Many current and excellent references to the general instrumental methods exist. Those listed below are targeted at mineralogical applications or are particularly useful as background information for solid-state studies.
| Caltech Call Number | Author and Title |
| QD 908 A21 | Adams, D.M. and Newton, D.C. (1970) Tables for Factor Group and Point Group Analysis. Beckman-RIIC Ltd, Croydon, England. |
| QE 369 S65 I54 | Farmer, V.C. (ed) (1974) The Infrared Spectra of Minerals. Mineralogical Society, London. |
| 354 Arms | Ferraro, J.R. (ed) (1982) The Sadtler Infrared Spectra Handbook of Minerals and Clays.Sadtler Research Laboratories. |
| QD 96 I5 G3 | Gadsden, J.A. (1975) Infrared Spectra of Minerals and Related Inorganic Compounds. Butterworth, England. (Missing from Library) |
| Hunt, G.R. and Salisbury, J.W. (1975) Mid-Infrared Spectral Behavior of Sedimentary Rocks. AFCRL-TR-75-0356, Environmental Research Paper No. 520. | |
| QE 369 S65 K37 | Karr, C. (ed) (1975) Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy of Lunar and Terrestrial Minerals.Academic Press, NY. |
| QC 464 S6 L313 | Lazarev, A.N. (1972) Vibrational Spectra and Structure of Silicates. Translated from Russian by G.D Archard. Consultants Bureau, N.Y. |
| TP 811 M35 | Marel, H.W. and Beutel-Spacher, H. (1976) Atlas of Infrared Spectroscopy of Clay Minerals and Their Admixtures. Elsevier. |
| QC 20.7 S64 S63 | McMillan, P.F. and Hofmeister, A.M. (1988) Infrared and Raman spectroscopy. In: Hawthorne, F.C. (ed), Spectroscopic Methods in Mineralogy and Geology. Reviews in Mineralogy, vol. 18. Mineralogical Society of America. |
| QE 369 M58 | Moenke, H. (1962) Mineral Specktren. Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. |
| QD 96 I5 N33 | Nakamoto, K. (1986) Infrared and Raman Spectra of Inorganic and Coordination Compounds. Wiley & Sons, NY. [also 1976] |
| QC 20.7 S64 S63 | Rossman, G.R. (1988) Vibrational spectroscopy of hydrous components. In: Hawthorne, F.C. (ed), Spectroscopic Methods in Mineralogy and Geology. Reviews in Mineralogy, vol. 18. Mineralogical Society of America. |
| QE 369 S65 | Salisbury, J.W., Walter, L.S., Vergo, N. and D'Aria, D.M. (1992) Infrared (2.1 - 25 um) Spectra of Minerals. The Johns Hopkins University Press. |
| QE 369.S65 S74 2004 |
Beran A, et al. and Libowitzky and Beran (2004) Multiple chapters in: Beran & Libowitzky (eds). Spectroscopic Methods in Mineralogy. European Mineralogical Union Notes in Mineralogy, vol 6. |
| QE364 B87 | Burns, R.G. (1993) Mineralogical Applications of Crystal Field Theory, 2d edition. Cambridge University Press |
| Loeffler, B.M. and Burns, R.G. (1976) American Scientist, 64, 636-647. | |
| QE 369.06 P43 | Peckett, A. (1992) The Colours of Opaque Minerals. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York. |
| Platonov, A.N. (1976) The Nature of Color of Minerals. Scientific Publishers, Kiev. (In Russian) | |
| Lehmann, G. (1978) Farben von Mineralen und ihre Ursachen. Fortschr. Mineral. 56, 172-252. (In German) | |
| Fritsch, E. and Rossman, G.R. (1987,1988) An update on color in gems. Gems and Gemology: 23, 126-139; 24, 3-15; 24, 81-103. | |
| QC20.7 S64 S63 | Rossman, G.R. (1988) Optical Spectroscopy. In: Hawthorne, F.C. (ed), Spectroscopic Methods in Mineralogy and Geology. Reviews in Mineralogy, vol. 18. Mineralogical Society of America. |
| QE 369.S65 S74 2004 | Wildner M, Andrut M, Rudowica CZ (2004) Optical absorption spectroscopy in geosciences, parts I & II. In: Beran & Libowitzky (eds). Spectroscopic Methods in Mineralogy. European Mineralogical Union Notes in Mineralogy, vol 6. |
| QE364 S65 P79513 | Przibram, K. (1956) Irradiation Colours and Luminescence, a contribution to mineral physics. Pergamon Press, London. |
| QE 369 M3713 | Marfunin, A.S. (1979) Spectroscopy, Luminescence and Radiation Centers in Minerals. Springer Verlag, NY. |
| QE 431.5 M365 1988 | Marshall, D.J. (1988) Cathodoluminescence of Geological Materials. Unwin Hyman, Boston. |
| Flourescent Mineral Society http://www.uvminerals.org/ | |
| QC 476.6 G34 2005 |
Gaft M, Reisfeld R, Panczer G
(1999) Modern Luminescence Spectroscopy of Minerals and materials.
