Fluorescent Minerals   
Cochise College    
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Roger Weller, geology instructor

wellerr@cochise.edu 
copyright 2008-R.Weller

 
fluorescent pair-3
Clay Center, Ohio

The first view is a mineral observed under normal light,
while the second is the same mineral viewed under ultraviolet light.

The fluorescent mineral is fluorite.  Under normal light, the fluorite is
rootbeer brown, but under the ultraviolet light it fluoresces a pale
yellowish color.




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