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Sorry I just saw your post, @Nosean.
Thanks for sharing these amazing pictures! That green-yellow is so intense. Spectacular!
Sorry I just saw your post, @Nosean.
I have some- I can play!
It will be later tho. Have to dig for the pics.
Just bought a blue sapphire that's a bit color zoned, and the fluorescence is zoned as well.
@MissyBeaucoup I bought the Yooperlite at a local Rock & Mineral show. The guy that discovered them on the shores of Lake Superior had a booth set up and was selling them. He is a “Yooper” (from the U.P. of Michigan) and thought the name was catchy, lol. You can find the rocks for sale on Etsy and eBay. I love fluorescence!I’m amazed by your Yooperlite! I had never heard of this before. Where did you get it? What a nice display rock! I love the pink vein going through it.
The UV light is not good for your eyes. Please wear sunglasses (blocks UV)! The pictures are difficult to take, though.These pics are hard to take. The light messes with my eyes after about 60 seconds.
Very cool, @T L !
Thanks for sharing your amazing spinel collection! Those Mahenges are especially dramatic. Wow!!
I got the new light and it doesn't work () I hate amazon.... And I still have not located the other lamp. I even looked where the other lights were and nope, not there either.
Its a longshot but I'm going to try home depot today or tomorrow.
Probably synthetic , but there's no way to tell for sure based on the picsI don't have a fancy uv setup. Just my uv nail light and my phone camera. Can someone tell me if my ruby is real? Here it is under my nail light. Just a note that the dots you see on top of the stone are just reflections of the lines of led uv lights under the top of my nail light. I've tried to scratch it with a metal file. No scratches. It measures 2cm tall X 1.5cm wide X .8cm deep. The inside band says 10k. Please help!
Quite odd. Sapphires, as far as I know, do not fluoresce.
You made me nervous for minute . I think the violet/purple sapphires might be fluorescent more often, at least from what I could tell from a few older threads I found..Quite odd. Sapphires, as far as I know, do not fluoresce.
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ETA I stand corrected.
http://www.ruby-sapphire.com/heat_seeker_uv_fluorescence.htm