Broad spectrum prospector

Claim 1

AN ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION GENERATOR FOR DETECTING AND ANALYZING THE FLUORESCENT CONDITION OF MINERALS AND LIKE SUBSTANCES AND EFFICIENTLY PRODUCING BOTH SHORTWAVE ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION AND LONGWAVE ULTRAVIOLET RADIATIONS COMPRISING: A HOUSING PROVIDED WITH AN OPENING, A GASEOUS DISCHARGE TUBE FOR PRODUCING SHORTWAVE ULTRAVIOLET RADIATIONS DISPOSED WITHIN THE HOUSING AND HAVING A PORTION CONFRONTING SAID OPENING, A FILTER DISPOSED IN SAID OPENING TO REMOVE ANY VISIBLE WAVE LENGTHS FROM THE RADIATIONS PRODUCED BY SAID TUBE, A PHOSPHOR SUPPORTED WITH RESPECT TO SAID TUBE AND SAID OPENING TO RECEIVE A LARGE PORTION OF THE SHORTWAVE RADIATIONS FROM THE TUBE THAT ARE NOT EMANATED DIRECTLY THROUGH SAID OPENING, SAID PHOSPHOR BEING RESPONSIVE TO SAID RECEIVED SHORTWAVE RADIATIONS TO PRODUCE LONGWAVE RADIATIONS, THE GASES IN SAID GASEOUS DISCHARGE TUBE BEING CHARACTERIZED AS ABSORPTIVE OF SAID SHORTWAVE RADIATIONS AND SUBSTANTIALLY NONABSORPTIVE OF LONGWAVE RADIATIONS WHEREBY SOME OF THE LONG WAVE RADIATIONS PRODUCED BY SAID PHOSPHOR ARE DIRECTED THROUGH SAID TUBE TO SAID OPENING, AND MEANS FOR COLLECTING OTHER OF SAID PRODUCED LONGWAVE RADIATIONS AND DIRECTING SAID RADIATIONS TO SAID OPENING, WHEREBY A PORTION OF SAID LONGWAVE RADIATIONS DIRECTED THROUGH SAID OPENING ARE OBTAINED FROM SHORTWAVE RADIATIONS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE NOT BE DIRECTED TO SAID OPENING.