Author: Howie Green

The Photobiology of UV Damage to Skin

The Photobiology of UV Damage to Skin

A frequently recurring question within the Fluorescent Mineral Facebook Group is how UV affects the skin and eyes. At the annual NERF meeting In Nov 2013 an excellent talk and discussion on this topic was presented and documented by Howie Green. Below is a copy of...

Pyromorphite and Plumbogummite – A Midwave Glow

Pyromorphite and Plumbogummite – A Midwave Glow

There's been some cornfusion about the fluorescence of pyromorphite lately in the Fluorescent Minerals Facebook Group. I'll try and summarize, but invite others to wikify. For our purposes the nicest pyromorphite comes from the Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho, from...

Cuspidine under Longwave UV

Cuspidine under Longwave UV

We have a bunch of folks attending the Franklin "SuperDigg" this April (2017). Many of them are carrying the new Convoy 365nm LW flashlight (see the GlowNotes article on this light) so I thought it would be nice to give folks an idea of what many of the minerals they...

Esperite under Longwave UV

Esperite under Longwave UV

We have a bunch of folks attending the Franklin "SuperDigg" this April (2017). Many of them are carrying the new Convoy 365nm LW flashlight (see the GlowNotes article on this light) so I thought it would be nice to give folks an idea of what many of the minerals they...