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Tozour Family's Fluorescent Rocks Page 18:

Triboluminescence

Some minerals glow when you scratch them :

(Best viewed in True Color or High Color)

This sphalerite was scratched with a nail in front of a Sony DSC-S50 camera.

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QuickTime movie of triboluminescent sphalerite

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Triboluminescent sphalerite from Colorado under longwave UV.

See more sphalerite on Page 3 Stereo

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