CreeditePurple is one of the rarest colors in the gem world (if you eliminate Amethyst). There are few purple gems out there, and Creedite is certainly one of the most elusive, especially in this color. In the early 1990s, a small amount of this uncommon halide species was discovered at the Akchatau Mine in Kazakhstan, and even though few specimens were found, they were some of the finest color examples of the species outside of Santa Eulalia, Mexico. This

This piece was collected in 1977 out of a very small pocket that only produced a limited amount of good Apatite specimens

gemminess and the ever popular "Contra Luz" effect

This specimen features somewhat thick

"sword"-shaped crystals of Vivianite with a bit of attached red altered sandstone from Tomokoni

trigonal crystals sit beautifully in a crystallized "ridge" on classic contrasting white Calcite matrix

The terminations on the Amazonite crystals are rare in my experience and make for a lovely color contrast

The famous Camp Bird Mine

but I never had this piece analyzed to know for sure) with distinct crystal faces on all sides

as this may be a one-time find

Specimen # BOL711B81

Highly glassy “beads” of gemmy

the green end of the stone shows two slightly different green hues