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& FREE ShippingUnlike some other large Creedite specimens we've listed, this is a solid and heavy chunk! It features growths of purple Fluorite crystal that also seem to be rooted at the core, or root, of the Creedite.
Stone of the Light
						
                           
                          Category:
			
						
						Halides
                          
                           
                           
                           
                          Chemical Formula:
			Ca3SO4Al2F8(OH)2•2H2O
                          
                           
                           
                           
                          Crystal Class:
			
						
						Prismatic
                          
                           
                           
                           
                          Crystal System:
			
						
						Monoclinic
                          
                           
                           
                           
                          Name:
			Creedite
                          
                           
                           
                           
                          Space Group:
			C2/c
                          
                           
                           
                           
                          Strunz Classification:
			3.CG.15
                          
                           
                           
                           
                          Unit Cell:
			a = 13.91 Å, b = 8.58 Å, c = 10 Å; β = 94.4°; Z = 4
                          
                           
                                                      
                        
                           
                           Birefringence: δ = 0.024
                           
                           Cleavage: Perfect {100}
                           
                           Common Colors: Colorless, Orange, Purple
                           
                           Diaphaneity: Transparent to translucent
                           
                           Fracture: Conchoidal
                           
                           Luster: Vitreous
                           
                           Mohs Hardness: 4
                           
                           Optical Properties: Biaxial (-)
                           
                           Refractive Index: nα = 1.461 nβ = 1.478 nγ = 1.485
                           
                           Streak: White
                           
                           Tenacity: Brittle
                           
                        
The Genius Stone
                           
                           Common Colors: Blue, Green, Colorless, Purple, Black, Yellow, Pink
                           
                           Mohs Hardness: 4