Being a visual and verbal chronologue of my peculiar life, foremost my research interests—death and the anatomical body—and travels and people I've met in pursuit of same; my collecting interests—fossils, postmortem photographs, weird news, and new acquisitions to my “museum”; and (reluctantly) my health, having been diagnosed with MS in 1990. "Satisfying my morbid curiosity and yours..."
Friday, November 28, 2008
Labradorite
Last weekend, I came home with treasures from the annual fossil show I make a point of patronizing. Though they aren't properly accessioned by the Museum yet, the specimens I bought include a slab of amethyst crystal and a large Late Jurassic ammonite from Madagascar. Right before I left, the luminescence of a certain stone caught my eye--even more so when it was in my hand. The polished mineral, the size and shape of a bar of soap, is called labradorite, and the luminescent characteristic is called labradorescence.
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