by Stuart Schneider. Seeing fluorescent minerals up close for the first time is an exciting experience. The colors are so pure and the glow is so seemingly un-natural, that it is hard to believe they are natural rocks. Hundreds of glowing minerals are shown, in-cluding Aragonite, Celestine, Feldspar, Microcline, Picropharmacolite, Quartz, Spinel, Smithsonite, plus many more. But don't let the hard-to-pro-nounce names keep you away. Over 870 beautiful color photographs illustrate how fluorescent min-erals look under UV light and in daylight, making this an invaluable field guide. Here are minerals from the United States, in-cluding mines in New Jersey, New York, Arizona, and California, as well as beautiful and unusual minerals from Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Italy, Sweden, and other places. Included are values, a comprehensive resources sec-tion, plus helpful advice on caring for, collecting, and displaying minerals. The field of collecting fluorescent minerals is relatively new and this is one of the most complete references available.