Featuring our GloBox lighting system as a standalone 365nm UV light by popular demand. The highlight of the GloBox UV mineral display is its revolutionary lighting system. Switch effortlessly between two lighting modes:
Fitted with a durable, aluminum heatsink for maximum cooling, this light comes fitted with an ON/OFF auto shut-off motion detector. It turns on when someone walks in the room!
This is a high-end, commercial UV LED light which outputs a pure 365nm UV with the highest radiant power of any LED in its class.
WARNING ABOUT UV
CAUTION: This LED produces very high output longwave UV (UVA). It will burn your eyes. By buying this display box you confirm that you are knowledgeable about the precautions using UV mineral lamps.
About This Product:
Technical Specs:
They were nicknamed "Yooperlites" which is derived from the name “yooper”. A yooper is a nickname for the Upper Peninsula natives and these fluorescent stones quickly gained fame. After data was published on these fluorescent stones, it was discovered that sodalite is the actual true mineral that is fluorescing orange.
365nm UV light is often called "blacklight". Before the advent of longwave UV LEDs, blacklight fluorescent tubes, (the kinds used in hippie days to light up psychedelic posters) were the standard longwave UV light for our hobby. They were not very powerful but they did light a large area.
Enter 365nm UV LEDs
First, an animation showing the difference between the UV flashlight we recommend (365nm filtered UV flashlight) versus unfiltered 395nm UV flashlights we see many folks carrying around at shows. So. much. visible purple light. We selected a bunch of rocks as a demonstration. Took pictures of them under his flashlight without the filter and then with the filter.
