Wardite with Lazulite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Big Fish River, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada
Small Cabinet, 6.7 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Start Time: 12/01/2017 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 12/14/2017 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

A wonderful association specimen of the classic Yukon phosphates featuring gemmy tetragonal (pseudo-octahedral) crystals of light yellow Wardite associated with dark inky blue Lazulite on a layer of brown rhombs of Siderite on matrix. The largest Lazulite measures 5 mm for scale. Good quality up close, classic material from this famous area in Canada. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#7686). Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Velt" November-December 2017).

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