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Fluorescent Mineral Photography

Fluorescent Mineral Photography

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·January 22, 2025
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JohnGrun

I'd highly recommend going to Sterling Hill Mine https://www.sterlinghillminingmuseum.org/ and Franklin Mineral Museum https://www.franklinmineralmuseum.org/. They both allow collection of fluorescent minerals from the mine dumps on certain days. If you go to the Natural History Museum in NYC you can see some very impressive fluorescent minerals sourced from these two locations. Also the mine tour is worth it, if nothing else.

anfractuosity

Very cool photos, nice to see rocks from a perspective I'd not seen before.

I came across this recently - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoluminescence where it sounds like some rocks emit light upon heating.

temp0826

They're minerals, Marie.

(Sorry, I'll see myself out)

taylorbuley

If you're into this, you might enjoy the Opal Hunters show on Max.