Collecting Fluorescent Minerals - The Basics, Where to Find Them, and How to Collect Them
Rock collecting is a pretty easy hobby to get into - buy a hammer, find a pile of rocks, and you're rock collecting.
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Calcite Clam Fossil - Fort Drum, FL
$45.00 USD
SKU: MSW1395
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This is a fluorescent, clam fossil from the famous Rucks' Pit site in Fort Drum, Florida containing beautiful, honey calcite crystals inside of the shell. The calcite is brightly fluorescent under all wavelengths of UV and also displays a light phosphorescence.
What is Tenebrescence? (All about Hackmanite - Hint: it's not fluorescence)
Minerals which are capable of this reversible color change by exposure to UV (or other energy sources), without any change in their essential composition, are said to be tenebrescent
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Tugtupite - A Rare Fluorescent Mineral from Greenland
Tugtupite is the most widely known fluorescent mineral from Greeenland. It is used in making beautiful tugtupite cabochons.
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