Synthetic Fluorescent Mineral Art: Sunnybluelite Blob2 - WL

 

FOV: 3" wide.

 

Frozen melted salt containing the Sunnybluelite phosphor. Melted on an aluminum tray on a limestone platform. Contains 2x the Ag as Sunnybluelite Blob1.

 

Suspected phosphor: SrS:Ag,Pb in NaCl

 

Contains:

SrS:Ag,Pb (FL+PHOS! Pale Lavender/Green/Blue,Lavender/Greenish blue/Yellow, Greenish blue/Yellow/Blue >UVa,b,c)

 

Li2CO3 (added as flux)

 

Shown under white light.

 

Key:

WL = White light (halogen + LED)

FL = Fluoresces

PHOS = Phosphorescent

BL = 450nm,

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

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

 

Sunnybluelite Blob2

7Sep2015

 

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