Rocks That Glow Under Black Light

One of the most spectacular museum exhibits is a dark room filled with fluorescent rocks and minerals that are illuminated with ultraviolet light.

Rocks that glow under black light.

Calcite minerals glow red yellow pink or blue under a black light. When rock hunter erik rintamaki was combing the beach one night near sault st. A gem and mineral dealer in the u p. The specimens glow under a black light and after being examined at a michigan tech laboratory it was found to be the first time the active fluorescent mineral was documented in the state of michigan.

Discover fluorescent rocks of sterling hill mine in ogdensburg new jersey. Non visible to the human eye black light reacts with the chemicals in minerals and causes the rock to fluorescence. Marie he made an interesting discovery. There are several minerals that emit light or glow under black lights ultraviolet uv light.

A michigan man who discovered a new rock type uses a black light to search for the distinctive glowing rocks along the beaches of lake superior. Erik rintamaki discovered a rock that glows under an ultraviolet light made of a mineral never seen before in michigan. Non visible to the human eye black light reacts with the chemicals in minerals and causes the rock to fluorescence. If the glow remains after you remove the light source you have a phosphorescence mineral.

If the glow remains after you remove the light source you have a phosphorescence mineral. Hundreds of glow in the dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine. They glow with an amazing array of vibrant colors in sharp contrast to the color of the rocks under conditions of normal illumination.