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Flashing quartz Ute rattles

Is the flashing caused by triboluminescence (cracks in the crystal structure causing electrical discharges from the triboelectric effect) or from piezoelectricity (deformation of the crystal creating voltages and causing electrical discharges, like piezo ignition)? See Talk:Ute tribe#Comment on piezoelectricity for discussion. — Omegatron 04:03, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Envelopes

I'd noticed the effect when peeling open a self-seal envelope in low light - the point of separation of the two surfaces was illuminated by blue-violet light. I guess the "charge-separation" explanation makes some sort of sense. ErkDemon 15:26, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment comment

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Triboluminescence/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

I prefer separate pages on trioboluminescence and mechanoluminescence. The page is adequate, though there are many more examples of triboluminescence that could be added for students studying the topic.

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