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This page provides a selection of the specimens that have passed through the Fabre Minerals website and, due to their quality,
rarity, or significance as specimens from interesting locations, have been preserved as reference specimens in #MVM


Yukon Territory


Augelite
Augelite.
 

T30N: From the 07/98 find at Rapid Creek. A wonderful apple green Augelite with semi-transparent, well developed, brilliant crystals which are better than those that have been found in the past.
Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (1998)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.98”

Brazilianite with Siderite and Quartz
 

EM48AA3: Group of Brazilianite crystals, one of them doubly terminated, with very well defined faces and edges, with a light green color and on matrix, with Siderite, Quartz and small Lazulite crystals. Their color apart, very uncommon for the species, we especially note the locality, where Brazilianite is a very rare species.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2014 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ Nov/Dec 2014, number 120, page 51, and has been referenced and figured in the book "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" (page 305)
Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (1998)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.8 × 2.1 cm = 1.34” × 1.10” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

Brazilianite with Siderite and Quartz. Brazilianite with Siderite and Quartz.
Childrenite
Childrenite. Childrenite.
 

EN27I2: Radial groups whose development and size is bigger than usual for the locality. The prisms, very flattened, have good color and luster.
Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (1993)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.5 × 1.2 cm = 2.68” × 2.17” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.2 cm = 0.39” × 0.08”

Fluorapatite with Lazulite, Quartz and Siderite
 

MB86AB8: Doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystals with polycrystalline terminations. It is on matrix, with twinned, very bright and with very deep colored Lazulite crystals and small Quartz crystals. An unusual association on a sample with very good quality.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.9 × 2.1 cm = 1.30” × 1.14” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

Fluorapatite with Lazulite, Quartz and Siderite. Fluorapatite with Lazulite, Quartz and Siderite.
Gold
Gold. Front
Front
Gold. Rear
Rear

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EAB47AO0: Isolated floater crystal of Gold with a cubic shape and with unusually well developed crystal forms for this region, and with skeletal growths on some of its faces. A Canadian rarity.
Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada

Specimen size: 0.7 × 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.28” × 0.24” × 0.08”

Weight: 1.1 grams
Gormanite with Siderite and Wardite
 

MF6AD4: Sprays and radial aggregates of acicular Gormanite crystals that have a grayish-green color. They are on matrix with brown rhombohedral Siderite crystals and small white dipyramidal Wardite crystals. A very fine piece.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.2 × 2.6 cm = 1.57” × 1.26” × 1.02”

Gormanite with Siderite and Wardite. Gormanite with Siderite and Wardite.
Gormanite with Quartz
Gormanite with Quartz. Gormanite with Quartz.
Gormanite with Quartz  

MF11AA6: Fan-shaped aggregates of grayish green, acicular Gormanite crystals on matrix with small Quartz crystals. The locality is a classic one for the species. The specimen has a label of John. S. White that we will send to the buyer.
Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.3 × 2.6 cm = 2.91” × 2.09” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

Former collection of John S. White
Kulanite with Siderite
 

ME13AD3: Isolated Kulanite crystal with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, extraordinarily bright and with a very deep color. It is on matrix, with a translucent rhombohedral Siderite crystal, quite large for the locality.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.54” × 0.98” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

Type locality
Kulanite with Siderite. Kulanite with Siderite.
Kulanite
Kulanite. Kulanite.
 

MC11AK3: Well defined Kulanite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, of a very dark color, almost black, very lustrous, on matrix, with small rhombohedral crystals of Siderite and small crystals of Quartz. An excellent specimen of this rare species from its type locality.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.30” × 1.22” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”

Type locality
Kulanite with Siderite
Kulanite with Siderite  

EE27AI5: Extraordinarily well defined tabular Kulanite crystals with a very dark, almost black, color, very bright and on matrix, with small rhombohedral Siderite crystals.
The sample, from the type locality for the species, has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer, and also the label from the Jean-Luc Dubare collection.
Stoneman Camp, Young's Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1996)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.85” × 1.26” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

Type locality

Former collection of Jean-Luc Dubare
Kulanite with Siderite. Kulanite with Siderite.
Lazulite
Lazulite.
 

ED13J3: Good miniature. Crystals are considerably large, of very well defined faces and edges and of a very deep blue color, translucent and the luster is very good.
Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (1998)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.3 × 1.6 cm = 0.83” × 0.51” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.47” × 0.28”

Lazulite
 

MC96AN0: Twinned floater crystal of Lazulite, very rich in forms, with bright luster and a very deep color and a very large size for the species.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.83” × 0.67” × 0.55”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Lazulite. Front
Front
Lazulite. Front
Front
Lazulite. Side
Side
Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz
Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz. Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz.
 

