Fluorescent Rocks | Understanding UV Light and Minerals
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- Опубликовано: 7 дек 2020
- Let's look into UV Light and fluorescent rocks!
This has been something I have been eye balling for some time now, but let's break down the advantages of a 365NM ultraviolet light vs. a 395NM light.
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Holy moly, you need to get a heater in that storage container - I can see your breath when you talk! O.O OK, watching...
Yeah it's a tad bit cold.
My thought was did it have to be cold?🧐😐
I've always used a 395 black light, but I just got a small 365 blacklight. This video was such a good educational tool! The new blacklight works so well! The colors on the rocks are so much brighter!
I'm glad you liked it.
Yah cool beans stuff
I been watching carl the crusher..I been telling them to throw a blacklight in. Its a new world under a blackl8ght
Coldest 13 minutes ive ever witnessed. Dedication i dig it man . Thanks alot. Good information.
This is amazing.. thanks for confirming my thoughts on getting a 365nm UV light. this truly opens up a whole new world. what an amazing shift in perspective. keep up the great work!! looking forward to more UV content!
This is one of the most informative videos ever.....thank you.
Thank you for your kind words.
Very informative. Thank you!
Hello from Eastern Oregon. Thank you for the info on the lights. You explained everything that I can understand. You saved me from the headaches in trying to figure out what to get. I have been wanting to buy a light for rock hounding like forever. I will definitely buy the 365.
I'm glad you liked it! The world of UV lights for minerals is a big one and I really only scratched the surface with this video.
Wow that was awesome thank for explaining the difference between the lights and showing some of your collection that reacts! Awesome video!
I'm glad you liked it.
Loved the info. I have both UV lights. We got the rechargeable for that reason. Some fossils really pop!
I just learned about this from a worker guy at walmart. I Was picking up a black light to check for pet stains on carpet. He told me about rocks. I'm a rock collector. :)
Thank you, I enjoyed that video. I knew geologists use short and long wave UV lights but I didn’t know the wavelength of the common small lights. A ruby is really great under UV. You can also use the light to find where a pet urinates in your house, and scorpions also fluoresce so you can check your camping ground in areas that have a lot of scorpions. Tonic water is fun to look at as well.
Thanks for watching it! You peaked my interest with the tonic water, Ill need to go pick some up.
This was my first find of your channel, and I luv it
I stopped by to see if there was an affordable way to see my flosforesents. I bought my bag of goodies at a pirates festival and was intrigued by the glow. Alas when I got them home, nooooo glow. You might have saved my pile from landscape bound discard. I purchased the UVBeast. These may be the thunder types. Thank you!
Great info. Wish I'd known this a few months ago when I paid $18 for a 405nm one.
That was informative and stimulating
I'm happy you enjoyed it!
Cool! Thanks for explaining all this! 🤙🏻
I'm glad you liked it.
Great video, good info
Thanks so much! Had no idea there was a difference and how it all worked!
I'm glad you liked it.
Cool explanation of how and why rocks fluoresce - I never knew that before!
It's pretty neat stuff.
Awesome video!! Thanks for the detailed explanations!!
I'm glad you found it helpful.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding I was really excited when I found out animals might see colors differently outside!!!! It would be awesome if it was kind of psychedelic / ravey out there for them!!!
Awesome video!!
Nice one!! Congrats!
Thank you.
I've been looking for a light to purchase and didn't know which wavelength to try. I suspected you might have a video on it. This was just what I was looking for, so thanks!
Wow. Had no idea uv and rocks could react that way! Cool
I'm glad you liked that.
I'll collect these rocks to carve art out of them. Thnx for the quick guide
Awesome video fantastic knowledge and you watch the cost awesome brings out a whole new world of minerals awesome thank you
Thank you, I have few more things to do with these lights but in general I think it really does add a new aspect to rockhounding.
Looks like I will have to save up for a 365 UV. Huge difference in the lighting and the 365 is the clear winner. You did a good job setting this up and presenting it. It was interesting to learn how things fluoresce.
Thanks man! I'm also looking into some short wave light options.
Thank you for sharing.
I'm glad you liked it.
Yeah man, I think I need to get one of these soon. I find a ton of scolecite at one of the spots I go locally and I bet they would look pretty cool.
I'll make sure to use your link when I pick one up
Always appreciated man!
