Fluorescent Minerals   
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Roger Weller, geology instructor

wellerr@cochise.edu 
copyright 2008-R.Weller
 

fluorescent pair- 6
Clay Center, Ohio

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

There are two minerals in this specimen. 
The white mineral is celestite, which does not fluoresce,
while the pale brown mineral, fluorite, fluoresces.




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