SoCal Fluorescent Mineral Society Meetup April 2015

This was the annual post-Tucson meeting where we all show off our purchases, what we collected recently, and as always Jim has some amazing purchases. That hyalite from Zacatecas was an absolute beauty and I HAD to have one in my collection. Well crystallized, bright, and daylight fluorescent. A wonderful combination. Too bad it's so expensive as is! Of interest is Graham showing us fluorescence under other light sources such as blue and green. It would involve shining a blue or green LED light source at the mineral, then using a filter in front of your eyes so that the source color is filtered out. This is in stark contrast to the UV we're so used to. Beautiful reactions that I never would have seen otherwise.

Jim Horste's Franklin NJ collection

Jim Horste's miscellaneous Tuscon finds and recent buys.

An unusual form of fibrous willemite. Wish I could have done a photoshoot of this specimen. It was gorgeous!

A piece of that gemmy daylight fluorescing hyalite from Zacatecas, Mexico. I would love some but it's way too expensive for my blood!

Various SoCal FMS members discussing the hobby while looking at locality books.
(L to R) Jim Horste, Marc Brown, Corby Waste, Jeff Wilmot, Todd Richmond.

Selling & trading occuring at the meetup.