glitterata
Ideal_Rock
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On the advice of somebody here (thank you, whoever you are) I bought a keychain blacklight on ebay (this thing, if anybody else wants one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=34129&item=3726457421 ), and I''ve been having so much fun!
For one thing, my parakeet fluoresces. His cere (the part above his beak, where the nostrils are) and certain feathers on his face. I knew this was supposed to be the case, but I''d never actually seen it.
For another, several pave stones on my rings flouresce. One lights up strongly and then goes on glowing after I turn the light off. And my K/L OEC turns out to have faint blue fluorescence, too. Strangely, after I turn the UV light off, it goes on glowing long after the pave stone in the setting has stopped, even though that stone is more strongly fluorescent.
Best of all is the low-grade star ruby an old boyfriend gave me. It''s a brownish, purplish red in ordinary light, opaque, with an uncentered star and lots of flecks of stuff in it--sounds dreadful, but it''s nevertheless rather pretty. Under the blacklight, it glows an amazing red. Just gorgeous, with a bright purple star (from the blacklight).
I''ve been having fun going around the house with the lights off, pointing my little light around and seeing what glows. My scissors'' handle. Several beads in a glass necklace. And, of course, the bird.
For one thing, my parakeet fluoresces. His cere (the part above his beak, where the nostrils are) and certain feathers on his face. I knew this was supposed to be the case, but I''d never actually seen it.
For another, several pave stones on my rings flouresce. One lights up strongly and then goes on glowing after I turn the light off. And my K/L OEC turns out to have faint blue fluorescence, too. Strangely, after I turn the UV light off, it goes on glowing long after the pave stone in the setting has stopped, even though that stone is more strongly fluorescent.
Best of all is the low-grade star ruby an old boyfriend gave me. It''s a brownish, purplish red in ordinary light, opaque, with an uncentered star and lots of flecks of stuff in it--sounds dreadful, but it''s nevertheless rather pretty. Under the blacklight, it glows an amazing red. Just gorgeous, with a bright purple star (from the blacklight).
I''ve been having fun going around the house with the lights off, pointing my little light around and seeing what glows. My scissors'' handle. Several beads in a glass necklace. And, of course, the bird.
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