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Penikisite & Kulanite

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Penikisite & Kulanite

Basil Halhed collection
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Description
Locality: 
Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 3.2 × 2.3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with a large, 7mm twinned kulanite/penikisite crystal on siderite/quartz matrix with many smaller crystals. A note of the back of the label states that EDS analysis indicated a very high concentration of penikisite in the crystals on this specimen. Collected in 1978 by P. Collins and J. VanVeltheusen. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Penikisite

Formula: 
Ba(Mg,Fe2+,Ca)2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BH.20
Hardness: 
4.0
Colour: 
Blue
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada

Kulanite

Formula: 
Ba(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)2(Al,Fe3+)2(PO4)3(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BH.20
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada

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