DIY
Fluorescent Mineral Display
Set up a display box that can safely illuminate and display geological specimens with Shortwave and Longwave UV light.
This includes:
- Build a Display Case
- Build a filtered Shortwave illuminator
- Find or build satisfactory Longwave light
- Safety Filter glass for viewers
- Specimen storage
- Lighting Control
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Fluorescent Mineral Display: Electrical
There are still a lot of lighting parameters I don’t know. I’ve tried to work out a general wiring mechanism that will hopefully be expandable and reasonable to both…
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Fluorescent Mineral Display: Part 2
Work on the display case has followed three areas. Room Finishing This part is time consuming and mundane. The room that the case is in is a combination office,…
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Shortwave UV Display Light – Part 1
I’ve had my eye on building a shortwave UV display light for a few years. When my wife started collecting samples that included fluorescent minerals we didn’t have any…
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Fluorescent Mineral Display: The Case Part 1
For several years my wife has been collecting geological samples from all over the world (ebay is great for that) and we used to display the samples in our…