Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada
Type locality for kulanite
Small cabinet - 7.1 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm
115 grams
Specimen status: Reserved
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Abundant, deep blue kulanite crystals
to about 2 mm associated with brown gorceixite and
unremarkable quartz, all on matrix. This is the type
locality for kulanite - Ba(Fe2+ ,Mn 2+ ,Mg) 2 (Al,Fe 3+ ) 2 (PO 4 ) 3 (OH) 3 ,
a globally rare, complex phosphate for which Mindat lists just
14 localities. Gorceixite is a barium aluminum
phosphate - BaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6.
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