Sources for additional information on Fluorescent Minerals:

Fluorescent Mineral Museum, Photo, and Website Links

Books on Fluorescent Minerals:

Collecting Fluorescent Minerals, by Stuart Schneider
FLUORESCENCE, Gems and Minerals Under Ultraviolet Light, by Manuel Robbins
Ultraviolet Light and Fluorescent Minerals, by Warren, Gleason, Bostwick and Verbeek
Collector's Book of Fluorescent Minerals, by Manuel Robbins

Starting your own collection

If you want to start your own collection, LW UV lights are less expensive. The following dealers have UV lights and a low-cost LW mineral assortment in addition to  a wide variety of fluorescent mineral specimens:
 Polman Minerals
Charles B. Ward Fluorescent Minerals
For even more options, check out the following links:
A list of UV light and fluorescent mineral dealers
Basics of UV lights and filters for fluorescent minerals
Self-collection of fluorescent minerals
EBAY fluorescent mineral and UV light auctions
Miner Shop.com has Greenland minerals & tours
Fluorescents.com has Arizona minerals & UV lights

UVsystems.com has UV lights,  filters,  and parts

Information on the Fluorescent Mineral Society
On-line Mineral Data Base
Gem and Mineral Shows (may have a few fluorescent minerals)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Photographic Images © 2003 James O. Hamblen