Lazulite

An azure-blue phosphate forming sharp, wedge-shaped crystals.

Lazulite specimen — Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

How to identify lazulite

Deep azure blue pyramidal crystals.
Hardness about 6.
Often in quartz veins.

Often confused with

Lazurite
Lazurite is massive and found in marble.
Compare side by side
Sapphire
Sapphire is much harder.
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Where it's found

Rapid Creek, Yukon
Graves Mountain, Georgia
Austria
Brazil

Uses

Collector specimens and rare gems.

Rock tumbling

Can be tumbled with care.

Did you know?

Lazulite is the official gemstone of Canada's Yukon territory.

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