Very cool 😎
Super cool..thanx.
Educational and easy to understand.
Get to take another look at some random rocks and glow in the dark art.
Thank you!
Thanks Bro learned a lot on that one
I'm glad you liked it!
Thank you buddy. If you're ever in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan please stop by Gitche Gumee Landing rock shop. Take care
Thank you, this helped!
I'm glad you liked it!
Hello and thank you for these videos. I'm sharing with all my interested family and friends.
Thank you for sharing them!
@@CurrentlyRockhounding You are welcome. There are gems to me (yes, I know, dumb pun.)
@@normanschmidt8075 I dig that pun! :)
@@CurrentlyRockhounding You are too kind.
Hey, thanks for the thumbnail on the physics of
florescence.
Great video. Again!
Great video. Thanks for not over explaining me into a coma. lol. Now I know what I’m looking for. I knew the little crappy one I got to cure some resin wasn’t going to cut it but I wasn’t sure what to look for. Thanks 🙏
You're more than welcome, I think sticking with lights that are 365NM and lower is the way to go. In the perfect world I would have both a longwave 365NM and shortwave 254NM light.
Thank you again for this video ... the 365 is certainly much better ❤️
It really is nice to have and it adds a cool new element to rockhounding for me.
Thanks for the video.
Thank you!
@@CurrentlyRockhounding I got a cool looking rock or what it is , I been using as a door stop ,I put it up on the side the other day to inspect it . I show you. You understand what I mean.
I wish I had seen this before I got my 395 light. Now I have to go order me a new one. Thanks.
Going the filtered 365NM route really makes a difference.
I work with UV resins which cure best under 365nm. I can make field repairs in seconds. You don't need a flashlight to be $100+ or even $50. Amazon has compact, light weight, 365nm rechargeables in the $15 - $20 range. Just be sure to see the 365nm specifically in the product detail. Some have a range from 365 to maybe 900 etc.
loads of great info fam. GOLD SQUAD OUT!!!
Thanks man!
This was an exceptional video. I found the biggest issue has been finding a reputable seller of the 365s with any in stock. For months, I've been trying to find one (off and on, not every day or anything) in a budget-friendly range and haven't had much luck.
Thank you. I'm happy you liked it. I think this company UVBeast is good and thanks to a comment here on this video I'm now looking at the lights that are made by Ultraviolet Tools
This made me cold! Bro! You need a heater. 😆
That was fun Ty! I wish I paid attention to the flash light I bought because now I’m not sure what number it is. Ty
Heyhey! Great video - it really shows how much of a difference the right flashlight can make! I've wanted to go rockhounding using a UV light for a long time and recently tried it with a Lightfe UV flashlight. While it did an overall good job at lighting up certain rocks and minerals, its output in the visible spectrum was still a bit too much and kind of distracting (often it was hard to tell if the rock was actually lighting up or just reflecting the visible light). That doesn't seem to be the case with the UVbeast and I was already considering buying one before watching your video. However, I found a reviewer who compared it to the Alonefire and Lumenshooter ones and there wasn't enough of a difference in quality to warrant the price difference. The thing is, those tests were done only on Yooperlites - while in my area I'm mainly looking for Agates/Chalcedony, Petrified Wood and Quartz - rocks and minerals that can be made into cabs. And the UVbeast did a really good at lighting those up, while I know that Yooperlite lights up like fire even with not-so-great UV lights. Have you tested any of those brands?
Personally I think testing a UV on a yooperlite / sodalite is a mistake unless of course that is what you want to be looking for. Sodalite has such a strong reaction that almost any light will work well on them.
I'm not sure what the other reviews are that you're talking about and I don't personally own those other brands. I will say for $80 the UvBeast365NM filtered light is a good value for that spectrum, throw and burn time. I have done a ton of personal research on the topic and my take away is that its really hard to know what's good. 99% of the reviews I have seen are from people selling lights. I'm not selling anything here, however I do have some Amazon affiliate links but ultimately I don't care if someone buys a cheaper or more expensive light.
Another factor when watching reviews on UV lights the sensor in the camera being used to film it. What your eye sees and what the camera sees are often different.
you forgot to show the petrified wood under uv light! I have a big collection of petrified wood that I've collected over the years and love. it would thrill me to learn that it glowed! thanks for your videos and rock on!!!
