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Whiteite-(CaFeMg) from Rapid Creek, 70 km northwest of Aklavik, Yukon, Canada (Type Locality for Whiteite-(CaFeMg))

 
Whiteite-(CaFeMg) from Rapid Creek, 70 km northwest of Aklavik, Yukon, Canada (Type Locality for Whiteite-(CaFeMg))

Whiteite-(CaFeMg) from Rapid Creek, 70 km northwest of Aklavik, Yukon, Canada (Type Locality for Whiteite-(CaFeMg))

Whiteite-(CaFeMg) from Rapid Creek, 70 km northwest of Aklavik, Yukon, Canada (Type Locality for Whiteite-(CaFeMg))

Whiteite-(CaFeMg) from Rapid Creek, 70 km northwest of Aklavik, Yukon, Canada (Type Locality for Whiteite-(CaFeMg))

DESCRIPTION:No. 70090
Mineral:Whiteite-(CaFeMg)
Locality:Rapid Creek, 70 km northwest of Aklavik, Yukon, Canada (Type Locality for Whiteite-(CaFeMg))
Description:Large crystals (for this species) of tan-colored whiteite with fragments of dark-blue lazulite crystals on the bottom where they were attached. The whiteite crystals are complexly-twinned barrel-shaped pseudo-hexagonal form with lustrous crystal faces. Collected ca. 1995
Overall Size:29x18x17 mm
Crystals:10-16 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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