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Creedite

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Creedite, a rare halide mineral, is a calcium aluminium sulphate hydroxide fluoride hydrate that forms as a secondary mineral in fluorine-rich geochemical environments. Of the few known instances where it is well-crystallized each often presents a different colour, or overall habit distinctive to that deposit. Navidad mine (which translates as Christmas mine) at Mun. de Rodeo, Durango, Mexico is one of the first important localities for excellent crystals and these often show a distinctive orange colour and radiating 'star-burst' form where they have grown enclosed in clay. This excellent small cabinet specimen comes from Martin Kershaw's collection and almost certainly came from the important finds between 2005 and 2011. Not only does it present a great colour, but is really well-crystallized and in fine condition too.

Product details

Species
CreediteAbout Creedite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions7.5 x 5.0 x 5.2 cm
Listed on12/10/2025
Locality
Mexico, Indé Municipality, Navidad MineRegional guide →
SKUCC56224

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Creedite
Mineral guide
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delicate calcium aluminum sulfate fluoride forming radiating sprays and orange spheres on contrasting matrix; prized for fragility and Santa Eulalia.
Creedite
Regional guide
Creedite from Navidad Mine, Mexico
from the Navidad Mine is one of the great “available classics” of modern Mexican mineral collecting: distinctive enough to recognize across a room, abundant enough that serious collectors can still acquire fine examples, and good enough that the best pieces stand comfortably among world-class creedites. The hallmark is the orange to burnt-orange floater cluster—rounded balls and intergrown rosettes bristling with sharp, glassy, radiating blades. Many specimens look less like ordinary matrix pieces than crystallized sea urchins or flower heads, with individual creedite prisms thrusting outward in all directions from a hidden core.