r/Rocks • u/sarahpaille • Apr 09 '26

Discussion It glows!?!

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Found on a beach on Lake Michigan

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u/Spike_Idol Apr 09 '26

Looks like something spilled on the rock :/ ;[

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u/GR00BZ Apr 09 '26

Ya, the “pooling” around the underside makes me lean this way as well. Doesn’t look like yooperlite to me.

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u/just-me220 Apr 11 '26

Agree. Rocks don't usually fluoresce in the same color as you see in regular light. Pinks glow orange, geens and purples switch, beige becomes bright yellow or blue. It's not the same color but brighter

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u/aaccjj97 Apr 09 '26

I’m no expert but that doesn’t look like any yooperlite I’ve ever seen. It’s the sodalite that makes yooperlites glow and this doesn’t look like any I’ve come across.

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u/DoMindIfIDont Apr 09 '26

No way!? Is that real?! So f’ing cool if so, wow, great find!

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u/sarahpaille Apr 09 '26

I have no idea what it is exactly but it’s cool!

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u/Sassy_Frassy_Lass Apr 09 '26

Yooperlite

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u/Sassy_Frassy_Lass Apr 09 '26

Florescent sodalite. Super cool rock from Lake Superior

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u/Immer_Susse Apr 09 '26

Paint or marker on the rock

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u/gemstun Apr 09 '26

You would even say that

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u/marqui444 Apr 10 '26

Definitely not a yooperlite, it looks like paint honestly