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An interactive visit to Valentě Masachs Museum

Minerals fluorescence and phosphorescence
Minerals fluorescence and phosphorescence
© Museo Masachs UPC (Photo: Catalina Restrepo Martínez)
Here it is possible to see the natural colour of 10 minerals illuminated with white light. The minerals from top to bottom and from left to right are: Coral, calcite with willemite, quartz, scheelite, quartz with calcite, agate, wernerite , chalk, hackmanite and red and blue ruby.
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