Thursday, September 1, 2016

Fluorescent Mineral Photoshoot 3

A friend brought over his digital camera setup this past Saturday and he took pictures of fluorescent minerals from my collection.  This was his first effort at photographing fluorescent minerals, and my first time photographing these rocks with something besides a cellphone camera.  I couldn't be happier with the results.

Fluorescent green hyalite opal from Zacatecas, Mexico, shown under shortwave UV light. More photos of and details about this specimen can also be found at http://www.esoterizona.com/2016/02/esoterizona-stones-39.html.

Closeup of solid nodule of hyalite opal at top-center of specimen picture above.
Nodule has a diameter of approximately 10mm.

Fluorescent yellow cerussite crystals and dull red fluorescent blades of barite from Mibladen, Morocco, shown under short- and midwave UV.  The blue in the picture is just lamp reflection.  4.5"x3"x1.5".  A closeup of the bright crystal at top-left can be seen here.

Closeup of fluorescent blue scheelite and dull yellow crystalline powellite, shown under shortwave UV light.  This specimen was collected in Pinal County, AZ.
More photos of and information about this specimen can be seen at http://www.esoterizona.com/2014/10/esoterizona-stones-26.html.

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