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MD-261611
Lazulite, Quartz
Crosscut Creek, Area 1 (Kulan Camp), Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
Cabinet, 9.7 x 7.2 x 3.5 cm
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Lazulite is a rare magnesium aluminum phosphate, and some of the finest, highly sought after, and best known specimens of this material come from this locality. This area in the Yukon is only accessible for a few months in the summer (it's under snow and ice the rest of the year), and is some of the most treacherous terrain in the world for collecting specimens. This specimen is a decent display piece featuring hundreds of sharp, lustrous, very well formed, monoclinic, deep inky blue color crystals measuring up to 7 mm of Lazulite associated with gemmy brown Quartz crystals on matrix.