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This battle is for rocks that come alive under short wave UV light! ????????

It doesn’t matter if your specimen is beautiful or ugly in daylight — all that matters is what happens when the lights go out!

Turn on the short wave and bring your best glow. ????????

SW fluorescent

How Rock Battles work: Collectors enter matching specimens from their Geology365 collections while submissions are open. When the bracket starts, logged-in users vote head-to-head each round until one champion remains. Each matchup gets one vote per collector; votes lock in once cast. See full rules for this battle ↓

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In the arena

Champion

Willemite, Calcite

Calcite, Willemite

The Bracket

Round 1 isn’t a full field. 17 specimens were seeded into a 32-slot bracket, so 15 receive a bye and advance automatically.

Round 1

Margarosanite, Willemite & Andradite in Feldspar

Bye

Bye

Bye

Bye

Norbergite (bright yellow fluorescence), phlogopite (softer yellow fluorescence), diopside (blue white fluorescence), fluoro-edenite (blue green fluorescence)

Bye

Bye

Bye

Hardystonite, Cliniohedrite, Willenite & Calcite

Bye

Esperite, Hardystonite, Willemite, Calcite & Frank

Bye

Bye

Bye

Willemite "Lightening Bolts" Franklinite & Calcite

Bye

Blue Hauyne, Gonnardite ,Phlogopite, Hyalite

Bye

Bye

Whispy Willemite Veinlets & Hydrozincite

Bye

Marialite Scapolite Cluster with Sodalite, Gonnardite, Phlogopite, Diopside, Calcite, Pyrite On Matrix

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Championship

Rock Battle rules: Short Wave Fluorescent

Short Wave Fluorescent is a single-elimination Geology365 Rock Battle. Logged-in collectors can enter matching specimens from their collection, then vote on matchups until a champion is crowned.

Each logged-in user may enter up to 3 specimens in this battle.
Collectors may withdraw a specimen while submissions are still open.
The bracket is limited to 32 specimens total (currently 17 entered), and needs at least 16 entries to launch.
Eligible specimens must match this battle’s filters: Short Wave (SW) fluorescent .
The battle’s active submission window runs from 8/27/2026 10:00 am through 9/1/2026 7:00 pm.
This Rock Battle is complete. The champion is shown above when available.
Each voting round lasts 2 days. Matchups advance in a single-elimination bracket until one specimen remains.
Logged-in users may cast one vote per matchup. Votes lock in once cast and cannot be changed. Live standing bars appear after you vote; total vote counts are shown once enough collectors have weighed in.
You must own a specimen to enter it. Anyone with a Geology365 account may vote once voting begins.