This area is closed for renovation of the Museum.
Planning is underway for future regional exhibits.
Mineral fluorescence is demonstrated in this interactive display entitled Short Wave Fluorescence. Minerals in this display are exposed to germicidal fluorescent lamps, in conjunction with a UV quartz grid, and through blue-black quartz filters. The results are varying color effects depending on the mineral. Other forms of high energy, such as X-rays and heat, may also cause fluorescence in minerals. Some minerals continue to glow when the light is turned off, a condition called phosphorescence.