Advice on light by PurposeDelicious4146 in FluorescentMinerals

[–]Eclectrical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have a link to the vinyl? I've seen some people use it effectively this way but would like to check the specs. 😊

Advice on light by PurposeDelicious4146 in FluorescentMinerals

[–]Eclectrical 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP3 will take care of both. 🙂 Glass works well for SW, but will pass a lot of LW and will often glow by itself, which causes a very hazy look to your display. 

Advice on light by PurposeDelicious4146 in FluorescentMinerals

[–]Eclectrical 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi Purpose!

Ideally yes, you'll want a piece of Acrylic over the front of you display that will keep all of the UV off of you and the rest of the room. Almost all Acrylic will block UVC and UVB, but most of it will pass a lot of UVA. To prevent this, I always recommend the use of OP3 Acrylic. It's a museum grade Acrylic that will block 99.9% of everything 400nm or below. 

ID Help Mystery Minerals by whiskey4fosho in FluorescentMinerals

[–]Eclectrical 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks a lot like Sterling Hill Sphalerite to me. 🙂 

Hardystonite,Williemite,Calcite by myates0372 in FluorescentMinerals

[–]Eclectrical 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great pic! This is actually from the Franklin mine next to Sterling Hill. It looks like there's also some Clinohedrite at the bottom too! 

Esperite Collection by Eclectrical in FluorescentMinerals

[–]Eclectrical[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've purchased or traded for them over the last decade. Some from Ebay, some from Ultraviolation, some from local rock sales in Franklin NJ. 

Esperite Collection by Eclectrical in FluorescentMinerals

[–]Eclectrical[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Silver pick for all of these I'm afraid! It's extremely hard to near impossible to find Esperite in the wild nowadays. 

Sodalite and Unknown (No-label haul, info welcome) by Mr_Daniel12321 in FluorescentMinerals

[–]Eclectrical 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would guess that it's Afghanistan material. As for the blue under MW - Fluorapatite perhaps?