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Creedite from
Liberty Mine, Tonopah Mining District, San Antonio Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Creedite
Formula:Ca3SO4Al2F8(OH)2 · 2H2O
Comments:sharp crystals
Habit:Very sharp, transparent
Colour:lavender coloured; colorless; pale amethyst
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Creedite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Liberty Mine, Tonopah Mining District, San Antonio Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:762312
Long-form Identifier:1:3:762312:7
GUID (UUID V4):f8500478-ac71-43b5-b03b-370c1c439a01
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 10:51 27 December 2014 Creedite Cresson Mine, Cripple Creek Teller County, Colorado M uch has been...rare, though at times quite attractive mineral, creedite quickly comes to mind. Not only is the type locality...excellent specimens of the mineral. A fine Colorado creedite specimen has been fittingly suggested as this...this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice specimen. Creedite is commonly seen in colorless to pale purple, transparent...calculated density is 2.739, and its hardness is 4. Creedite is monoclinic (2/m), commonly_forming bladelike
Journal (issue)
GrootBrittannië richtte een nieuwe firma op "Tsumeb Specimen Mining", en verkreeg een licensie om de mijn weer leeg...november 2000 213 Mineralen verzamelen in het Lake District, Cumbria, UK Iedere verzamelaar heeft wel eens...het Lake District in Cumbria, GrootBrittannië. De streek kreeg de status van "Lake district National...gaan zoeken moet een toelating aanvragen bij Lake District National Park, Busher Walk, Kendal, Cumbria LA9...van mineralenverzamelaars. O.a. aan de Driggith Mine dumps werden diepe putten achtergelaten, en ook
Report (issue)
Creedite Ca3 Al2 (SO4 )(F, OH)10 ‱ 2H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data:...X-ray Powder Pattern: Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado, USA. 3.48 (10), 7.3 (9), 6.9 (9), 3.92 (9), 2.161 (9)...28 Total 99.44 (1) Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado, USA; H2 O by the Penfield method, corresponds to Ca2...kaolinite (Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado, USA). Distribution: In the USA, from Wagon Wheel Gap, near Creede...Colorado; in the Liberty and Hall mines and at Granite, near Tonopah, Nye Co., Nevada; in Arizona, at
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst
Catalog/List
western states. Colorado and Nevada were his favorites because of their mining and coin minting history....the university, Kevin delved into mineralogy and mining history, and began to update his mineral collection...country as well as exploring scores of abandoned mining towns from California to New Mexico to Montana...mineral history of Nevada and in particular, the towns of the Hwy 95 mining district from Rhyolite to Goldfield...Goldfield and Tonopah. Kevin graduated in 1996 with a bachelor's degree in Fine Art and Graphic Design
Journal (issue)
Famous mineral localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah ..................................... S. Wise The Wagon Wheel Gap fluorspar mine, Mineral County, Colorado ....................................33 by B. Cairncross The Jan Coetzee copper mine, Namaqualand, South Africa .......................right of amateur col­ lecting and recreational mining, and the use of public and private lands for educational... R. (1971) Mineral Optics. W. H. Freeman, Inc., San Francisco. RICK W OOD, P. C. (1977) A technique for
Book
ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA] [ 16 / 1985 [ 65-128 265-328 261-336 209-272...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73
Catalog/List
"'· f·,,or.-i ti.s cd: send a 1 ist of th,;'! mine"i",;‱ L, that price for ~ach piece There is no...(New Cornelia well covered~ Mine,Ajo,Pima greenish (Belstone light County blue coating on , Arizona...A) Cl92 ANDRADITE location. brown crystals on Mine near Okehampton Cl93 ARSENOPYRITE Arsenopyrite...micros and masses on (Ballycormick near Shanagolden, County U.K.journal of Mines and Minerals isssue lxl f3...location pieces, about a third covered (Bedford Consols Mine near Tavistock, Devon) B) for micros lx 1/2 ins
Journal (issue)
and finding new material, such as:  Current day mining operations – Blast it!  Litigation-minded people...material recently discovered at the Blue Lizard Mine in southeastern Utah has produced a whole set of...Silver Coin Mine. IMA No. 2015-077 Fluorwavellite Al3(PO4)2(OH)2F·5H2O Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron...Iron Point district, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA (40°55’44”N, 117° 19’26”W), and Wood mine, 5 miles NE of Del...Del Rio, Cocke Co., Tennessee, USA (35°57’52”N, 82°57’36”W). Anthony R. Kampf*, Paul M. Adams, Henry
Journal (issue)
Los Angeles County Museum Acquires Outstanding Micromount Collection Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral...year, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County acquired the remarkable combined micromount collections...rattlesnakes only kill nine people per year in the USA, which has a population 4,000 times that of Amami...enough. No one on the island has feet as big as mine, so I hobble out into the forest in rubber boots...build locality suites. either by country, state or mine, resorting to alphabetical storage by species name
Journal (issue)
