ashley
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Post by ashley on Jul 11, 2023 13:05:46 GMT -5
Work batch of UV reactive petroleum quartz from the UV-45.
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Post by Starguy on Jul 11, 2023 14:57:17 GMT -5
I didn’t know quartz would fluoresce. That’s cool.
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Post by youp50 on Jul 11, 2023 15:15:39 GMT -5
The AH Seaman Mineral Museum has a great UV reactive section. It contains a specimum from Pennsylvania that has hydrocarbon inclusions. It is the hydrocarbons doing the fluoresce. I do not recall if its a long or short wave reaction.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 11, 2023 21:44:40 GMT -5
Cool Ashley!! Be careful with that much radioactivity, you might start turning into She-Hulk! LOL
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ashley
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Post by ashley on Jul 12, 2023 11:40:54 GMT -5
I didn’t know quartz would fluoresce. That’s cool. from what I understand it is the petroleum trapped in it that is fluorescing.
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ashley
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Post by ashley on Jul 12, 2023 11:42:31 GMT -5
Cool Ashley!! Be careful with that much radioactivity, you might start turning into She-Hulk! LOL Lol, perhaps! 🤣
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rocknewb101
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Post by rocknewb101 on Jul 13, 2023 8:57:02 GMT -5
Very nice! I didn't realize it fluoresced either...crazy to think about what gets trapped in rocks
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