Hi Jennifer, I just saw your posting about petrified wood, very interesting! I will go to Bisti in new mexico soon and was wondering if it is worth to bring in a UV torch for the petrified wood there. I’m into macro photography. Any recommendations for that? Thanks from The Netherlands!
I guess I just got so excited about seeing the difference in results using the 365nm UV, that I wanted to comment about accessorizing my microscope lighting to include mounted UV illumination. I hurried to grab my mouse and just knocked the cap with garnets I was preparing for more Instagram garnet themed posts. It was the yellow, green and colorless garnets which haven't been easiest colors to find personally. Anyhow, I'm still excited about getting something that is shorter wave thanks to your video. Those garnets though are in my carpet along with countless grains of sand which have been spilled from previous accidents. LOL. D'oh!!!
Hahaha oh man it's time for you to vacuum and start panning out those tiny garnets.
Bro thanks for this video, I’ve been trying to better understand this topic. Thanks for clarifying this subject.
I have a 395 and that purple glow it has drives me crazy. It’s super distracting and I hate it. I’ve been looking around for a much better one and I like the look/quality of the 365 you have. I will have to invest in one soon. The green fluorite I have been finding has a nice electric blue glow under a UV Light. I need to send you some.
Again thanks for this video, I need to catch up on your other content. I’m a little behind.
I think there is a places for all of these lights but as with most things in life quality is going to cost more. I'm also looking into some shortwave options.
I think having a few different good UV lights can really open up a lot of possibility’s in the winter since it gets dark so early.
Its getting hard, with so many good rockhounding videos out there to make time for all of them.
I love getting rocks in the mail! : )
Holy cow! Gotta get some heat in that shop - you look like your freezing ;) great info, thanks for your sacrifice!
I think it was a toasty 29 degrees in the shop when I filmed this! :)
I can see frost coming out of your mouth dude 🥶. How about a little space heater?
@@betojdesigns Yeah but keeping it cold helps me to appreciate the warm season!
Awesome awesome video. I really love to learn the scientific reasoning behind stuff. I have heard you have to get an extra filter for a 365. Did you have to or did that uvbeast come ready to go?
I show it at the end but it does come with a filtered lens. I'm glad you like the videos!
Good video 👍
Thank you!
Thank you so much
I'm glad you liked it.
The key for a UV flashlight is having a filter, without it too much visible light gets through and is pretty much unusable. There is a company called UVtools which makes short wave I’ve lights at a more affordable price. I purchased one and it works well but since the build is all plastic I’m not really sure it’s super good to bang around in a backpack. Additionally there are no uv leds yet so it uses something similar to a fluorescent light which is quite fragile. Great video.
I have looked at those from UV Tools and well they didn't really seem like the type of thing to just bounce around in my day pack. I do plan on getting a real short wave light for a display but I think as far as locating minerals goes this is a great option for being in the field.
I have put it in my bag and banged it around and it still works fine but your mileage may vary.
Which one do you have? Is it the 4 Watt Shortwave/Longwave UV Lamp for $40?
I got the 11 watt one. Though I don’t really know how much more light the 11 watt one produces over the 4 watt. The other thing is that the 11 watt uses 3 D cell batteries which makes it pretty heavy.
that was cool! i have a friend that collects all fluorescent rocks, he travels all over the world to collect them, i wonder what they were used for in industry? they are still cool to have on display!
I would love to do some big trips like that for them.
Very very useful. Can I use your vid link to put it below an article about flourescence?
You sure can! Will you also send me the link to it when you're done with it?
I couldn’t help myself and bought one. It blew my mind with my recent petrified wood.
Diamond varied greatly-some got really hot. Have you used it to find interesting specimens at night? My 20th anniversary present. Interesting for guitars also.
They really are amazing to have.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding -I can’t wait to go out at night a find some more potential areas, flag them and the come back in day light. It’s part of the tool bag now. We’re off to Prey Mt. but I think they got a foot of snow last week. We may just look at the caldera all week. We’ll be close to the petrified forest but too much snow! Found an article last night with using these types of lights and identifying Mesozoic fish! Too exciting!
Cool rocks
Sir, can show gold mineral fluorescent?
Whoa, who knew? No wonder I wasn’t interested in the results from my cheapo UV.
It really makes a difference.
