[Rockhounds] fossils

[Gene Hartstein - Fossilnut.com]

Some of the Madagascar ammonites fluoresce so that the body does not 
fluoresce but the sutures do... and brightly. The effect is spectacular.

Gene Hartstein
Newark, DE
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Subject: [Rockhounds] fossils


> Dear friends
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> Fossils are, per definition, dead animals. putting a UV-light on them 
> brings
> them back to life. Spooky but interesting.
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> If you want a spring-preview of Halloween then check out the haunted
> fluorescence of some undead fossils.
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> http://users.telenet.be/axel.emmerman/FiatLux/Index.php
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> I added a link fossils at the bottom of the mineral classes list.
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> Enjoy and if you have a website too, let me know  so we can exchange
> referrals. (I do this only on request because I don't want to forget
> anybody. You request = you get linked)
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> I think I just made John Siebels day (LOL)
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