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==Occurrence== [[File:Creedite-280276.jpg|thumb|left|'''Creedite''', Qinglong Sb-Au deposit, [[Qinglong County, Guizhou|Qinglong County]], [[Guizhou Province]], China. Overall (size: 3.4 x 3.0 x 1.3 cm)]] 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]].<ref name=Mindat/> It was later found in other fluorite veins near [[Tonopah, Nevada|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|Santa Eulalia]], [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]], [[Mexico]]. It is also found in [[La Paz]], [[Bolivia]]; [[Pamir Mountains]], [[Tajikistan]] and [[Dzhezkazgan]], [[Kazakhstan]].<ref name=Handbook/>
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