CA Articles Great pockets: the National Belle mine ..................................................T. Rosemeyer Phosphate minerals from the Tip Top mine, Black Hills, South D a k o ta ......................... 255 by N. L. Bennett The Buca della Vena mine, Tuscany, I ta ly ................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...------------------ 4 the « ♩ » ------- National Belle mine Arthur E. Smith, Jr. 9118 Concho Street Houston
Journal (issue)
"Recent Rare Mineral Finds at Southern California and Nevada Mines". Bob is an active member of the Mineralogical...his collecting activities to the Santa Monica Mountains, Fred found many unreported microminemls, some...National Park, on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada range. Here, on a forty-acre property complete...he beg;m working on microminerals of the Sierra Nevada foothills. His basic micromount collection was...was "Micromincrals at Rock Island Dam, Douglas County, Washington" in the May/June 1991 issue of Rocks
Report (issue)
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Report (volume)
Geologists: Bulletin, vols. 5, 6. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Transactions, vols. 65-67. New York...Mineralogist, vols. 6, 7. Menasha, Wis. American Mining Congress: Reports of 23d and 24th Annual Conventions... vol. 11. San Francisco, Calif. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, nos. 89, 90. San Francisco...Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Transactions, vols. 23, 24. Montreal, Quebec. Canadian Mining Journal...38, nos. 1-2. Chapel Hill, N. C. Engineering and Mining Journal, vols. 111-114. New York. Engineers' Club
Catalog/List
many of the miners working the Arizona copper district, and for years had been purchasing specimens directly...advantage of them while you can. AURICHALCITE; 79 Mine, Gila Co., Arizona: This is a zinc/copper carbonate...acicular crystal sprays and is very uncommon. The 79 mine is listed in every book I have as being one of the...Mtn STSvEM, AZURITE; Morenci Mine, Morenci, Arizona: The Morenci Mine is world renown for its turquoise...00 each (easily worth twice this much!). BISBEE MINE MIX; Bisbee, Arizona: This collection contained
Journal (issue)
scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...Amethyst scepter, 17 cm, from Petersen Mountain, Nevada; Brianna and Brendan Traw collection. Barite, 7 cm...prospectors. All of this activity gave a jump-start to mining interests and prospecting in the lands of the Pacific...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal
Report (volume)
nos. 1-8. Boston, Mass. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 109-120; Transactions...Mineralogist, vol. 1. Philadelphia, Pa. American Mining Congress: Report of Proceedings, 18th Annual Session...6, nos. 1-7. San Francisco, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, no. 71. San Francisco, Cal...Summary report for 1915. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Monthly Bulletin, nos. 45-56; Transactions...Transactions, vol. 18. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 37. Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Canadian
Book (volume)
particolor amethsyt (78.70 ct), Hallelujah Junction, Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25.30 ct), Ramona, California;...(25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...NECKLACE. Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and...events to bring the history of North American gem mining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most complete...and interviews with persons actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout
Book (edition)
McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...used mining districts as part of the locality description. These political and geographic district names...with a more descriptive term, metallic mineral district. This term shows the geochemical and mineralogical...reader to learn more about the geology of the district and to possibly predict the minerals that could...districts. Where possible, the metallic mineral district for each mineral locality is given for the mineral
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Jane Koepp Jones and Gene LaBerge (“The Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Wisconsin”) Desautels Trophy: Irv Brown...Carnegie Mineralogical Award: Franklin-Sterling Hill Mining Museum TUCSON GEM & MINERAL SHOWS Y2K ECONOMIC... Blue Ball mine Castle Dome dist. Fat Jack mine Finch mine Holmes Claim N. Geronimo mine Purple Passion...Passion mine Red Cloud mine Silver District Tonopah-Belmont mine Western Union mine Arkansas, Murfreesboro
Journal (issue)
By DAMA LANGLEY 23 Current n e w s briefs 26 MINING ART OF LIVING NEWS CRAFT HOBBY COMMENT ‱ Jerry...photo. THE DESERT MAGAZINE Giant saguaros near San Carlos lake in Arizona. Photo by Josef Muench. interferes...Summer clouds ride the crest o\ the Catalina mountains—guardian range oj the cactus forest. National...one: of the owners of the calcite mines. At the mining camp near the head of the wash, 10 miles from Truckhaven... and their partner, Robert R. Dye. Most of the mining buildings and equipment have been removed, and
Book (volume)
...........................................283 Nevada ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Simmons Fluorapatite from the King Lithia mine, Custer County, South Dakota .. 361 by M. L. Wilson, J....Mineralogical Research Co., 704 Charcot Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131. A list of other dealers in back issues...Roman, C/zÂŁvei/i deposits of jf v l t h e Ems district in West Germany have yielded over 50 mineral species...The ore-carrying system which comprises the Ems district is known as the Ems-Braubach belt. It consists
 
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