At the Maui Ocean Center in Malaea… Not to be missed: fluorescing coral! Quite a few species appear to fluoresce in long wave UV. Strictly speaking they’re not minerals yet, but they could be found as such in a few eons.
How do you know whether your UV flashlight is really producing the wavelength it claims? You could use a spectrometer, of course, but...
UV lighting intended for fluorescent mineral displays should normally produce little or no ozone, so it is important to use lamps...
Over time folks have posted pictures of their own fluorescent mineral displays in the Facebook FMS Fluorescent Mineral Group. These...
Jim Pisani, Editor for the American Opal Society, shared this presentation about collecting and displaying fluorescent minerals, with...
Rock collecting is a pretty easy hobby to get into - buy a hammer, find a pile of rocks, and you're rock collecting. Fluorescent...