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While working on some longwave UV photography, we figured out how to get longer exposures (like 1-2 minutes) with our camera to offset how weak my shortwave light is (hopefully a new one eventually but they're a lot more expensive than LW). So here's a couple of fun examples of how different a rock/mineral can look under different types of lighting!

#fluorescence #uv photography #rock collection #mineral collection #hackmanite #purple sodalite #calcite #longwave UV #shortwave UV #the hackmanite is also very phosphorescent which is cool

Dumortierite in Quartz displaying fluorescence

Locality: Dehesa (Lehesa) Dumortierite deposit, Alpine, Laguna Mountains, San Diego County, California, USA

254 nm (Shortwave) UV Light

Rockflavors, this is my baby, hardystonite (purple) with calcite (orange) and willemite (green) inclusions (under shortwave uv). What’s the flavor?

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First of all, this is super neat. I have questions! Did you buy this or find it? If you found it, how did you realize it glowed in the dark? Is hardystonite really what it’s called, because that’s something right out of a pokemon game.

Rock flavor: A cake that your favorite little relative baked for you. It looks terrible, but when you bite into it, it’s the sweetest thing you’ve ever tasted.

#hardystonite #calcite #willemite #fluorescent minerals #shortwave uv #submission #rock flavors