Bill's Fluorescent Rock and Mineral Collection

[finalshineag]

Will willemite glow under regular blacklights?

[brainiac75]

Very nice! I like minerals with special properties and fluorescent minerals are really spectacular. So far I have been collecting radioactive ones but I might expand to the flourescent ones. They are also more safe to exhibit ;o)

[SleepyFox79]

i bought a uv flashlight, and of the the rocks i have only a quarts one and a chunk of silver ore seem to be fluorescing, both with bright pink specks, im thinking i may need a shortwave light instead of whatever this flashlight is.

[davidwaters69]

fantastic

[andrew0901280]

wow really nice collection. do you know of any areas around southern michigan. ive tried looking online but havent had any luck. i am new to this hobby and could use any advise you can give me

[nevetszenitram1990]

damn...hope you have enough windows on your computer screen...xD

[spacejadde]

@nevetszenitram1990

I know Right!!!

[jodini5]

@nevetszenitram1990 ....I was thinking that same thing! LOL!

[Scatmanbrandt]

I may have to start collecting these rocks. I live right next to Pikes Peak so I can only imagine what they have up there

[WorkFromHome001]

Thanks. Makes me appreciate this incredible existence. Great video.

[outofthisswirled]

Do the different minerals all have unique colors or are some the same? These kinds of thing interest me, I had no idea until I watched your video kinda like the colloids in water forming into geometric shapes of increasing complexity as they are exposed to different pitches of sound, always on perfect notes though, check these out also if you have not seen them, amazing, almost like crop circles, even if they are made by nutters in the night? cheers

[MrTwitch234]

SO TOTALLY AWSOME!!!!!!

[iamther]

was that a piece of franklinite from Franklin, NJ I lived vey close to the Franklin mine in Franklin, NJ

[polaris2341]

pretty rocks under uv light , look very ordinary in normal light

[madnees4]

wow! wich ones wich what rocks do you have ?

[Amarinth39]

great hobby ^^

[simmonsdrumsrule]

Wow these are awesome i really enjoyed the rocks they're sweet thanks for posting!!!! :)

[Geochron]

I like the orange and green rock.

[trevor1536]

Trippy

[BlooDruNe92]

THANKS for sharing, Great collections

[stedyplotn]

Cute video Cute collection.

that willimite/calcite which (your obvious favorite:) ) is very stunning.

thanks for sharing. enjoyed immensely.

[bluehominid123]

I was a little confused when you said that black lights that you buy in the store didn't work very good. They actually do if you focus it on the right mineral such as fluorite. I have several that glow brilliant blue under LW UV. Many other minerals glow very well too under that frequency.

[piecartbox]

I found a piece of meta autinite this way out my back door, very cool hobby. I started when I was 10 in the 90's.

I later learned as a result of identifying it that I live in a very uraniferous region!

[Pokemonalberto]

Hey bill were did you get these rocks please email me thanks.

[Pokemonalberto]

how do you get these rocks please email me

[lyrialzander]

Very Nice

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[realdumbbell]

That is slick!

[terminatorxz]

Kryptonite lol

[Cathidoll54]

Very interesting and how nice of you to take your time to do these tutorials. I work in a rock shop. ...and have used the black lights on minerals. I really enjoyed your video!! Thanks Phil

[Michael0oo]

Really nice video.

Thanks for posting this man.

Keep up the good work.

[Twinsfan28]

Hi Bill, thanks for posting this. I really enjoyed looking at your beautiful flourecent minerals!

[blaziboi]

from where do you get these rocks?

[seeingthesigns]

Beautiful stuff. I just began collecting crystals myself(from the quartz family), but this was a real eye opener.

Amazing.

[chandlerbeckhoff]

i have a speckled orange flourescent rock its so cool!

[jcmegabyte]

Cool - Now I have a new use for my portable blacklight in addition to hunting moths at night in the desert! Thanks! :D

[domfshark]

Hi Bill I has fluorescent minerals from Sterling Hill Mine and Franklin Mine I collected 2000 lbs. for 32 yrs. I have Nine Superb Esperites Wonderful

[domfshark]

I say your good show fluorescent minerals. But I has also lot of Fluorescent Minerals and Superb Fluorescent Minerals from area

Ogdensburg and Franklin, New Jersey. I has

nine superb Esperites and colors

fluorescent minerals 2000 lbs. I collect them for 32 yrs wonderful.

[Guitar2424]

All you rockhounds reading this comment if you have never heard of Moldavite its amazing

[raven8dragon]

I just checked moldavite out! What a spellbinding mineral! I'll try to aquire a specimen of this one, I don't have it in my collection yet. Thanks for sharing! :D

[Helioplasma]

Is that 254nm or 365-375nm UV light ?

[Philovideo]

For the shortwave ultraviolet light, the wave length would be 280nm or shorter. Longwave ultraviolet light has a wavelength of 315 nm or longer. Midrange ultraviolet light is between 280nm to 315nm.

[nitrex]

I have the same hobby of collecting minerals. I like collecting minerals and metals.

[mineralsandcrafts]

wow minerals incredibles !!is wonderful

[ivgeni123456]

Awsome! Rocks!!

[axolotyls]

way cool

[monopolova]

Wow. Cool stuff. It is startling how impressive they look especially since they are so plain under the normal spectra.