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Archive from FB

Afghanistan Minerals - New Identifications

There have been several posts in our Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/fluorescentminerals) recently identifying some of...

Chris Clemens

2017 FMS Midwest Chapter Annual Meeting

by Chris Clemens chris@uvminerals.org The Midwest Chapter of the Fluorescent Mineral Society (FMS) held its first annual meeting at the...

M Cole

The Fluorescent Minerals of Greenland

The Ilímaussaq complex is one of the world's most fascinating igneous complexes. The abundance of rare elements has resulted in more than...

Steve Hutchcraft

Helvetia Trip Report

Originally published in UV Waves, the bi-monthly publication from the Fluorescent Mineral Society. Helvetia. Just the name conjures up...

Glenn Waychunas (post by M Cole)

Report from the (2018) Tucson mineral shows (excluding the TGMS show)

Glenn Waychunas Mar 1, 2018 Normally I do not send around a report, but now that I have some responsibility with the FMS, I consider it a...

Facebook Post Archive

Are rubies *always* fluorescent? Have you ever seen one not fluoresce? What about rubies from Madaga

[NOTE: This is an archive of a Facebook post with a great discussion about the fluorescence of rubies] "The chromium present in ruby...

M Cole

Agate from Scott's Gulf, Smyrna, Tennessee

8/31/17 - A major component of rock collecting (for me) is simply getting out in nature. A buddy dragged me out to a very remote area...

Chris Clemens

Franklin Super Diggg 2017, Trip Report

by Chris Clemens 6/8/17 The promise of this year’s Super Diggg on April 29th was too tempting to resist- over six million pounds of Mill...

M Cole

Collecting Fluorescent Minerals - The Basics, Where to Find Them, and How to Collect Them

Fluorescent minerals are found almost anywhere there is a good selection of white light minerals. Mine dumps/tailing piles are obviously gr

M Cole

Greenland Sodalite Hackmanite - Quick Change Artist, Tenebrescent Champion

Tenebrescence of Greenland sodalite is amazing. This is a piece of a deeply tenebrescent sodalite. Note how when the SW light is first...

Chris Clemens

How Hot Are Your Rocks? Radioactivity in Uranyl-Activated Fluorescent Minerals

by Chris Clemens Introduction: Uranyl-activated green fluorescence is one of the most common fluorescent responses seen under UV light. ...

Attila Jakab (post by M Cole)

Hyalite (opal-AN) specimens from Hungary, Zemplén, Tarcal

I made a tribute to Hyalites from Hungary, Zemplén, Tarcal. Specimens are shown in normal, UV-C and some in UV-A light. All frames are...