[meteorite-list] UV Light
Bernd V. Pauli
bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
Sat Apr 21 11:47:35 EDT 2012
Fabien wrote / Fabien a écrit:
"my Norton County has enstatite crystals that glow in
yellow under UV light (UV-A, not tried with UV-C)"
Salut Fabien, Hello List,
... and, with regard to their TL colors:
"Ordinary chondrites, the most common meteorites, luminesce brightly
with a maximum at about 200°C; a second peak occurs at 350°C, and
the color at both peaks is blue green."
"Aubrites are a small class of meteorites with an entirely different
glow curve, with several peaks and colors ranging from blue to red."
"In ordinary chondrites the mineral feldspar produces the TL;
in aubrites, enstatite is primarily responsible."
(Excerpts culled from the S&T article I mentioned earlier)
Best wishes,
Bernd
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