Collecting Fluorescent Minerals
by Stuart Schneider
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Collecting Fluorescent Minerals
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Chapter One: Fluorescent Minerals |
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| Collecting Fluorescent Minerals |
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| Getting Started |
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| What You Need To Take With You To Dig In Mine Dumps Or On Field Trips |
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| Fluorescence |
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| Tenebrescence, Triboluminescence, and Thermoluminescence |
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| Activators |
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| Crystals versus Massive Form |
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| Important Things to Consider |
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| Mineral Lights |
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| Chapter Two: Finding Fluorescent Minerals |
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| History of the Area |
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| The Franklin Mine |
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| The Parker Shaft |
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| The Sterling Hill Mine |
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| Mont Saint-Hilaire |
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| Oka |
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| Purple Passion Mine |
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| Balmat, St. Lawrence County, New York |
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| Yavapai County, Arizona |
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| California and Mexico |
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| Collecting Fluorescent Minerals in Greenland |
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| Kvanefjeld |
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| The Ilimaussaq Complex |
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| Tasaq Slopes |
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| Tunulliarfik |
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| Kangerluarsuk |
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| Getting Your Finds Home |
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| Chapter Three: Classic Fluorescent Minerals That Fit into Every Collection |
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| Radioactive Mineral Collecting |
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| Chapter Four: A Photographic Display of Fluorescent Minerals |
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| Franklin Mine, Sterling Hill Mine, and Vicinity, New Jersey |
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| Eastern to Central United States |
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| Western United States to Mexico |
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| Canada |
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| Greenland |
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| China |
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| Other Countries |
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| Unknown Locations |
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| Mineral Shows |
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| Miscellaneous Mineral Collectibles |
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| Resources |
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| Collecting Groups, Information, and Museums |
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| Mineral Dealers |
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| Mineral Lights and Supplies |
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| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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