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1.8" Orange Creedite Crystal Cluster with Fluorite - Durango, Mexico
This is a cluster of radiating orange creedite crystals that formed in union with green and purple fluorite. The creedite crystals are transparent, with orange limonite inclusions that give them their color. This specimen was collected from the Navidad Mine near Durango, Mexico.
About Creedite
Creedite is a rare and vibrant mineral known for its striking crystal clusters, often displaying a range of colors from vivid orange to purple, colorless, or even blue. It typically forms as radiating sprays or spherical aggregates of elongated, prismatic crystals. These eye-catching formations make creedite highly sought after by mineral collectors.
Chemically, creedite is a complex calcium aluminum sulfate fluoride hydroxide mineral with the formula Ca₃Al₂(SO₄)(F,OH)₁₀·2H₂O. It often occurs in the oxidized zones of fluorite-rich hydrothermal deposits. The most famous and prolific creedite specimens come from Mexico, particularly the Navidad Mine in Durango, which produces vibrant orange and purple clusters. Other notable sources include Colorado (where the mineral was first discovered near Creede), Kazakhstan, and Bolivia. Despite its delicate appearance, creedite is relatively durable and offers a brilliant aesthetic for display.
Creedite is a rare and vibrant mineral known for its striking crystal clusters, often displaying a range of colors from vivid orange to purple, colorless, or even blue. It typically forms as radiating sprays or spherical aggregates of elongated, prismatic crystals. These eye-catching formations make creedite highly sought after by mineral collectors.
Chemically, creedite is a complex calcium aluminum sulfate fluoride hydroxide mineral with the formula Ca₃Al₂(SO₄)(F,OH)₁₀·2H₂O. It often occurs in the oxidized zones of fluorite-rich hydrothermal deposits. The most famous and prolific creedite specimens come from Mexico, particularly the Navidad Mine in Durango, which produces vibrant orange and purple clusters. Other notable sources include Colorado (where the mineral was first discovered near Creede), Kazakhstan, and Bolivia. Despite its delicate appearance, creedite is relatively durable and offers a brilliant aesthetic for display.
About Fluorite
Fluorite is a halide mineral comprised of calcium and fluorine, CaF2. The word fluorite is from the Latin fluo-, which means "to flow". In 1852 fluorite gave its name to the phenomenon known as fluorescence, or the property of fluorite to glow a different color depending upon the bandwidth of the ultraviolet light it is exposed to. Fluorite occurs commonly in cubic, octahedral, and dodecahedral crystals in many different colors. These colors range from colorless and completely transparent to yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, or black. Purples and greens tend to be the most common colors seen, and colorless, pink, and black are the rarest.
Fluorite is a halide mineral comprised of calcium and fluorine, CaF2. The word fluorite is from the Latin fluo-, which means "to flow". In 1852 fluorite gave its name to the phenomenon known as fluorescence, or the property of fluorite to glow a different color depending upon the bandwidth of the ultraviolet light it is exposed to. Fluorite occurs commonly in cubic, octahedral, and dodecahedral crystals in many different colors. These colors range from colorless and completely transparent to yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, or black. Purples and greens tend to be the most common colors seen, and colorless, pink, and black are the rarest.
SPECIES
Creedite & Fluorite
LOCATION
Navidad Mine, Durango, Mexico
SIZE
1.8" wide
CATEGORY
ITEM
#99196
