Fluorite: The Collector's Choice

摘要

Fluorite: The Collector's Choice has what is by now an entirely familiar look, and bears a familiar power, for whenever that Look reappears on the collector-literature market (as it does periodically), pulses are quickened throughout the mineral world. A stiff softcover, a page size three-fourths of an inch taller than that of the Mineralogical Record, a front cover showing a beautiful mineral specimen against a field of pure black, a team of editors including Gloria Staebler and Gunther Neumeier...yes, this is the next entry in the ExtraLapis English series, Number 9, to be exact. The work generally follows the established format, offering short chapters on an eclectic mix of fluorite-related topics dispersed apparently casually, even playfully, among chapters devoted to detailed fluorite-locality surveys. Contributing also to the sense of familiarity are the outstanding graphics and photos, including, naturally, photos of fine fluorite specimens, and the fact that a very large number of expert people have made contributions-33 authors, three translators, six editors and 32 illustrator/photographers are credited on the title page. The communal References list contains 94 titles in five languages.