MM26AD3: Aggregate of twinned Lazulite crystals, considerably large for the locality, translucent and very bright, with Quartz crystals and small rhombohedral Siderite crystals, translucent and bright, on the back of the piece.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.46” × 1.22” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.47” × 0.20”

Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz
 

MK86AD9: Aggregate of twinned Lazulite crystals, quite large for the locality and on matrix, with white Augelite microcrystals and rhombohedral Siderite crystals.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4 × 3.4 cm = 2.05” × 1.57” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”

Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz. Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz.
Lazulite with Quartz and Siderite
Lazulite with Quartz and Siderite. Lazulite with Quartz and Siderite.
 

MB56AF1: Druse of very well defined Lazulite crystals that are twinned, have a very bright luster and a deep color and are on matrix with translucent rhombohedral Siderite crystals and small clear Quartz crystals.
Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.4 × 2.2 cm = 2.05” × 1.73” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.47” × 0.24”

Lazulite with Quartz and Siderite
Lazulite with Quartz and Siderite  

TC160MA: Twinned Lazulite crystals, with very sharp crystal forms. On matrix with rhombohedral Siderite crystals and small Quartz crystals.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.24” × 1.73” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.31” × 0.20”

Lazulite with Quartz and Siderite.
Lazulite with Quartz and Siderite.
Lazulite with Augelite, Siderite and Quartz
Lazulite with Augelite, Siderite and Quartz. Lazulite with Augelite, Siderite and Quartz.
 

MG87AD2: Aggregate of twinned Lazulite crystals, larger than usual for the locality, partially coated by Augelite micro-crystals and with translucent bright rhombohedral Siderite crystals and small Quartz crystals.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.6 × 5.1 cm = 2.64” × 2.20” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.9 cm = 0.67” × 0.35”

Lazulite with Quartz
 

GZ26AM2: Druse of twinned Lazulite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, with an intense color and with small water-clear Quartz crystals and rhombohedral Siderite microcrystals.
The specimen comes from the Pedro Goy collection, whose very detailed catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (±1981)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 3.6 × 0.9 cm = 2.91” × 1.42” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

Former collection of Pedro Goy
Lazulite with Quartz. Lazulite with Quartz.
Lazulite with Fluorapatite and Siderite
Lazulite with Fluorapatite and Siderite. Lazulite with Fluorapatite and Siderite.
Lazulite with Fluorapatite and Siderite.
 

ML56AC9: Twinned Lazulite crystals, very bright, with very well defined faces and edges, and on matrix with transparent Siderite crystals and an aggregate of colorless Fluorapatite crystals.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 8 × 5.3 × 3.3 cm = 3.15” × 2.09” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz
 

MB47AL5: Druse of very well defined Lazulite crystals, twinned, of intense color and luster, on matrix, with translucent rhombohedral Siderite crystals and small water-clear Quartz crystals. Especially beautiful due to the slight separation of the crystals that allows us to see the matrix and the Quartz and Siderite crystals on which the Lazulite grew.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 4.3 × 3.1 cm = 3.19” × 1.69” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”

Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz. Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz.
Mitridatite with Lazulite, Whiteite-(CaMnMg) and Quartz
Mitridatite with Lazulite, Whiteite-(CaMnMg) and Quartz.
 

MY10AF3: Very aerial, white globular mass of this very rare calcium iron phosphate, not cited from Rapid Creek before. The Mitridadite is on a matrix with a single Whiteite-(CaMnMg) crystal, twinned Lazulite crystals and small Quartz crystals. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.39” × 0.39”

Doubly terminated Quartz with Lazulite
 

EB56AC8: An uncommon association of two doubly terminated Quartz crystals, forming a parallel growth, with twinned Lazulite crystals and small rhombohedral Siderite crystals. Some Lazulite microcrystals also appear as inclusions in the Quartz.
Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1996)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.1 × 2 cm = 1.42” × 0.83” × 0.79”

Doubly terminated Quartz with Lazulite. Front
Front
Doubly terminated Quartz with Lazulite. Side
Side
Doubly terminated Quartz with Lazulite. Rear
Rear
Wardite with Childrenite
Wardite with Childrenite. Front
Front
Wardite with Childrenite. Rear
Rear
 

MA14AM2: Very sharp dipyramidal Wardite crystal, of considerable size for the species, with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, with a very pale green color and with brown inclusions of Childrenite.
Stoneman Mountain, Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 0.94” × 0.71” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 2.1 cm = 0.83” × 0.83”

Wardite with Lazulite and Siderite
 

ER56I1: An excellent miniature of dipyramidal crystals with sharp edges and well defined faces. It has a splendid green color, very intense for the species. The matrix is formed by rhombohedral crystals of Siderite and crystals of Lazulite.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (1996)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.1 × 1.3 cm = 1.02” × 0.83” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”

Wardite with Lazulite and Siderite.
Wardite with Childrenite
Wardite with Childrenite. Wardite with Childrenite.
 

