Tag: fluorescence
What are Yooperlites?
What are Yooperlites? These fluorescent sodalite rocks are found along the shores of the Great Lakes and are especially popular in the Upper Peninsula...
Rockhounding Roots Lead to Inventor Status
By Antoinette Rahn
Do you know what happens when a life-long rockhound — whose professional background involves product development and academia — encounters the problem...
Specimen Spotlight: Apophyllite
By Antoinette Rahn
As is often the case within the mineralogical universe, there is a lot of meaning related to names and naming conventions. It...
Rainbow Rocks: Collectability of Fluorescent Minerals
By Bob Jones
I first became interested in fluorescent minerals in the 1930s, when the property of fluorescence was considered more of a novelty than...
