FMS  Bibliography  of  Publications
General - Crystal Chemistry and Physics of Luminescence

Fluorescence: Theory, Instrumentation, and Practice, edited by George G. Guilbault, 1967, is technical.

Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Analysis, edited by David M. Hercules, 1966.

A History of Luminescence from the Earliest Times Until 1900, by E. Newton Harvey, 1957

An Introduction to Luminescence of Solids, by H. W. Leverenz, 1950, New York, Dover publications (copyright 1968), 569 pages.   Summarizes research done on phosphors in the 1940’s.

Irradiation Colors and Luminescence, by K. Przibram, 1956, Pergamon Press, 332 pages translated from the German edition of 1953.   Reviews the earlier work on coloration, radiation effects, and luminescence of minerals.

Leuchtende Kristalle: Wissenwertes über Fluoreszenz, by Dr. Werner Lieber, published by Vetter, K. G. vorm. Ludwig Hormuth, Postfach 1348, 6908 Wiesloch, Germany, 48 pages.   German-language introduction to fluorescent minerals.

Luminescence, by G. F. J. Garlick, 1958, Handbuch der Physik, vol. 26, pp. 1-128, in English.   Describes the theory of luminescence.

Luminescence Applications in Biological, Chemical, Environmental, and Hydrological Sciences, edited by Marvin C. Goldberg, 1989.

Luminescence in Chemistry, edited by E. J. Bowen, 1968, a textbook.

Luminescence in Minerals, by J. Rakovan and G. Waychunas Mineral. Record (1996) 27:7-19

Luminescence, X-ray emission and new spectroscopies by G. Waychunas, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (1989) Vol 18:638-698

Luminescent materials, by W. B. White, 1975, Transactions of the American Crystallography Association, volume 11, pages 31-49.   Good summary of the principles of mineral luminescence.

Luminescent Materials, by G. Blasse and B. Grabmaier with G. Waychunas - Springer-Verlag 1994 232 pp.

Phosphorimetry, by M. Zander, 1968.   Monograph on phosphorescence of organic substances.

Photoluminescence of Solutions, by C. A. Parker, 1968.

Spectroscopy, Luminescence, and Radiation Centers in Minerals, by A. S. Marfunin, 1979, Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 352 pages.   Translated from Russian.   An excellent review of the subject and the Russian literature.