and was decreed the "Fluorescent Mineral Capital of the World." Science Friday visted two mineral museums in the area to learn about the region's unusual geology and to see rocks light up.

And there’s an exhibit comprised solely of fluorescent rocks and minerals from Greenland. All told, more than 700 objects are on display in the museum. A post shared by Victoria (@victoriatretno ...

Scientists are using these fluorescent features to understand ... their black lights (UV lights), too, to look at the minerals in the rocks. Under the black light, certain areas of the caves ...

Minerals are the non-living building blocks ... Even in areas where fluorescent rocks are less common (this website can tell you what’s good in your neighborhood), the infill at construction ...

The gem and mineral dealer told CBS News ... Rintamaki said Michigan State gave the rocks a scientific name: syenite clasts containing fluorescent sodalite. The name he gave them — Yooperlites ...

Students can observe properties, identify rocks or minerals and present their findings to the class. Research other places in the United States besides Franklin, NJ, where fluorescent minerals are ...

Lynn relocated to Grafton and discovered glowing rocks on Lake Erie. He named the glowing rocks neolites in recognition of Northeast Ohio. In 2020, Lynn created the Lake Erie Fluorescent Mineral ...

Not only can fluorescent ... this rock will continue to glow minutes after the light was taken away. The source of the fluorescence in sodalite is disulfide, a variety of sulfur in the mineral ...

We head back to Rick Koval's house to take a look at the rocks we collected.

Scientists are using these fluorescent features to understand ... Deep below Earth's surface, rock and mineral formations lay hidden with a secret brilliance. Under a black light, the chemicals ...

rock and mineral formations lay hidden with a secret brilliance. Under a black light, the chemicals fossilized within shine in brilliant hues of pink, blue and green. Scientists are using these ...