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Axinite-(Fe)

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Axinite-(Fe)

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Description
Locality: 
Colebrook Hill Mine, Rosebery district, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.1 × 2.6 cm
Description

Lovely wine coloured well terminated crystals associated with fine acicular crystals of actinolite on matrix. Some mionor damage to crystals near the edges but otherwise in excellent condition.

Good for the locality and species.

Mineral Data
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Axinite-(Fe)

Formula: 
Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
Strunz: 
9.BD.20
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
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