Fluorescent finds from Lake Michigan in winter (photo heavy)

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With the mild and basically snowless start to winter here in SE WI I was able to go out up until almost the last week of January looking for fluorescent rocks. Since then we have been slammed with storm after storm dropping a quite a bit of snow, so probably wont get back out until sometime in march hopefully. Here is some of what I found in Dec and Jan. Not quite sure what is making the first rock( a small chip really) fluoresce, calcite I suppose. Thx

multi color uv specimen2.webp

multi color uv specimen.webp

multi color uv specimen3.webp

orange fluorescent fossil.webp

yooper4sale4.webp

very bright yooper1.webp

sodalite rock.webp

three kinds of Yoopers2.webp

bow tie yooper2.webp

1byooper.webp

bow tie yooper1.webp

plagioclase yooper2.webp
 

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Those are great man! Are those common out there? Great pics. What kind of camera are you using?
 

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Love those specimens! Really cool. If I might ask, what type of lamp are you using, and what lighting mode do you use taking your photos? Really great stuff. Thanks.
 

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Thx, I forgot to add the UV source, its a Convoy2 filtered LED flashlight. For most of the images I used just a long exposure and the UV light to light the rocks, Image #7 had some fill flash.

Love those specimens! Really cool. If I might ask, what type of lamp are you using, and what lighting mode do you use taking your photos? Really great stuff. Thanks.
 

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Look up “Yooperlites” and get a UV light
BT
 

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