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
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
Do meteorites glow under a UV light?
Chris Spratt
(Via my iPhone)
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