Normally I do not send around a report, but now that I have some responsibility with the FMS, I consider it a duty (and a nice one). I have been going to the Tucson shows for 30+ years and have seen just about everything, but every year is a bit different, and there...
Helvetia. Just the name conjures up all sorts of thoughts, images and expectations. Goddesses, Switzerland, and perhaps even hell itself. Who knew what awaited us in the heart of the Arizona desert?Dan Moore, a resident of the area, had researched the area looking for...
The following article is the summary of multiple conversations from the Fluorescent Minerals Facebook group, where people experimented with tenebrescent minerals and reported their observations. Tenebrescence is a reversible photochromic phenomenon in which a mineral...
Anyone with a basic fluorescent minerals collection has a blue-fluorescing fluorite, the most common color in fluorescent fluorites; many also have cream-white fluorescing fluorites (either the so-called "rootbeer" fluorite, or "non-rootbeer" amber colored ones like...
As all experienced fluorescent minerals collectors know, shortwave UV is the wavelength under which there's the greatest variety of fluorescent colors in UV reactive minerals, and many either fluoresce only under shortwave, or are at their best under this wavelength....
Originally posted on Nature's Rainbows by Graham Fraser. We all are familiar with fluorescence caused by UV. But an ordinary blue light (blue LED) does a pretty good job when combined with some yellow glasses to block the blue and let through the other colors. A very...
Originally posted on Nature's Rainbows by Michael Isaacson in 2015. Electrical work is dangerous. Do not attempt a project of this nature without a strong understanding of light fixtures, wiring, and electrical safety. I'm not sure how many people have built the 18...
"The Mineralogy of Franklin and Ogdensburg, New Jersey" by Vandall T. King (Editor) et al. is a comprehensive three-volume book series represents the definitive modern compendium of the mineralogy, geology, and history of the Franklin and Sterling Hill (Ogdensburg)...
Originally posted on Nature's Rainbows in 2017 by Mike in Manassas.It was o dark thirty on a fall Saturday morning as three fluorescent mineral collectors set off from Manassas, VA for Fairless Hills, PA. Two of us (John and Pat) live in the area and will be...
Originally posted on Nature's Rainbows in 2018 by John Smith. In early September 2018, after it looked like my grandchildren’s parents were required to prepare for a U.S. Government shutdown on the first of October, I cancelled my plans to take the grandchildren to...