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  • Picture this: Fluorescent rocks (NJ)

    06/08/2005 5:29:04 PM PDT · by Coleus · 23 replies · 1,372+ views
    North Jersey Newspapers--The Record ^ | 05.30.05 | THOMAS E. FRANKLIN
    Picture this: Fluorescent rocks It could be argued that New Jersey is the rock capital of the world - just ask any Springsteen fan.But did you know that the Garden State is also the fluorescent rock capital of the world, long regarded as the "Promised Land" of fluorescent minerals by rock collectors worldwide?Stuart Schneider has written a book about it called "Collecting Fluorescent Minerals." He has an extensive collection of fluorescent rocks, with more than 800 species from around the world, but mostly his rocks are New Jersey-grown.The photography darkroom in his basement has been converted into a mineral room,...