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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
Sat Sep 8, 2018, 09:57 AM Sep 2018

Man discovers glowing rocks called "Yooperlite"

Erik Rintamaki was searching for rocks on a Michigan beach last summer when he made what he calls a "mind blowing" discovery. Resting among the thousands of pebbles covering the Lake Superior beach, Rintamaki saw a glowing rock.

The gem and mineral dealer told CBS News he often goes rock hunting. But on this particular June night, he found a rock unlike any other — a florescent orb that he later named "Yooperlite." Like lava glowing through cracks in the earth, a glowing light seeped out of the lines in the small rock.

Rintamaki knew this couldn't be the only Yooperlite out there, but he couldn't find any information about glowing rocks online. He knows many people in the gem and mineral field, but everyone he asked had no clue what these mysterious rocks were.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/man-discovers-glowing-rocks-called-yooperlite/ar-BBN1vAN?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

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Man discovers glowing rocks called "Yooperlite" (Original Post) mfcorey1 Sep 2018 OP
Interesting Ohiogal Sep 2018 #1
I live just a few miles from Lake Superior. I ought to get a black light and do some searching! Kaleva Sep 2018 #2
It would be amazing to see. No doubt very well worth the trouble. Judi Lynn Sep 2018 #3
Turning a smart phone into a homemade blacklight Kaleva Sep 2018 #4

Ohiogal

(32,068 posts)
1. Interesting
Sat Sep 8, 2018, 10:12 AM
Sep 2018

and here I was expecting to read that this guy was "well lit" when he made his first discovery..... ha ha the joke's on me!

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