FMS - The Fluorescent Mineral Society

Tadpole-Barite-side-2

Tadpole-Barite-side-2-HDR

Trying HDR. Not sure I have it right

Tadpole-Barite-LW

Tadpole-Barite-SW

Himalaya-Box-1-Visible

Box from Himalaya Mine, San Diego, California.
mostly Tourmaline, it appears that one piece of spodumene got in there somehow. Also some Lepidolite, but it doesn't show well with this lighting.

Himalaya-Box-1-LW

Himalaya-Box-1-SW

Himalaya-Box-2-Visible

Himalaya-Box-2-SW

Himalaya-Take-Home-Box-1-Vi

Himalaya mine sells sacks of rocks so we can search at home.

Himalaya-Take-Home-box-1-SW

Himalaya-Take-Home-Box-2-Vi

Himalaya-Take-home-Box-2-SW

Oceanview-Visible

From the Oceranview Mine, also in San Diego, California.
Lower left, spodumene, variety kunzite. Others to be determined.

Oceanview-LW

Oceanview-SW.

Tadpole-Barite-Visible

Barite, with apparently calcite, who knows what else. This is from the Tadpole district, Palo Verde, California

blue-laser

Same rock, illuminated with a laser pointer labeled 405nm.
No filtration. Small lens in front of the laser to diffuse the beam, doesn't work really well, but the fluorescence shows.

short-wave

Viewed with Way Too Cool Short wave lamp

long-wave

Viewed with Way Too Cool long wave lamp

47B-and-2e

Illuminated with LED Flashlight, listed at 395 nm, filtered with Lee #47B filter and camera lens filtered with Kodak 2E

bw_filter_403 transmission_curves-1

daylight

Small desert rock under normal daylight

2E Transmission Chart