Creedite is a calcium aluminium sulfate fluoro hydroxide mineral which was named after the location where it was discovered in 1916. Creedite was found in the Colorado Fluorspar Mine at Wagon Wheel Gap, located at Creede Quadrangle, Mineral County, Colorado. Creedite 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.

Within the metaphysical realm of minerals, Creedite is apprently excellent to use if the believer needs clarity to express the spiritual realm in their life. It enhances spirituality and is a tool to be used in channeling meditation to provide clarity in the verbalization of messages they receive. A great mineral to have if the believer has trouble communicating spiritual ideas and concepts to others. It helps to provide a driving force towards goals, promotes insight into obstructions, and initiates the wisdom to circumvent or the ability to penetrate the obstacle involved.

Please note that MIROFOSS does not suggest in any way that minerals should be used in place of proper medical and psychological care. This information is provided here as a reference only.

Creedite is mainly used as a collectors mineral and does not have any known industrial uses.

Creedite is an uncommon mineral found in the upper portions of a fluorite-baryte vein.

Creedite is a rare hydroxylhalide mineral. Creedite usually forms from the oxidation of fluorite ore deposits. Creedite typically occurs with low-grade metamorphic rocks on a fluorite – calcite – quartz matrix or on a sulfide-matrix with its oxidized products. Creedite also occurs in skarn formation which usually has an association with sulfides. Generally, creedite is found as two to three millimeter radial aggregates and less commonly as a single prismatic crystals up to one millimeter long.

Cleavage	Perfect
Colour(s)	Colourless, Violet, Orange, White
Specific Gravity	2.71
Diaphaneity	Transparent to Translucent
Fracture	Conchoidal
Mohs Hardness	3.5
Luminescence	Non-fluorescent
Luster	Vitreous
Streak	White
Habit(s)	Granular to Prismatic to Radial
Radioactivity	Non-radioactive
Magnetism	Non-magnetic

No known health risks have been associated with creedite. However ingestion of creedite, as with other naturally occurring minerals, is not recommended.

The following image shows the Elemental breakdown of the mineral creedite along with the mineral crystal structure.

Crystal System	Monoclinic
Class	Prismatic
Axial Ratios	a : b : c = 1.5046 : 1 : 1.655
Optical Data Type	Biaxial (-)
Pleochroism (x)	None
Pleochroism (y)	None
RL Values	nα = 1.461 nβ = 1.478 nγ = 1.485
2V	Measured: 57° , Calculated: 54°
Max Birefringence	δ = 0.024 (See colour chart at right)
Surface Relief	Moderate
Dispersion	r > v strong
Notes:

Creedite can be referenced in certain current and historical texts under the following name:

Belyankite

The mineral creedite can be translated into the following select languages:

Arabic		Bulgarian		Chinese (Sim)	铬铅矿
Croatian		Czech		Danish
Dutch	Creediet	Esperanto		Estonian
Finnish		French		German	Creedit
Greek		Hebrew		Hungarian
Italian		Japanese	クルイダイト	Korean	크랻아읻
Latin		Lithuanian		Norwegian
Persian		Polish		Portuguese
Romanian		Russian	Кридит	Slovak
Spanish	Creedita	Swedish		Tagalog
Turkish	Kredit	Ukrainian	Крідіта	Vietnamese

The MIROFOSS database offers free printable geological identification tags for personal and non-profit use. These tags can be used to properly identify mineral samples in your collection. -Click here- to download a full size jpeg image for an aluminum identification tag; which can be printed on paper or used with a plastic laser printer.

What's this? This is a QR code (short for Quick Response) which gives fast-track access to MIROFOSS articles. QR Codes are barcodes that can be read by smart phone cameras. This QR Code is unique to this MIROFOSS article. What can I do with it? You can copy and print the QR code to a plant label, poster, book, web site, magazines, or newspaper so smart phone users can scan the QR Code which automatically takes them to this specific article.

Chemical Composistion	Foshag (1922) Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum: 59: 419.
History	American Mineralogist (1932): 17: 75.
History	Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 129-130.
History	Robert Cook (2008) Connoisseur's Choice Creedite Cresson Mine, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado. Rocks & Minerals 81:5 422-426
Geograpcial Data	Mindat.org. Retrieved on 2012-06-18
Physical Identification	Webmineral.com. Retrieved on 2012-06-18.
June 24, 2014	The last time this page was updated
©2017 MIROFOSS™ Foundation