Fluorescent Mineral Database

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Creedite - Hall Molybdenum Mine, Tonopah, Nevada

Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Mar 24th, 2026
Locality: Hall Molybdenum Mine (Hall\'s Mine; Anaconda Mine; Liberty Mine; Cyprus Tonopah Mine; Tonopah Copper Mine), San Antone Mining District, San Antonio Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, USA (See on Mindat)

Description:
Originally posted by Mark Cole on Nature's Rainbows in 2015.

Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.
Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.
Normal light.
Normal light.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Creedite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

  • Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Blue

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