Synthetic Fluorescent Mineral Experiment: Sphalerhalite with CaCl2 and Mn - WL

 

FOV: 5" wide.

 

Zinc chloride from pennies and calcium chloride from limestone (digested by muriatic acid) was combined with sulfur, NaCl and 3 drops of MnSO4 sol. This was melted with a MAP gas torch.

 

Contains:

ZnS:Cu (FL Green >UVabc)

ZnS:Mn (FL Orange >UVab)

CaS ?

 

Shown under white light.

 

Key:

WL = White light (halogen + LED)

FL = Fluoresces

PHOS = Phosphorescent

BL = 450nm (blue),

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

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

 

4Nov2015

 

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