Lazulite

  

A bed of goethite covered quartz is host to a ring shaped or cyclic twinned group of lazulite crystals that are 1.4 cm across.

  

This specimen of crystallized quartz has a perched 1.3 cm crystal of lazulite on it.

     

This is a cluster of lustrous lazulite crystals to 1.1 cm across with minor goethite pseudomorph after siderite matrix.

Origin: Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada

Sample size: 2.6 x 2.0 x 1.3 cm (top), 3 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm (2nd row), 2.3 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm (bottom)

 

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Ex. Gary Hansen collection

  

  

 

  

  

Lazulite with siderite. Ex. Marty Lewadny collection

  

Lazuite with minor siderite, wardite and quartz

Origin: Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada

Sample size: 3.7 x 2.7 x 1.9 cm (top/2nd row), 9.5 x 4.2 x 1.3 cm (3rd/4th row), 7 x 5.5 x 3.9 cm (5th/6th row), 5.7 x 3.9 x 1.4 cm (bottom)

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  

Specimen of lazulite and wardite wtih colourless fluorapatite

Origin: Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada

Sample size: 11.1 x 7.3 x 2.3 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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