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Looking At Things In A Different Light: Fluorescence & Metallic Oils By Russ House Copyright, 1994, 1998, 2000, Russ House. All rights reserved. Reprinted from Issue 27 of The Stone "Chromatographic separation on thin layer plates of silica gel have shown antimony oil to contain at least 16 components, two of which are fluorescent under long wave ultraviolet light. The iron (oil) was seen to consist of at least three components, one of which also fluoresces". 1 An article that I read in Essentia many years ago prompted me to examine various metallic extractions under black-light. I was unable to reach any significant conclusions, but found a certain consistency in my observations. Ethanol extractions of sufficiently ‘opened’ antimony have consistently demonstrated fluorescence, whether they are from crude oxide (so-called ‘fume’ which carries numerous impurities such as sulphur, lead and arsenic), or from detonated stibnite. In the case of the latter, extraction products that show no color when viewed in the visible light spectrum have shown significant fluorescence. Similarly, tinctures of gold, silver, and other metals which were extracted with alkahests of lead or similar solvents show fluorescence. I have observed low levels of fluorescence by oils from egg yolk. When first working with this new way of looking at tinctures, I was amazed at the strength of the phenomenon, and decided to examine the solvent, and the raw material prior to combination to try see if either of them would actively fluoresce. Neither did. Immediately after pouring acetone on crude antimony oxide (a gray, powdered material), the liquid was strongly fluorescenct. I have also made use of crude chromatography techniques to examine metallic tinctures to look for differing densities of components in the product. I have used either chromatography paper or filter papers moistened in the solvent, and permitted the material being tested to climb up the paper by capillary action. A good chemical technique manual will be useful to those who wish to experiment along these lines. Reference:
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