Wide variety of fluorescence

[SilverandStones]

Has anyone seen this range of fluorescence in a single set of stones? Apologies for the slightly blurry image.

 

[freddyboston]

Yes..

 

[SilverandStones]

Amazing! Those are pretty intense. I find I usually see the odd stone light up when placed under UV but this one showed multiple colours. Actually I seem to come across green fluorescence somewhat frequently. The light blues are always hard to tell if it's actually blue fluorescence or just some dirt lighting up. Yours is nice and clear however!

 

[freddyboston]

i think the strong green FL melee might be HPHT treated natural.....

 

[Karl_K]

i think the strong green FL melee might be HPHT treated natural.....

yea I agree "might" its possible but not always the case..
Natural strong green exists.
Interesting rabbit hole to go down searching online.

 

[Karl_K]

Has anyone seen this range of fluorescence in a single set of stones? Apologies for the slightly blurry image.

neat! Its not super rare, melee at pretty much every stage are just lumped together into piles. So any given lot of them may have stones from wide ranging locations with different properties.

 

[SilverandStones]

neat! Its not super rare, melee at pretty much every stage are just lumped together into piles. So any given lot of them may have stones from wide ranging locations with different properties.

I will have to put these in the ultrasonic to clean them up and then try for a clearer photo. Hopefully that will clarify the stones showing varying strengths of blue FL.

 

[Karl_K]

I will have to put these in the ultrasonic to clean them up and then try for a clearer photo. Hopefully that will clarify the stones showing varying strengths of blue FL.

kewl looking forward to more pics.

 

[MMtwo]

My new earrings…always fun to see how they glow.

 

[SilverandStones]

Another set of more uniform but fainter green. Looks like a blue one or two in there as well.

 

[SilverandStones]

My new earrings…always fun to see how they glow.

Those are great! I've never seen white fluorescence like that.

 

[Rockdiamond]

I don’t believe that cameras are capable of accurately capturing the effect in the same way the human eye does.
Of course this is true about a picture of a horse standing in a field. But the differences in a “normal” picture are easily compensated for by our brains. But the glow of a fluorescent diamond isn’t “normal”.
I’ve had a very hard time accurately capturing the effects.
Another variable is the sort of IV torch you’re using.

 

[SilverandStones]

I don’t believe that cameras are capable of accurately capturing the effect in the same way the human eye does.
Of course this is true about a picture of a horse standing in a field. But the differences in a “normal” picture are easily compensated for by our brains. But the glow of a fluorescent diamond isn’t “normal”.
I’ve had a very hard time accurately capturing the effects.
Another variable is the sort of IV torch you’re using.

It certainly is hard to capture! I've made a little setup to hold both a spectroscope and a 365nm torch as well as my phone. I can direct the phone camera either down the spectroscope or just above the platform to photograph under UV. I do find my UV light seems to emit too much visible light (or is simply overpowered) which likely washes out subtle fluorescence to a degree. I find that working in a very dark room helps but it can be so dark that my eyes are likely missing some of the effects. I need to try a different camera capable of better focus at close range. I'm fairly new at this and when I started I simply wanted to see if any of my stones showed fluorescence and what colour/strength. I'm surprised how many turn out green.