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Wardite, Eosphorite

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Wardite with eosphorite, 4.1 cm, from Area B, Rapid Creek, Yukon; collected in July 2015 by Rod Tyson, Doug Wilson and Martin Corbett.

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SpeciesWardite, Eosphorite
SizeMiniature
Dimensions4.1 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityCanada, Yukon, Rapid Creek
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Self Collected Minerals page 382
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Wardite
Mineral guide
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striking pseudo-hexagonal dipyramidal crystals, colorless to pale mint-yellow, with vitreous luster; a collectible benchmark for form and rarity.
Wardite
Regional guide
Wardite from Rapid Creek
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Locality guide
Rapid Creek
Rapid Creek, Canada — a remote sediment-hosted phosphate locality famed for saturated blue lazulite crystals and the type locality for rare phosphate species.