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05-12-2017 08:27 PM
Michael Valitutti made a fascinating point a couple weeks ago, that rubies from Myanmar (Burma) fluoresce. I couldn't find my ancient blacklight so I ordered an LED blacklight in flashlight form from Amazon for 9.99. All of my rubies fluoresce, meaning my cheap ones from LC, and a couple from Chuck Clemency. A few other stones did also. Died Welo opals did, but untreated ones did not. Stabilized turquoise showed fluoresence in two stones of a three stone ring, the center was dead grey. A synthetic Alexandrite from Victoria Weick also fluoresced. You that are knowledgeable about gemstones probably knew all of this, but I sure had fun checking my jewelry stash.
05-12-2017 11:11 PM
Youll become known as a real bore among your friends if you carry that flashlight with you everywhere you go and whip it out everytime someone admires a piece of your jewelry.
05-12-2017 11:56 PM
If you want a real fright, go to your kitchen or bathroom in the dark & then turn on that blacklight flashlight & look around at the floor, cupboards & walls, etc.! What looks pristine in natural light, looks like a crime scene in UV! The UV light lights up proteins or minerals & it looks pretty ghastly! LOL (It is a good way to find pet stains that you can't see with your naked eyes, though)
05-13-2017 07:47 AM
Sea of Cortez pearls and Mabe` also are the only pearls have a unique flourescense under long wave UV light and display a blood red to faint pink glow.
05-13-2017 07:48 AM
I heard you can get the flashlights with UV at any auto part store.
05-14-2017 01:45 AM
@Kachina624 wrote:Youll become known as a real bore among your friends if you carry that flashlight with you everywhere you go and whip it out everytime someone admires a piece of your jewelry.
@Kachina624 I unintentionally insulted a coworker once.....when I put on my reading glasses to look at her new engagement ring..................
05-14-2017 04:03 PM - edited 05-14-2017 04:06 PM
All rubies fluoresce...even lab created ones.
Not to gross anyone out, but scorpions fluoresce, too. It's a way to find them in the dark!
05-14-2017 05:57 PM
@SilleeMee wrote:
Not to gross anyone out, but scorpions fluoresce, too. It's a way to find them in the dark!
Living in the desert SW, that's what I use my UV flashlight for the most, though thankfully, I've never had a scorp inside my house, just out in my garage & yard (& I hope it stays that way!).
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