Jagowerite
Hess River, Mayo mining district, Yukon, Canada
2.3 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
A very rarely seen specimen of the barium aluminum phosphate hydroxide, jagowerite from the type and only locality that it has ever been found. This material was discovered in 1973 and named for John Arthur Gower (1921-1972), Professor of Mineralogy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. After the initial discovery, I ...
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