Brazilianite, Fluorapatite, Quartz

This specimen is a fine locality find, featuring rare, transparent light-green brazilianite crystals visible on both sides. Accompanying the brazilianite are clear quartz crystals and possible augelite, creating a notably attractive and uncommon mineral association for this location.

Rapid Creek, along with several nearby sites in the Yukon’s Dawson Mining District, is accessible only briefly each summer due to harsh winter conditions that leave the area buried under snow and ice for much of the year. Specimen collecting is further challenged by the rugged terrain and intense swarms of mosquitoes and black flies during the short collecting window. This piece, with its well-developed and richly distributed crystals, stands out as an exceptional example from this remote and mineralogically significant region.