTCHarold Moritz 🌟 Expert

Ranger Dave:

There are plenty of good LW fluorescent minerals and lotsa material available. Here's a pic of a casual LW collection I dedicated one corner of my display area to. All sortsa stuff there, even some willemite is strongly fluorescent in LW. Goes to show you never know until you lamp it!

31st Jan 2016 13:23 UTCAxel Emmermann

You just made a lot of collectors very happy, Jolyon.

There will not be a shortage of photos, most likely.

I'll notify my workgroup Fluorescent Minerals of the Mineralogical Soceity of Antwerp. They Love it!

Thanks

Axel Emmermann

MKA - Mineralogical Society of Antwerp
http://www.minerant.org/MKA/

Werkgroep Fluorescerende Mineralen
http://fluo.mineralogie.be/Home_Nederlands.html

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31st Jan 2016 14:18 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

Very good Jolyon,

My wife Mary has me check all things we collect in SE Arizona and lots does fluoresce. It will be a good place to post photos and questions.

Already has started I see

Rolf

31st Jan 2016 21:58 UTCAlfred L. Ostrander

Thank you Jolyon!

Best Regards,

Al O

31st Jan 2016 23:33 UTCKeith Compton 🌟 Manager

Thank you J.

I'll look forward to comments on how to photograph them.

Given past discussions and requests here has been a lot of demand for this.

Cheers

Keith

2nd Feb 2016 21:38 UTCConrad North

Congrats on the fl. message board Jolyon...look forward to the FMS sharing additional fluorescent data sources in continuing and expanding our conversations from last year...

3rd Feb 2016 03:30 UTCDennis McCoy

Thanks for the new forum, looking forward to lots of interesting posts.

3rd Feb 2016 22:19 UTCEmil Box

Perhaps some links?

Or is it possible to create a data file, where everybody can posts data for locations?

Mineral, color, shape, fluorescence SW MW LW, comments.

Good luck.

Milo

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