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Orange Creedite
- Mina Navidad, Durango, Mexico
- Large Cabinet, 16.8 x 12.3 x 7.8 cm
- Start Time: 02/12/2009 8:15:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 02/19/2009 8:26:49 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
As with the pink fluorites from the same locality, until these creedites were discovered, good crystallized specimens were exceedingly rare and expensive from ANY locality. Suddenly, you could own a really fine creedite without selling your house to get it. Then, last year, we heard that the mining was FINISHED, apparently for good. So if you do not have one, well, here is another chance. We were lucky enough to put some aside before the mining stopped. This is a BIG specimen covered with unusually beefy crystals. It is also distinguished by having intergrown crystals of purple/green FLUORITE, which a small number of specimens did, adding a lot to the overall aesthetics. A creedite specimen this big and rich was just unheard of until this find, and the mining is ALL FINISHED.