Springer |
| QC 491 B35 | Bancroft, G.M. (1973) Mössbauer Spectroscopy: An Introduction for Inorganic Chemists and Geochemists. Wiley, NY. |
| QC 20.7.S64 S63 1988 |
Hawthorne, F.C. (1988) Mössbauer Spectroscopy. In: Hawthorne, F.C. (ed), Spectroscopic Methods in Mineralogy and Geology. Reviews in Mineralogy, vol. 18. Mineralogical Society of America. |
| QC 491 M54 | Mössbauer Handbook: Mineral: data handbook. (1983) Mössbauer Effect Data Center, University of North Carolina, Asheville. 1983 |
| QE 516.3 W54 1987 | Wilson, M.A. (1987) N.M.R. Techniques and Applications in Geochemistry and Soil Chemistry. Pergamon Press. |
| QC20.7.S64 S63 1988 |
Kirkpatrick, R.J. (1988) MAS NMR spectroscopy of minerals and glasses. In: Hawthorne, F.C. (ed), Spectroscopic Methods in Mineralogy and Geology. Reviews in Mineralogy, vol. 18. Mineralogical Society of America. |
| QE369 S65 S65 | Putnis, A (1990) NMR spectroscopy. In: Absorption Spectroscopy in Mineralogy, Montanna, A. and Burragato, F. eds. Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam. |
| QE 367 Z8 1977 | Zussman, J,. (ed) (1977) Physical Methods in determinative Mineralogy. 2d ed. Academic Press, London |
| QC 20.7 S64 S63 1988 | Hawthorne, F.C. (ed) (1988) Spectroscopic Methods in Mineralogy and Geology. Reviews in Mineralogy, vol. 18. Mineralogical Society of America |
| QE 369 S65 A27 1990 | Montanna, A. and Burragato, F. (1989) Absorption Spectroscopy in Mineralogy. Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam. |
| QE 369.S65 S74 2004 | Beran & Libowitzky (eds). Spectroscopic Methods in Mineralogy. European Mineralogical Union Notes in Mineralogy, vol 6. |
| Henry, N.F.M and Lonsdale, K. (eds) (1952) International Tables for X-Ray. Crystallography. Vol 1. Symmetry Groups. The Kynoch Press, Birmingham, England. | |
| QD 461 C65 1971 | Cotton, F.A. (1971) Chemical Applications of Group Theory. 2d ed. Wiley, NY. [Also 3d edition] |
| QC 176.8 O6 S5 | Sherwood, P.M.A. (1972) Vibrational Spectroscopy of Solids. Cambridge University Press, London. |
| and many other modern textbooks |
| QE 369 S65 A27 | Calas, G. et al. (1990) in Mottana and Burragoto (eds.) Absorption Spectroscopy in Mineralogy. Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam. |
| QC 176.8 06 M34 | McKeever (1985) Thermoluminescence of Solids |
| Absorption spectra of minerals | http://minerals.gps.caltech.edu |
| Reflectance spectra of minerals | http://speclab.cr.usgs.gov/spectral-lib.html |
| Raman spectra of minerals | http://minerals.gps.caltech.edu,
http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/rruff/ |
| Tutorial on reflectance spectroscopy | http://speclab.cr.usgs.gov/aboutrefl.html |