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.
"The Mineralogy of Franklin and Ogdensburg, New Jersey" by Vandall T. King (Editor) et al. is a comprehensive three-volume book...
Esperite is one of the most difficult minerals to photograph. The bright yellow of Esperite is very close to the bright green...
Originally posted on Nature's Rainbows in June 2016. I have a nickname for esperite pieces – I call them “hard rocks”, very hard to...
This article was originally published on Nature’s Rainbow in 2022. While visiting my granddaughter in Florida I had time to revamp my...
This article was originally published on Nature’s Rainbow. Seems to go without saying for most experienced fluorescent mineral...