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A deep purple-pink, botryoidal smithsonite collected from Chihuahua, Mexico. The pink color in this smithsonite specimen is from cobalt.
Purchased in 1983 from the historic collection of Richard 'Dick' Hauck of New Jersey.
Ex. Joe Daley Collection
Ex. Harry Caral Collection
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.
A major component of rock collecting (for us) is simply getting out in nature. A buddy dragged us out to a very remote area here in middle Tennessee to hunt for fluorescent green agate. Since we consider ourselves pure "Glow Hounds" we weren't anticipating any glow rocks, just the beauty of the area, but we brought our UV lights anyway.
