[Rockhounds] Moon Rocks still in demand, available, and revealing secrets...

[Axel Emmermann]

Indeed Pete & Kreigh,

If found one (1 ;-) reference to lunar rock luminescence on page 192 of
"Spectroscopy, Luminescence and Radiation Centers in Minerals" by Arnold S.
Marfunin.
The entire message is comprised in a few lines, stating that
protonoluminescence caused by the solar wind induces intense emission bands
in lunar surface rocks. That's it... No wavelengths, no intensities...
I guess that the issue is much less important now that our sun is so active
that we're no longer in the direct line of fire of the sun's magnetic field.
I read that it reaches almost to Jupiter these days. If that's true, we
should see far less northern lights than usual. Much less solar wind
reaching the moon too? 
We are now in fact much better shielded from cosmic radiation too by the
sun's bloated magnetic field. Some scientists believe that this may reduce
cloud formation and make our climate dryer. I don't see any of that
happening now, so maybe I should revise my sources???

Axel