[meteorite-list] UV Light

2012-04-21 Thread Bernd V. Pauli
Chris inquires: Do meteorites 'glow' under a UV light? I don't know whether meteorites glow under a UV light but I do know that meteorites glow, i.e. some meteoritic minerals emit light when exposed to an electrical discharge = luminescence Herschel was one of the first to observe

[meteorite-list] UV Light

2012-04-21 Thread Bernd V. Pauli
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

[meteorite-list] UV Light

2012-04-20 Thread Chris Spratt
Do meteorites glow under a UV light? Chris Spratt (Via my iPhone) __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com