Location Name: Sunstone Knoll
Materials: Sunstones / Labradorite Crystals
GPS: 39.14800, -112.71628
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Tools: You can do surface picking with just a bucket, or you can break up the basalt to look for unweathered crystals.
Vehicle: Any
Date Visited: September 2021
Additional comments:
Any Location Updates Since Visit: 2024 updated: Come to find out this material reacts under ultraviolet shortwave light. See photos below.
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Fluorescence
Although this is a subtle reaction, the stones from this locality do exhibit fluorescence under shortwave 254nm ultraviolet light. It would be rather interesting to take a high-powered light to this location at night.
