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Whiteite-(CaFeMg) With Lazulite

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Whiteite-(CaFeMg) With Lazulite

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Description
Locality: 
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp, Rapid Creek, Dawson, Yukon, Canada
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2 × 1.4 cm
Description

Beautiful specimen of large light-brown all around undamaged whiteite-(CaFeMg) crystal-aggregate in association with dark blue lazulite crystals. The whiteite-(CaFeMg) reaches to a size of nearly 2.5 cm in length! Whiteite-(CaFeMg) is only known from form a few localities worldwide.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Whiteite-(CaFeMg)

Formula: 
{Ca}{(Fe2+,Mn2+)}{Mg2}{Al2}(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Ilha claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Lazulite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)Al2(PO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BB.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Freßnitzgraben, Krieglach, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria

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