General books on the fluorescent mineral hobby
You should have at least one of these!
Ultraviolet Guide to Minerals
by Sterling Gleason
D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., 1960, ISBN: 9780442027216; Ultra-Violet Products, 1972, reprint.
Fluorescence: Gems and Minerals Under Ultraviolet Light
by Manuel Robbins
Geoscience Press, Inc., 1994, ISBN: 9780945005131
Ultraviolet Light and Fluorescent Minerals: Understanding, Collecting and Displaying Fluorescent Minerals
by Thomas S. Warren, Sterling Gleason, Richard C. Bostwick, and Earl R. Verbeek
ISBN: 9780963509802
Collecting Fluorescent Minerals
by Stuart Schneider
Schiffer, 1st ed. 2004, ISBN: 9780764320910; 2nd ed. 2011, ISBN: 9780764336195
Luminescenza nel regno minerale
by Guido Bruno Mazzoleni and Roberto Appiani
Sandit, 2011, ISBN: 9788895990637
Lumière et luminescence, ces phénomènes lumineux qui nous entourent
by Bernard Valeur
BELIN, 1st ed. 2005, ISBN: 9782701136035; 2nd ed. 2017, ISBN: 9782410000719
Magazines & Newsletters
To keep you up to date!
Localities
All minerals come from somewhere, some localities more prolific than others!
The Mineralogy of Franklin and Ogdensburg, New Jersey
by Vandall T. King et al.
The Langesundsfjord: History, Geology, Pegmatites, Minerals
by Alf O. Larsen
Bode Verlag BmbH, 2010, ISBN: 9783925094972
Langban. The Mines, Their Minerals, Geology and Explorers
by Dan Holtstam and Jorgen Langhof
Raster Forlag, 1999, ISBN: 9789187214882
Khibiny
by Yakovenchuk V.N., Ivanyuk G.Yu., Pakhomovsky Ya.A., Men’shikov Yu.P.
Laplandia Minerals, Apatity, 2005, ISBN: 5900395480
Mont Saint-Hilaire History, Geology, Mineralogy
by László Horváth, Robert A Gault, Elsa Pfenninger-Horváth, Glenn Poirier
Special Publications of The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 14, 2019, ISBN: 9780921294610
Lovozero Massif : History, Pegmatites, Minerals
by Igor V. Pekov
Ocean Pictures LTD, 2000, ISBN: 9785900395272
Technical books on fluorescence & activators
These use a technical and scientific terminology, for the expert, not for entertainment!
Modern Luminescence Spectroscopy of Minerals and Materials
by Michael Gaft, Renata Reisfeld, Gerard Panczer
Springer, 2nd ed. 2015, ISBN: 9783642060113
Luminescent Spectra of Minerals
by Boris S. Gorobets, Alexandre A. Rogojine
Moscow, 2002, ISBN: 9785901837054
Spectroscopy, Luminescence and Radiation Centers in Minerals
by A. S. Marfunin
Springer, 1979, ISBN: 9780387090702
Miscellanea
For the book lovers!
Minerali fluorescenti. La collezione
by Leandro Sala
Ricciardi & Associati, 2012, ISBN: 9788887525069
The Story of Fluorescence
by Raytech Industries, Inc
Raytech Industries, Inc, 1965
