One of KT's online favorite dealers has a great selection of specimens from the Long Lake Zn Mines, Parham, Olden Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada. Since He realized that His Majesty would likely never visit this site, KT asked him to please put me together a selection of miniature specimens displaying various textures of fluorescent minerals from that site and he did! The following minerals are present that fluoresce in the calcitic marble: Calcite – pastel red, Chondrodite – yellow, Diopside – blue, and Aragonite – blue white.
In a previous post in this thread, KT documented a bit of the mining history and geology of the location so no need to rehash here! Yesterday His Majesty received His Royal order and there are a dozen or so specimens to document, so here are the first three, labeled 01, 02, and 03, respectively. Please note that concerning the bright yellow color of specimen02 in the LW image, that the Royal digital camera photometer was overcome by the strong red response. KT assures everyone that the specimen is bright red to the naked eye!
Each specimen has a US dime for scale. You will note the first specimen is actually closer to a thumbnail sized piece, than a miniature, but it has decent fluorescence. There is no need to recount the photo sequence as you know by now what I do….KT's general order on these specimen photographs is natural light, SW 254nm, and if interesting, LW 365nm. Generally these pieces have a pastel look to them when viewing with the naked eye in UV any wavelength.
His Majesty will keep this collection together in a separate box. Here we go, enjoy the pictures!
In a previous post in this thread, KT documented a bit of the mining history and geology of the location so no need to rehash here! Yesterday His Majesty received His Royal order and there are a dozen or so specimens to document, so here are the first three, labeled 01, 02, and 03, respectively. Please note that concerning the bright yellow color of specimen02 in the LW image, that the Royal digital camera photometer was overcome by the strong red response. KT assures everyone that the specimen is bright red to the naked eye!
Each specimen has a US dime for scale. You will note the first specimen is actually closer to a thumbnail sized piece, than a miniature, but it has decent fluorescence. There is no need to recount the photo sequence as you know by now what I do….KT's general order on these specimen photographs is natural light, SW 254nm, and if interesting, LW 365nm. Generally these pieces have a pastel look to them when viewing with the naked eye in UV any wavelength.
His Majesty will keep this collection together in a separate box. Here we go, enjoy the pictures!
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