Fluorescent mineral chart

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Bart Torbert - 27 Aug 2003 16:33 GMT

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone knew of a web or hardcopy reference that
lists which minerals are fluorescent. I need a chart that
distinguishes this based upon short wave UV vs. long wave UV.

Thanks,

Bart Torbert
bart.torbert@ihsenergy.com

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Dr Nicholas Eastaugh - 27 Aug 2003 17:20 GMT

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The classic books on the subject are:

Gleason, S. 'Ultraviolet guide to minerals' Van Nostrand, New York (1960)

Robbins, M. 'The collector's book of fluorescent minerals' Van Nostrand
Reinhold, New York (1983)

Also of worth are:

Pogson, R.E. 'Ultraviolet rays and mineral fluorescence' Journal of the
Mineralogical Society of New South Wales 1 (1979) 23-26

Yagoda, H. 'Luminescent phenomena as aides in the localization of mineral
in polished sections' Economic Geology 41 (1946) 813-819

I also use the 1995 book by F.W.D. Rost - Fluorescence Microscopy - which
has a chapter on petrology and materials science (vol. 2, ch. 11) that
summarises a lot of the available information.

Hope this helps,
Nick Eastaugh

neastaugh@cix.co.uk

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Bart Torbert - 28 Aug 2003 16:09 GMT

Thanks for the references. I was hoping for a web reference, since I
need to eventually share some information with a large number of
people. But I can extract the information I need from these
references and post what it.

Bart Torbert

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jacques jedwab - 28 Aug 2003 08:09 GMT

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> Bart Torbert
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Explore:

www.uvminerals.org
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/mineralogie--->links

J.J.

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Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Mineralogy / August 2003

Fluorescent mineral chart