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cracker · 12-25-2007, 06:53 AM

Thanks for the reply Witful, I was worried the question was a little obscure. LOL I visited my rock collecting friend who lives in New Orleans several years ago. Since then I have wondered about this old coral I have. Well Yesterday I had access to a wet tile saw. I cut a piece off one end. I know this sounds crazy but I'm considering trying to use an old UV sterilizer to see if this stuff will light up. A black light uses a long wavelength. Do our UV's use a short wavelength? Anyway the inside of this coral has shiny flecks like silica in it. Has nothing to do with whether the rock will fluoress or not but interesting. I understand this old coral I have was dredged up from some shipping channel in south Florida yeas ago. I think it's fossilized. It's very heavy for it's size. If You folks are interested I can post a few pics.

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cracker Acropora Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: North East Florida Posts: 1,717 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Minerals & ability of corals to fluoress? Thanks for the reply Witful, I was worried the question was a little obscure. LOL I visited my rock collecting friend who lives in New Orleans several years ago. Since then I have wondered about this old coral I have. Well Yesterday I had access to a wet tile saw. I cut a piece off one end. I know this sounds crazy but I'm considering trying to use an old UV sterilizer to see if this stuff will light up. A black light uses a long wavelength. Do our UV's use a short wavelength? Anyway the inside of this coral has shiny flecks like silica in it. Has nothing to do with whether the rock will fluoress or not but interesting. I understand this old coral I have was dredged up from some shipping channel in south Florida yeas ago. I think it's fossilized. It's very heavy for it's size. If You folks are interested I can post a few pics.