FMS  Bibliography  of  Publications
Coloration of Minerals

The Causes of Color, by Kurt Nassau, Scientific American, October 1980.   Includes mention of fluorescence, and many of the mechanisms leading to visible-light color are also relevant to understanding luminescence.

Shedding Light on the Color of Gems and Minerals, by B. M. Loeffler and R. G. Burns, 1976, American Scientist, volume 64, pages 636-647.

The Origins of Color in Minerals, by K. Nassau, 1978, American Mineral., volume 63, pages 219-229.