How do I identify Creedite?

Creedite can be identified by its hardness of 4 on the Mohs scale, White color, Vitreous luster, Monoclinic crystal system. Look for these key characteristics when examining specimens.

What color is Creedite?

Creedite typically appears in White, violet, colourless, colourless in transmitted light. Color can vary depending on impurities and formation conditions.

How hard is Creedite?

Creedite has a hardness of 4 on the Mohs scale. This gives it moderate hardness.

Creedite

A variety of Minerals

Rare

What is Creedite?

Creedite is a rare and striking mineral that comes in hues ranging from clear to purple to brownish-orange. The mineral is so-named because it was first discovered and described near the small town of Creede, Colorado. Though not particularly well-known, creedite can be prized by collectors, as it often forms handsome and colorful crystal clusters.

Uses & Applications

Creedite itself has very few industrial uses, though it is often considered to be a collector's mineral due to the striking crystalline forms it can ber found in. However, it is typically associated with ore deposits, making it an apt indicator that other ore minerals may be located nearby.

Healing Properties

Creedite is believed to provide mental and spiritual clarity, while expanding a person's sensitivity to higher energies. It is said that when worn, it will activate the third eye and crown chakras, allowing one to draw on a higher frequency in order to reach their daily goals.

Optical Properties

Refractive Index: 1.461-1.485
Birefringence: 0.021-0.024
Optical Character: Biaxial negative

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Creedite Localities Map

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Associated Chakras

Throat

Third Eye

Crown

Key Characteristics

Formation of Creedite

Creedite is a rare hydroxylhalide mineral. Creedite usually forms from the oxidation of fluorite ore deposits. Creedite was named after the location where it was discovered in 1916 in the Colorado Fluorspar Co. Mine at Wagon Wheel Gap, located at Creede Quadrangle, Mineral County, Colorado. It was later found in other fluorite veins near Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada; in the Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona; in the Darwin district, Inyo County, California. It also occurs in the Potosi and other mines of Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. It is also found in La Paz, Bolivia; Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan and Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

Composition of Creedite

Creedite structural composition study was conducted by utilizing 1390 Philips diffractometer with Fe – filtered CoK radiation (λ=1.79021Å), 10–90° 2θ range, peak-height relative intensities. It was concluded that the creedite falls into monoclinic crystal system (2/m) that has space group of C2/c. It was also found that creedite has basal reflections of (2 0 0) and (4 0 0) that are enhanced due to preferred orientation which concur with Michael Fleischer's orientation.