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Whiteite with Siderite & Quartz - Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada
Whiteite with Siderite & Quartz - Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada
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Rapid Creek, Yukon has yielded a dizzying array of rare minerals and phosphate. A classic Rapid Creek specimen is whiteite. This rare hydrated hydroxyphosphate is named after a founder of the Mineralogical Record and former associate curator of minerals at the Smithsonian Institution, John Sampson White, Jr. This example has several whiteite crystals (toffee coloured) along with scattered small quartz and siderite crystals on shale. A good association specimen of good size. Ex Tom Collins collection. From: Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada.
Mineral: Whiteite with Siderite & Quartz
Locality: Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Mineral Class: Phosphates
Provenance: Ex Tom Collins Collection
Dimensions: 6 × 9 cm
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