[Rockhounds] book

[gene at fossilnut.com]

My experience with fluorescents is that they are specific enough to 
localities so that with a little bit of preparation, you'll know what you 
are likely to find before you visit a locality, and for sure you will know 
what does not fit the common slate of material for the site as well. This 
makes a field guide unnecessary (besides I have trouble reading in the 
dark). I use 2 books regularly, but both rely on a lot of text as well as 
pictures so they are not easy to use as field guides. They are
1) Ultraviolet Light and Fluorescent Minerals by Warren, Gleason, Bostwick 
and Verbeek
2) Fluorescence by Manuel Robbins

 If you are visiting a well known site, such as Franklin or Sterling Hill 
there is a lot of info on the internet. If you are visiting a site that is 
not described and you find good glow rocks, collect a lot of them and then 
find out what they are after the fact. Other collectors lke me will probably 
want some. :-)

Gene Hartstein
Newark, DE





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From: "ROBERT A SANTEE" <timeman123 at optonline.net>
To: <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 9:35 AM
Subject: [Rockhounds] book


> Hi can anybody help me out I am look for a small hand book or field guide 
> book on identifying fluorescent minerals I would like to be able to take 
> the book in the field thanks.
>
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