Table of Contents From the Editor—A Study in Pink by Howie Green 1–3 Leucophanite from the Langesundsfjord District, Norway by Howie Green and Martijn Hendrikx 4–13 Meliphanite by Howie Green 14–20 Leucophanite from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada by Howie Green...
Greenland Hackmanite: Quick Change Artist, Tenebrescent Champion
This article was originally published on Nature’s Rainbow. Tenebrescence of Greenland sodalite is amazing. This is a piece of a deeply tenebrescent sodalite. Note how when the SW light is first turned on the sodalite fluoresces a bright orange but almost immediately...
UV Waves Vol. 55 Num. 5 & 6
Table of Contents Long Lake Zinc Mine, Parham, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada by Jon Amsterdam 1–5 Silver Crater Mine, Faraday Township, Ontario, Canada: A Historic Uranium Prospect and Source of Exquisite Betafite Crystals by Sean Stimac 6–8 Editor’s Note—The...
UV Waves Vol. 55 Num. 2 & 3 Part 1
Table of Contents From the Editor—On the Other Hand: New Jersey’s “Other” Fluorescent Minerals—Part 1 by Howie Green 1–2 The Canfield Phosphate Mine by Stephen Tapsak 3–7 Lake Valhalla Diopside by Bob Batic 7–10 Beemerville Sodalite by Howie Green 11–14 The Lime Crest...
UV Waves Vol. 54 Num. 4
Table of Contents The $600 Home Display by Mike Turino 1–43 Taking Your Glow on the Road: Tips for Portable Fluorescent Mineral Displays by Jon Roth 13–21 From the Editor—The (Dis)Play’s the Thing… by Howie Green 23–29 The FMS Facebook Group Chapter Strikes Back by —...
UV Waves Vol. 52 Num. 6
Table of Contents Quantum States of the FMS by Philip S. Neuhoff 1–2 Treasurer’s Report by Andre Silver 3 Chapter Report by Philip S. Neuhoff 4 Research Chapter by Philip S. Neuhoff 4 Northeast Region Fluoresophiles (NERFs) by Howie Green and Lee McIlvaine 5–6 Rocky...
UV Waves Vol. 51 Num. 3
Table of Contents ‘Sushi Tug Saga’ by Herb Yeates 1–5 All Good Things by Howie Green 6–9 Collecting: An Urge That’s Hard to Resist by Shirley M. Mueller 10–11 The Sledge Hammer and the Penny: Searching for Tugtupite in Greenland by Pat Hintz 12–14 ‘Sushi Tug Saga’ By...
UV Waves Vol. 51 Num. 2
Table of Contents From the Editor - 'To a Mouse': Greenlandic Aphorisms by Howie Green 1–5 Radiation Alteration of Sodalite from Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan by Michael Crawford 5–12 Solarization and Cost Analysis of the Hoya Optics UL254L SW Filters...
Thermoluminescence in Greenland Sodalite
While experimenting with Afghan sodalite, and after discussion on the Fluorescent Minerals Facebook Group, I decided to try Greenland sodalite and see if it was thermoluminescent. That was the natural question raised by members of the Facebook group. Very interesting...
Thermoluminescent Sodalite (Hackmanite) from Afghanistan
I was preparing for a photoshoot tonight, cleaning the specimens of all the lint and hairs that tend to accumulate on them. I was using a MAP torch to lightly burn the little buggers from all the nooks and crannies (a hint learned from the Fluorescent Mineral Group on...