Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2007.22.075 A—B
Accession#:
2007.22
Credit Line:
Transferred from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Object Name:
Lamp
Title:
Mineralight Portable Ultraviolet Lamp
Year Range from:
1980
Year Range to:
1996
Description:
Mineralight Portable Ultraviolet Lamp
A: Instrument
Tan and brown rectangular plastic instrument. There is a handle that wraps around from the top to the back side. The body of the instrument is a rectangle with a slanted triangle on the top that leads up to the front. There is a black switch on this slant. The front is a long bar that extends up over the body. On the face of the front there is a tiny light bulb under which is written "SHORY WAVE U.V." under that are two shiny rectangles that can be ulternately covered by a sliding metal pannel. at the bottom is written "LONG WAVE U.V."
B: Battery Cover
Brown plastic battery cover fits onto bottom of instrument. Inside of cover is label with descriptions of how to replace batteries.
A: Instrument
Tan and brown rectangular plastic instrument. There is a handle that wraps around from the top to the back side. The body of the instrument is a rectangle with a slanted triangle on the top that leads up to the front. There is a black switch on this slant. The front is a long bar that extends up over the body. On the face of the front there is a tiny light bulb under which is written "SHORY WAVE U.V." under that are two shiny rectangles that can be ulternately covered by a sliding metal pannel. at the bottom is written "LONG WAVE U.V."
B: Battery Cover
Brown plastic battery cover fits onto bottom of instrument. Inside of cover is label with descriptions of how to replace batteries.
Notes:
Model: MSL — 48
Used in field work to test for the presence of fluorescent minerals.
Essentally it is a blacklight that was used primarily to prospect for scheelite, a Tungsten Mineral. Scheelire flouresces a brilliant blue under ultraviolet light.
Used in field work to test for the presence of fluorescent minerals.
Essentally it is a blacklight that was used primarily to prospect for scheelite, a Tungsten Mineral. Scheelire flouresces a brilliant blue under ultraviolet light.
Search Terms:
JMIC
T&E
Prospecting
Mining
T&E
Prospecting
Mining
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