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Creedite With Fluorite

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Creedite With Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Qinglong Mine, Qinglong County, Guizhou Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 3 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Weight: 
12.00gr
Description

Radiating spray of lustrous lavender coloured creedite with small etched colourless fluorite crystals. A damage fee specimen that is impressive to observe and study showing all kinds of intricacies with magnification.

We are happy to combine shipping or stockpile until it makes sense to ship due to shipping price. We only charge actual shipping costs.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Creedite

Formula: 
Ca3SO4Al2F8(OH)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
3.CG.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Colorado Fluorspar Co. Mine, Wagon Wheel Gap, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic