Some references and links are provided below. Their selection and editorial comment are my own.

For a detailed collecting trip report, visit the Luminous Travels website.

For a photojournal from the 2004 trip, visit the Return to Ilímaussaq website. A few photos from the 2005 Trip are also available.

REFERENCES ON ILĺMAUSSAQ

Ilímaussaq has been blessed with a team of researchers from Denmark, Russia, Germany and beyond who’ve published an extraordinary volume of knowledge over the past 40+ years. Most of which is in print form only—little appears on the web. I'd especially recommend exploring the “Contributions to the mineralogy of Ilímaussaq” series cited in the references below.

Ole V. Petersen & Karsten Secher: The Minerals of Greenland. Mineralogical Record single-topic issue, Volume 24, number 2, March-April 1993, 88 pp.

Fine overview of Greenland's mineral deposits with attention on finds of collector interest. Contains a good (if short) introductory section on Ilímaussaq, a species list, and bibliography. Little mention of fluorescence; one UV photograph.

Henning Sørensen (ed.): The Ilímaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland: status of mineralogical research with new results. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Geology of Greenland Survey 190, 2001, 167pp.

Excellent collection of recent scientific studies on the deposit. Edited and in part authored by a central figure in Ilímaussaq research, Prof. Henning Sørensen.
Superb survey of the deposit; extensive bibliography. No mention of fluorescent minerals per se. Can be ordered from the Geological Survey (GEUS) directly. See: http://www.geus.dk/publications/bull-gl/gree-190-uk.htm

John Rose-Hansen, Henning Sørensen, and W. Stuart Watt (compilers): Inventory of the literature on the Ilímaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2001/102, 42pp + CD-ROM.

A superb bibliographic compilation of the literature pertaining to Ilímaussaq, available on paper and CD-ROM format.

Can be ordered through GEUS.

REFERENCE ON FLUORESCENT MINERALS

Thomas S. Warren, Sterling Gleason, Richard C. Bostwick, and Earl R. Verbeek: Ultraviolet light and fluorescent minerals. Privately published, 1995.

A fine book geared to the layperson introducing fluorescent minerals in clear, accurate terms. Tugtupite photograph and a notable discussion of fluorescence activators.

WEB LINKS

Luminous Travels: Ilímaussaq
A detailed report of a recent fluorescent mineral collecting trip to the Ilímaussaq area.

Minershop.com
A prominent mineral dealer with extensive stock of Greenland minerals, focusing on fluorescence.

Fluorescent Mineral Society
A non-profit organization of amateurs and professionals who share interests in fluorescent minerals.

Thomas S. Warren Museum of Fluorescence
A museum of fluorescence with a focus on minerals. Fine exhibits of outstanding specimens on public display.

Geological Survey of Greenland and Denmark
Major resource for scientific information, maps and publications concerning Ilímaussaq.

University Tübingen - Petrology team
Research team headed by Prof. Gregor Markl focusing on petrology of Ilímaussaq.

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