Creedite

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC, United States

Creedite (Ca3Al2SO4(F,OH)10·2(H2O), is a sulfate and halide mineral that forms as white to purple crystals . It is named after Fluorspar Co. Mine at Creede Quadrangle, Colorado, the place where it was first discovered in 1916.

Details

Title: Creedite
Location: Karagandy, Kazakhstan, Asia
Type: Mineral
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External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
USNM Catalog Number(s): 171131
Photo Credit: Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
Field: Mineral Sciences

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