Cool light but expensive,RUclips must be doing something weird haven’t got any notifications bummer but I’ll get caught up now lol 😝
It is more on the pricey side but they way I see it its a fun addition to my very affordable hobby here. Bummer about RUclips dropping the ball on the notifications but thank you for watching the content.
Thank you for this video. Our 8 year old Grandson wants a UV light for Christmas. I purchased an inexpensive light through Amazon. The results were less than impressive. I kept looking at lights and wondering where I was going wrong. Just the simple explanation of 395 and 365 light waves was so informative. I am now in the hunt for a light for a child. I would like a list of rocks that will fluoresce. What was the rock that retained light after the UV light was removed? Where can I purchase some? Do you have other suggestions? I have been looking for a yooperlite or two but people want so much for them. They seem a little over priced. Do you know an outlet? Again, Thank you so much - Dan
Hello Dan, I think most people are disappointed with the cheap lights you can find on Amazon. As far as a list of rocks and minerals go that will fluoresce I don't have one handy but I'm sure I could find one and we can always email about that kind of thing cause you can't really send links and stuff over the comments here. All of the rocks that I personally have that have that glow after the light was removed are calcite but not all calcite will act like that. Yooperlites are really neat but like you said they cost a lot. There is a company that was mentioned here in the comments on this video by another person and that company is called Ultraviolet Tools and they do have some more affordable options but I can't vouch for them since I don't have one, yet at least. I hope this helped some and feel free to email me at currentlyrockhounding@gmail.com
I believe the UV is dangerous to look at directly. I wouldn't allow a child to use one unsupervised, imo.
Hi, Will the UV light works for petrified wood too? Going to Bisti in New Mexico and wondering if it is useful for photography the ‘wood’ under UV light?
It depends, generally no but some woods do have things like calcite...etc. on them which is often UV reactive.
Wow now I know what to wish for birthday
It's fun to have.
I wish I knew this before buying the 395 😅😂
I have the same flashlight in my wish list on Amazon lol. Wondering if the beast flashlight would fit in a foam or neoprene coozy made for soda cans or pop cans depending on where one lives?
A few weeks ago someone suggested a bottle coozy for a 12oz long neck bottle and I tried it and it worked great.
The Lumintop Tool AA UV is a decent 365 Nm light. Really tiny, powerful rechargeable battery. Has a filter. For ~$25 not a bad deal. Not quite as good as your big one but a great form factor. Check it out!
Thanks man, ill give it a look.
What kind of rocks are those on the right at the first of the film?
Im mostly looking to use the ligh to spot flourescent rocks from the rest at a beach. A cheap one isnt comepletely useless for that right?
It really just depends, there's not really a yes or no answer for that.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding I simply want to know if any rocks that might glow will glow and I will be able to tell that they indeed glow when I point my light stick at it.
Just a friendly note, the cheap flashlights that use those plastic inserts can be powered by the rechargeable 3.7v batteries that your larger flashlight uses. I've been doing this for years, just remove the insert and pop in the 'vape' battery and walla! now your flashlight is powered by a rechargeable battery.
This video was super helpful by the way, thank you so much for demonstrating the differences! 365 is muchhhhhhh better!
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it.
To create a sturdy plastic cover for your flashlight, you can cut a plastic bottle in half, place it on the flashlight, and heat it up with a hair blower. The plastic will shrink and create a great fit around the flashlight. Use common sense to avoid having too good of a fit where you can't remove the bottle anymore. Good luck :)
Hi are there any filters you can put over a 395nm UV light to block out the visible UV light to make it a 365nm light.😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Not that I know of.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding hi thanks for the quick response i have heard there is a filter called wood glass ?. also have you tried unscrewing the filter of your 365 nm light and putting it in front of you 395 nm torch to see if it has the same effects on the rocks. i also wonder if blue blocker sunglasses would work. or maybe using hi intensity blue led as blue leds are 400nm and 450nm in conjunction with orange laser goggles. the police do this at crime scene investigations.
@@stormchaser300 I have not tried these things but ill try the filter over a 395. Seems like it wouldn't really be worth it cause already 395nm lights are really weak and have a wide spread.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding thanks i look forward on results you get
What kind of rocks are the ones that kept glowing when you took the light away?
It's not a universal feature but those are calcite.