MD56AB1: Two dipyramidal crystals on matrix, very aerial and sharp, translucent, with a pale green color and with some faces partially coated by microcrystals of Childrenite.
Stoneman Camp, Young's Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.2 × 3 cm = 1.50” × 1.26” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

Wardite
 

MA48AA7: Aggregate of very sharp dipyramidal crystals, translucent and bright, with a pale green color and a considerable size for the species.
Stoneman Camp, Young's Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.65” × 1.02” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.67”

Wardite. Wardite.
Wardite with Childrenite
Wardite with Childrenite. Wardite with Childrenite.
 

MC14AI4: Two dipyramidal crystals on matrix, very aerial and sharp, translucent with a pale green color and with some faces partially coated by microcrystals of Childrenite.
Stoneman Camp, Young's Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.5 × 2.7 cm = 1.85” × 0.98” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.47”

Wardite with Childrenite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MBB56AO1: Very sharp Wardite crystals, with a dipyramidal shape, translucent, on matrix and with some of their faces partially covered by small Childrenite crystals.
Stoneman Mountain, Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.97” × 1.46” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.51” × 0.39”

Wardite with Childrenite. Front
Front
Wardite with Childrenite. Rear
Rear
Wardite with Childrenite.
Wardite with Childrenite
Wardite with Childrenite. Wardite with Childrenite.
 

MA14AL4: Clusters of very sharp Wardite crystals with a dipyramidal habit, translucent with transparent points, from white to pale green. On matrix, with coatings of small Childrenite crystals with an intense brown color.
Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.7 × 2.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.46” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

Wardite with Childrenite
 

ME86AL6: Sharp bipyramidal Wardite crystals, ivory-white to very pale yellow, with slightly greenish tones, on matrix, with small Childrenite crystals.
Stoneman Camp, Young's Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.7 × 4 cm = 2.44” × 2.24” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

Wardite with Childrenite. Wardite with Childrenite.
Wardite with Childrenite
Wardite with Childrenite. Wardite with Childrenite.
 

MF86AB1: Aggregate of dipyramidal crystals on matrix. Very sharp, translucent, and with transparent vertices, they have a pale green color and have some of their faces are partially coated by microcrystals of Childrenite, also present on the matrix.
Stoneman Camp, Young's Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.52” × 1.65” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Lazulite and Quartz
 

MN36AD4: Aggregate of Whiteite-(CaMnMg) crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very sharp edges and slightly elongated due to parallel growths. The Whiteite-(CaMnMg) is a clear cream color and is on matrix, with Quartz and small Lazulite crystals.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.34” × 1.14” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1 cm = 0.87” × 0.39”

Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Lazulite and Quartz. Front
Front
Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Lazulite and Quartz. Rear
Rear
Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Lazulite, Quartz and Siderite
Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Lazulite, Quartz and Siderite.
 

EV86I1: The crystal has a good size and it is quite well defined. It is partially covered by Quartz, Siderite and small crystals of Lazulite, also present on the matrix.
Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (1998)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3 × 2.4 cm = 1.42” × 1.18” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.47”

Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Lazulite and Quartz
 

MP26AD4: Aggregate of Whiteite-(CaMnMg) crystals with very sharp edges and slightly elongated due to parallel growths. They have a clear cream color and are on matrix, with small Quartz and Lazulite crystals.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.2 × 2.6 cm = 1.50” × 0.87” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.43” × 0.31”

Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Lazulite and Quartz. Front
Front
Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Lazulite and Quartz. Rear
Rear
Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Siderite, Lazulite and Quartz
Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Siderite, Lazulite and Quartz. Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Siderite, Lazulite and Quartz.
Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Siderite, Lazulite and Quartz  

MV46V4: Doubly terminated creamy crystals of Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with curved faces and edges. They are on matrix with well developed crystals of Lazulite, Quartz and Siderite. The sample is with a John. S. White collection label in whose honor the species was named.
Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada

Specimen size: 6 × 4.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.36” × 1.85” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.59” × 0.47”

Former collection of John S. White
Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Quartz, Siderite and Lazulite
 

TP86AB6: Individual Whiteite-(CaMnMg) crystals, one of them clearly dominant, flattened and very elongated due to repeated parallel growths. They have a light cream color and are on matrix, with small Quartz, Siderite and Lazulite crystals.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 6 × 5.2 × 2 cm = 2.36” × 2.05” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1 cm = 0.98” × 0.39”

Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Quartz, Siderite and Lazulite. Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Quartz, Siderite and Lazulite.
Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Lazulite and Quartz
Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Lazulite and Quartz. Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Lazulite and Quartz.
Whiteite-(CaMnMg) with Lazulite and Quartz.
 

MX76AH6: Whiteite-(CaMnMg) crystals with thick tabular shape and very well defined parallel growths. They have a clear cream color and are partially coated by small Lazulite and Quartz crystals.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada (07/1995)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.6 × 2.3 cm = 2.99” × 2.20” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.63” × 0.24”



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