Fluorescent Collection (page 3)

A coral colony fluoresces as UV light is shown upon it
A coral colony (Galaxea sp.) fluoresces as UV light is shown upon it. Why many marine organisms fluoresce is unknown

Bigfin reef squid -Sepioteuthis lessoniana-, Red Sea, Egypt, Africa

Fluorescent coral (Acropora sp. ), underwater view
This natural fluorescence was captured by using a special ultraviolet light-blocking filter, Rock Islands, Palau, Micronesia

Picture No. 11091655
Calcite (red) and Willamite (green) under flourescent light Date:

Phosphoroscope (1857) by Becquerel, wood engraving, published in 1880
Phosphoroscope by Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (French physicist, 1820 - 1891). A phosphoroscope is piece of experimental equipment

Examining patients thorax using X-ray tube and fluorescent screen. X-ray tube (on tripod) is set at reqauired height and patient stands directly in front of it

A test tube contaiing a solution of sodium fluorescein

Violet-blue fluorite on quartz crystals, fluorescent

Fluorite crystals on quartz, close up

Columnar calcite, fluorescent

Jumping spider C018 / 4470
Jumping spider. Close-up photograph of a jumping spider specimen preserved in hand sanitiser solution. This specimen (species unknown) was found in the Dominican Republic

Cotton stem, confocal micrograph C014 / 4636
Cotton stem. Laser scanning confocal micrograph (LSCM) of a section through the stem of a cotton (Gossypium sp.) plant

Stem cell-derived retinal cells. Fluorescence light micrograph of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells that have been derived from human embryonic stem cells (HESC)

Astrocyte brain cells, light micrograph
Astrocyte brain cells. Fluorescence light micrograph of primary astrocyte cells from the brain of a mouse. Astrocytes have numerous branches of connective tissue that provide support

Stem cell-derived astrocyte brain cells
Stem cell-derived nerve cells. Fluorescence light micrograph of astrocyte brain cells that have been derived from neural (nerve) stem cells from a mouse

Crab and coral fluorescing underwater C018 / 9373
Crab and coral fluorescing underwater under blue light. Some species of underwater animals emit a fluorescent glow. It is thought the glow may attract symbiotic algae

Lobophyllia coral fluorescing C018 / 9375
Lobophyllia sp. coral fluorescing under blue light at night. Some species of coral emit a fluorescent glow. It is thought the glow may attract symbiotic algae

Cerianthus anemone, fluorescing
Cerianthus anenome fluorescing under blue or ultraviolet light at night. Photographed in Borneo, Malaysia

Sea squirt, fluorescing
Sea squirt colony (Clavelina sp.) growing in damaged coral. The sea squirt and coral emit a fluorescent light when photographed under ultraviolet or blue light at night

Favites coral fluorescing
Favites sp. coral polyps feeding at night, fluorescing bright orange, yellow and green when illuminated by blue light. Photographed in Borneo, Malaysia

Squamous epithelium C014 / 4643
Squamous epithelium. Laser scanning confocal micrograph (LSCM) of a section through stratified squamous epithelial cells. Epithelial tissues line the cavities

Squamous epithelium, confocal micrograph C014 / 4642
Squamous epithelium. Laser scanning confocal micrograph (LSCM) of a section through stratified squamous epithelial cells. Epithelial tissues line the cavities

Induced nerve stem cells, micrograph
Induced nerve stem cells. Fluorescence light micrograph of neural (nerve) stem cells that have been created (induced) from human adult skin fibroblast cells by gene manipulation

Stem cell-derived nerve cells. Fluorescence light micrograph of neural (nerve) stem cells that have been derived from human embryonic stem cells (HESC)

Lung tissue, confocal micrograph C014 / 4616
Lung tissue. Laser scanning confocal micrograph (LSCM) of a section through a human lung

Kidney tissue, confocal micrograph C014 / 4611
Kidney tissue. Laser scanning confocal micrograph (LSCM) of a section through a human kidney, showing the cell nuclei (dark)

Kidney blood vessels, confocal micrograph C014 / 4610
Kidney blood vessels. Laser scanning confocal micrograph (LSCM) of a section through a human kidney, showing a blood vessel (vertical, centre)

Arabidopsis thaliana embryo, micrograph C014 / 4590
Arabidopsis thaliana embryo. Confocal light micrograph of a section through the embryo of a thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) plant

Fluorescent imaging fluids C015 / 6515
Fluorescent imaging fluids. Lab worker holding flasks of fluorescent fluids used in fluorescent imaging for surgical procedures

Fluorescent imaging fluids C015 / 6516
Fluorescent imaging fluids. Lab worker holding a vial containing a fluorescent fluid used in fluorescent imaging for surgical procedures

Children receiving light therapy C015 / 6205
Phototherapy. A group of children receiving light therapy (phototherapy). A combination of fluorescent and incandescent lamps are being used

Municipal worker clearing snow C018 / 2338
Winter. A municipal worker clearing snow from a courtyard. Photographed in Moscow, Russia

Thale cress anther and pollen. Confocal laser scanning micrograph of pollen grains (round) on a thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) anther

Fibroblast cell, fluorescent micrograph
Fibroblast cell. Confocal laser scanning micrograph of a fibroblast cell. The cell nucleus, which contains the cells genetic information, is green

Plant protoplast, fluorescent micrograph
Protoplast. Confocal laser scanning micrograph of a tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum) protoplast. A protoplast is a plant cell that has had its tough outer cell wall removed by chemical treatment

HeLa cells, light micrograph C013 / 4774
HeLa cells. Multi-photon fluorescence light micrograph of a group of cultured HeLa cells, showing the cell nuclei, which contain the cells genetic information (DNA, red)

HeLa cells, light micrograph C013 / 4773
HeLa cells. Multi-photon fluorescence light micrograph of a group of cultured HeLa cells, showing the cell nuclei, which contain the cells genetic information (DNA, blue), and microtubules (pink)

Natural ruby crystal
This ruby is a staggering 1, 085 carats. Mined in Burmas Mogok (Myanmar s) mines and bought by the Museum in 1924 from Burma Ruby Mines Ltd. It is one of the largest crystals in the Museum collection

Susannite on Caledonite
4mm crystal of susannite (carbonate) in a mass of caledonite (suplhate). Specimen from the Roughton Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria

Fluorite, pale green octahedron
With calcite, galena and pyrite. Its properties include fluorescence and cubed crystals. Specimen from Glengowla East mine, Oughterard, Co. Galway, Eire

Scheelite
Crystals of scheelite (calcium tungstate), an important ore of tungsten from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Diamonds fluorescing
Murchison snuff box set with diamonds fluorescing under ultra violet radiation. Gold snuff box set with diamonds ranging from 0.75 to 2.5 carats, presented to Sir R. I. Murchison by Tsar Alexander II

Celestite
A mass of celestite crystals. Celestite is strontium sulphate and is the source of red colours in fireworks

Autunite comprises of (hydrated calcium uranyl phosphate). This is a green, radioactive, highly fluorescent mineral. This specimen is from the Natural History Museum, London

Franklinite, fluorescing
Ore of zinc fluorescing under ultra violet radiation: calcite - pink; willemite - green; zincite - blue; franklinite - black. See image number 388 for white light view

Willemite
A specimen of willemite (zinc silicate) photographed under UV light

Torbernite

Opal doublets
Opals are not truely crystalline and are therefore mineraloids. They comprise of (hydrated silica glass)

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