Re: Bones, Rocks and UV

> My first question is why would this work?  Bone is essentially calcium
> carbonate.

Incorrect - bone is not calcium carbonate - it is calcium phosphate - which
would make it the equivalent of the mineral apatite.  Apatite also
fluoresces - but I think some varieties fluoresce more than others (e.g.
Fluor- and Chlor-apatite as opposed to the normal hydroxy-apatite).  I don't
know how this all relates to the structure of bone though!

cheers
Bill