A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Creedite, Nye County, Nevada |
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| Description | Creedite is a hydrated calcium aluminum sulfate hydroxide fluoride. In the photograph, the mamillary mineral is creedite. It can be white, colorless or purple. It is a rare sulfate found as an accessory in highly oxidized ore bodies. It has the composition of Ca3Al2SO4(F,OH)-2H2O. This sample is about 17 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ Nevada ▹ Nye |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2001-03-06. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #287. |
| Key words | creedite, sulfate, fluoride |
| Tech details | 921 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 184 |
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