Mexican Apatite on Aragonite - UVbc

From Cerro del Mercado, Durango Mexico comes this 3" specimen containing green fluoroapatite crystals on a matrix of limestone and aragonite.

 

Contains:

Apatite (FL Pink-blue >UVc)

Aragonite (FL Blue,Green >UVc)

 

 

Key:

WL = White light (halogen + LED)

FL = Fluoresces

PHOS = Phosporescent

UVa = 368nm (LW), UVb = 311nm (MW), UVc = 254nm (SW)

'>' = "stimulated by:", '!' = "bright", '~' = "dim"

 

 

Shown under UVbc light.

 

Obtained from Earth's Treaures at Obsidian Days 2014 in Hines, Oregon.

 

 

18 Watt Triple Output UV lamp from Polman Minerals - Way Too Cool UV lamps

 

Done