Synthetic Fluorescent Mineral Experiment: Sphalerhalite Blobs - WL

 

FOV: 5" wide.

 

On aluminum trays, salt, sulfur and zinc chloride solution containing trace amounts of copper chloride were combined. The sample was then well heated with a MAPP torch until the salt had melted and drained off the tray, freezing into these blob shapes.

 

Suspected phosphor: ZnS:Cu,Al in NaCl

 

Contains:

ZnS:Cu,Al (FL+PHOS! Green, Blue/Green >BL UVab,c)

 

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"

 

Sphalerhalite Blobs

18Sep2015

 

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