The World of Fluorescent Minerals
by Stuart Schneider
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The World of Fluorescent Minerals
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| Acknowledgments |
4
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| Introduction |
5
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| The Colors in the Book |
5
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| Value Guide |
5
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| Fluorescent Minerals |
6
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| Fluorescence, Tenebrescence, Triboluminescence and Thermoluminescence |
6
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| Fluorescence in Everyday Life and Into the Future |
6
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| Ultraviolet Lamps |
7
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| Activators |
8
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| Finding Fluorescent Minerals |
9
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| The Franklin and Sterling Hill Mines, New Jersey |
9
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| Fluorescent Franklin-Sterling area Minerals and their Typical Fluorescent Colors |
11
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| Fluorescence Table - Franklin/Sterling Hill |
11
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| The Andover Area Mines, Sussex County |
12
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| Canada |
13
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| The Long Lake Mine |
13
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| Mont Saint-Hilaire |
14
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| Fluorescence Table - Mont Saint-Hilaire |
14
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| Other Places |
14
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| St. Lawrence County, New York |
14
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| The Western United States |
14
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| Mexico |
15
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| Greenland |
15
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| Fluorescence Table - Greenland |
15
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| Pakistan and Afghanistan |
15
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| Information about some Specific Types of Minerals |
16
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| Scheelite |
16
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| Powellite |
16
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| Feldspars |
16
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| Sphalerite |
17
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| Willemite |
17
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| Photographing Fluorescent Minerals |
18
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| A GALLERY OF MINERALS |
20
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| Franklin Mine, Sterling Hill Mine, and the Rest of New Jersey |
20
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| Eastern and Midwestern U.S. |
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| Western U.S. |
83
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| Canada |
105
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| Mexico |
118
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| Other Countries (Alphabetically) |
123
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| Miners Lamps |
183
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| Building a Small Battery Pack for your Portable 12 Volt UV Lamp |
184
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| Documenting Your Collection |
186
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| Displaying Your Collection |
187
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| Things to Consider |
188
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| Collector Names of Minerals |
188
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| Resources |
189
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| Collecting Groups, Information, and Museums |
189
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| Mineral Dealers |
189
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| Ultraviolet Lamps and Supplies |
190
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| Bibliography |
191
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| Index |
192
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