Please will you help What is the difference between a 254nm uv light and a black light which would be the Best Light to buy the higher number or the Shortwave
I have some videos that go in-depth on this subject, which you might find helpful. There is a full playlist here of UV related subjects.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding
Thank you so very much I will certainly look
Do the 395 hurt your eyes? It do hurt mine.
Fun fact, scorpions also fluoresce under UV light
Great Video... i guess i got the wrong light .Dangit ...🙉
Bummer, what do you have?
Hey when you shine the torch light under the 365NM wavelength, I see that your hands turn blue, I really want a torch like this, but I’ve bought 3 black light torches that were claimed to be 365NM and my skin turns purple, not blue, I do not wish to shine it on my skin, but I know I have the right wavelength I want when it glows blue instead of purple, does anybody know how to purchase a torch that is this same wavelength thanks
Hope you can help, thanks 🙏 🔦
It sounds like you have an unfiltered 365nm light which will look very purple, you need to a filtered light to cut some of the visible spectrum out.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Hey thank you for getting back to me, i really want to buy the same wavelength torch that makes chlorophyll plants appear dark pink / red, this would be the right wavelength that will make skin appear blue. I have literally been searching for years to own one that is the same as yours, as the all the torches I have bought make almost everything I shine it on look purple. Do you have any ideas on how I could create the right light affects thanks, or how I could create some kind of filter ? Thank you so much
@@astralstarfield_9479 I think the filter you want is called a ZWB2 filter. Do some searches for that.
If I were in Seattle and wanted to find some uranium bearing mineral because I'm a nuclear engineer and just think it'd be cool to find my own little chunk, is my best bet the Spokane area?
Some of the old mines in this area would be you're best bet.
The "uvBeast" light is a good light. 😅
Random fact,
Humans can see part of the UV spectrum down to 300nm, it's due to the eye's lens (iris) that prevents these wavelengths from passing through, i can remember watching a documentary as a kid and i can remember in the documentary one of the first ever laser eye surgery's to be preformed in America. To preform laser eye surgery you need to remove the (Lens) iris normally this is simple and straight forward and it was apart from one thing the surgeons accidentally dropped the iris and they couldn't fix it so they temporally replaced it with synthetic one some sort of glass until his grew back but at the time the doctor where unaware of the iris's uv blocking ability's.
So to rap this up the person who had the surgery was advised to only to go outside at night if totally unavoidable otherwise stay in and away from any form direct light on the eye ect whilst having the eye covered at all times and he did for a few days he ended up going to a local shop and whilst handing over his money the girl/guy used a black light to checked to see if the notes (Money) is real he said to his doctors it was like someone turned on the Sun in the store.
New to the channel enjoyed this video 👌
That's really interesting!
Why do they make the 395nm?, what use is it at all?
A lot of things can be detected with 396nm, such as pet stains.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Can't the 365nm detect pet stains?
@@SodiumSyndicate Yes but 395 lights are cheaper to make.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding They may be just slightly cheaper, not half the cost are they?
@@SodiumSyndicate They are likely less than half. If you can buy a cheap 395 light for $10 that means it costs like $3 to make.
Let's talk about electron spin reversal.
What would you like to talk about?
Thanks! Looking for paint on artifacts 🌝🗿🌚
10:17 tell me about it! Great job, thanks
Hope you cud tell how much the value of every stone?
I don't buy or sell rocks so I don't know what the value is of them.
Hello, I'm hoping that you and your community can help me.. My dad who was an avid rock collector left me his rock collection at his passing II have no interest in keeping these rocks. Is he also left me a MINERALIGHT ULTRA VIOLET LAMP, m-11 I have no idea what it's used for. Do you know of anyone that would be interested in taking a look at this collection?
Where are you located?
@@CurrentlyRockhounding in California
Are your specimens outside in the freezing cold?
Not all of them.
FIRST
Radioactive!😨🤔🤗
What?
Would these rocks be more rare?
More rare than what?
Lol I need to buy a new light now.
It really does make a difference! I plan on doing some more with these lights as well.
I think you are in alaska lol
I'm in Washington.
Looks cold...
It is!
The better 'UVBeast' UV 365nm V3 light is £229.47 on Amazon in the UK. Looks a great light but just way too expensive. Yet in the US it's just $79.99. Typical rip off UK!
Yeah that doesn't sound like a good deal at all.
Horrible video.
I'm happy that you loved the video! 😄
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Ohhhh, great bro 😉