Museum Collection
This specimen is part of the museum collection catalog.
Not for Sale.
Creedite
Navidad Mine, Durango, Mexico
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| Classification |
Mineral |
| Tags |
Fragile
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| Origin Location |
Navidad Mine, Durango, Mexico |
| Description |
Incredible pair of stellated clusters of beautiful orange Creedite. Large, spiky orange bladed clusters with sharp, lustrous crystals to 1.2 cm, some actually nearly colorless in a flowing, spherical formation – with no less than two doubly terminated crystals!! |
| Luster |
Vitreous |
| Luster (Groundmass) |
Not noted, see photo. |
| Optical Phenomena |
Not noted, see photo. |
| Mineral Group / Note |
Calcium Aluminum Sulfate Fluoro Hydroxide |
| Handling |
No special handling is required. |
| Modifications |
No modifications. |
| Size Group |
Small Cabinet |
| Weight |
Not weighed precisely yet, please inquire. |
| Dimensions |
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| Quantity |
1 Specimen |
| Mineral List |
Creedite: Ca3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O
tricalcium dialuminum sulfur tetroxygen oxygen hydrogen fluorine hydrogen oxide *
* Formula chemical names are auto-generated - may be incorrect on complex formulas.
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Specimen Analysis |
Color Table
Colors found in this specimen image are shown below. Higher number indicates greater concentration of that color.
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Similarly Colored Minerals:
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Wulfenite Wulfenite Opal var. Hyalite Wulfenite Hureaulite Calcite |
Elements in this Specimen:
Elements that are part of the official chemical structure of the minerals occurring in this specimen are indicated below.
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Minerals with Similar Chemistry:
Minerals that are similar in terms of their chemical makeup are shown below.
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This Mineral Formula Similar Mineral Formula
Ca Al S O H F Ca Al S O F H
Ca Al S O H F Ca Al S O F H
Ca Al S O H F Ca Ce Al S O F H
Ca Al S O H F Ca Nd Al S O F H
Ca Al S O H F Ca Y Al S O F H
Ca Al S O H F H Ca Mg Al S O F
Ca Al S O H F Ca Al S O F Cl H
Ca Al S O H F Mg Al S O H F
Ca Al S O H F Na Ca Al F H O
Ca Al S O H F Al U O S F H
Ca Al S O H F Al P O S H F
Ca Al S O H F Na Ca Al F H O
Ca Al S O H F Ca Fe Al S O H
Ca Al S O H F Ca Al S O P H
Ca Al S O H F Ca Al P O F H
Ca Al S O H F Ca Al Si O F H
Ca Al S O H F Mg Al S O F H
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