Ultraviolet Light and Fluorescent Minerals: Understanding, Collecting and Displaying Fluorescent Minerals
This book has been prepared to meet the often-expressed need for a broad and accurate introduction to the fluorescent-mineral hobby. The subject matter is intended to complement, rather than duplicate other recent texts on mineral fluorescence and differs from them chiefly in offering information not only on the minerals themselves but also on the nature of ultraviolet light, the lamps used to produce it, and useful techniques for collecting, learning about, and displaying fluorescent minerals. The agents that cause minerals to fluoresce and those that act to prevent it are explained as well. Some of this information has never before been presented in non-technical fashion and thus may be of interest not only to beginning hobbyists (our intended audience), but also to more advanced collectors.