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Yooperlite bead
Yooperlites are a rare variety of syenite, an igneous rock, that contain the fluorescent mineral sodalite. The sodalite is doped with disulfide, a type of sulfur, which makes it glow.
Here is a view side by side of Yooperlite. The left side is under normal white light and the right side is bathed in ultraviolet light. The electrons in the sodalite's atoms jump to a higher energy level, then release that energy as a photon of orange light.
Yooperlite sells for $32.00 per pound.
Yooperlites are a rare variety of syenite, an igneous rock, that contain the fluorescent mineral sodalite. The sodalite is doped with disulfide, a type of sulfur, which makes it glow.
Here is a view side by side of Yooperlite. The left side is under normal white light and the right side is bathed in ultraviolet light. The electrons in the sodalite's atoms jump to a higher energy level, then release that energy as a photon of orange light.
Yooperlite sells for $32.00 per pound.