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Post by LCARS on Sept 24, 2005 23:15:42 GMT -5
I thought i'd attempt to share some photos I took of one of my fluorescent agates, since I finally broke down & signed up for a Webshots account today! Here goes...  The above is one of my fluorescent agates in normal visible light spectrum. The below is the same agate fluorescing under an ultraviolet light.  COOL HUH!? If this works then i'll upload some more cool photos soon to share since you have all been quite helpful & hospitable to me since i've signed up here. Thanks! |
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Post by LCARS on Sept 24, 2005 23:17:07 GMT -5
Hmmm... OK, that didn't work the first time  ... but I figured it out though! ;D |
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Post by Cher on Sept 24, 2005 23:21:28 GMT -5
I looked at the source of the page and didn't see the image code anywhere. You need to click on the little picture icon above where you type. It will put the ![]() [/img ] tags in for you then you put the url of your pic inbetween them. |
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Post by LCARS on Sept 24, 2005 23:30:07 GMT -5
It wasn't that, I linked to the photos from my account when I was logged in. Webshots works differently than HP-Photo used to & when it became Snapfish I now get an error when I try to load my album page...
Something to do with installing a component of Microsoft Office 2000 that is on the CD but I don't have the CD so it never gets past that.
Anyway, with webshots you need to link from the gallery & not your albums. Sheeesh!
That's why I hate computers! It's always a hassle to get anything done with them! It's not that I can't figure them out, it's that it shouldn't be necessary to have an I.Q. over 140 just to get the damn things to work!
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Post by rockyraccoon on Sept 25, 2005 0:40:29 GMT -5
put them on photobucket and try it.
kim
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Post by LCARS on Sept 25, 2005 0:43:46 GMT -5
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Post by rockyraccoon on Sept 25, 2005 0:44:12 GMT -5
well they showed up! the hot pink is the normal color and the tigerseye look is the flourescent? or vice versa?
kim
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Post by LCARS on Sept 25, 2005 0:57:19 GMT -5
I changed them to photobucket as Kim suggested...
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deepsouth
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Post by deepsouth on Sept 25, 2005 4:09:03 GMT -5
Cool pictures, thanks for showing
Jack
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Post by Cher on Sept 25, 2005 5:18:18 GMT -5
Wow, that's amazing. I've never seen a pink rock like that before, where did you ever find it?
Cher
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Post by Tweetiepy on Sept 25, 2005 8:07:38 GMT -5
My son got a rock that floresces under black light - I have a black light lightbulb but maybe I need a more narrow beam of light as I can't get it to floresce (sp?) like at the show - it is pretty cool though - it just looks like crap rock though in normal light
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Post by LCARS on Sept 25, 2005 13:33:50 GMT -5
Cher, That agate claims to be from Africa. I don't have any other info on it since I bought it from Mineral World here in Victoria B.C.
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Post by LCARS on Sept 25, 2005 13:47:24 GMT -5
Tweetiepy, The light bulb style of black light will not work on most fluorescent minerals. You need a black light tube! There are three spectrums of ultraviolet: UVA, UVB & UVC The light bulb style of black lights only give off UVA & not very much at that! UVA will make fluorescent colors glow brighter but will not work on most fluorescent minerals. The light tube style black lights are what you need to use. These give off alot more UVA & also UVB. UVB is the spectrum where most of the "magic" happens. It is a shorter wavelength & higher energy form of light than UVA. The "money checkers" use a fluorescent black light tube to cause invisible inks & fibers embedded in authentic bills to glow. They will also excite most fluorescent components in minerals. UVB is also responsible for stimulating melanin production in your skin, resulting in a nice tan  UVC is the dangerous spectrum that causes skin cancer if you stay in the sun for too long. Mercury vapor lamps emit UVC & are used to sterilize water in treatment plants. Some minerals have components that are sensitive to UVC but specialized equipment is needed to enjoy this safely as UVC radiation also causes cateracts! |
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Post by connrock on Sept 25, 2005 17:16:30 GMT -5
Beautiful agate and neat photo's to boot!!
Watch out for Webshots!!I was a member there for several years and one day I went to view some of my photo's and ALL of my albums were GONE!!
I raised the roof with them but it did no good.
Lost everything!!
Tom
connrock
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Post by rockds on Sept 26, 2005 10:45:30 GMT -5
Tom, that happened to my sister (luckly she had back ups) with all her daughter's pics, there one day, gone the next.
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Post by creativeminded on Sept 27, 2005 9:16:34 GMT -5
That way is too cool.
Tami
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Post by LCARS on Oct 1, 2005 2:07:05 GMT -5
I will be going again on Sunday to try to pick up a few more of them. If anyone is interested they can PM me & i'll mail one to you, at your expense of course ;D They cost me anywhere from 50c-$1 ea. when I get them in a grab bag. Maybe I can persuade one of those rock box thingies my way...  |
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Post by SteveHolmes on Oct 2, 2005 3:05:17 GMT -5
LCARS,
Good-Looking Fluorescent there! I went out and bought a portable re-chargeable light 2 years ago. It wasn't cheap, but it works really good. It's amazing at the stuff that fluoresces when going into mines and such. I have quite a few fluorescents in my collection. It's really an amazing aspect of the hobby. I put a Dugway Geode in the box, (which fluoresces green) but I know it got traded out. Thanks for sharing another level to the hobby!
Steve
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