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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: 
5.2 × 4.7 × 3.5 cm
Description

 Classic material from this old Tasmanian locality. Features deep violet coloured bladed crystals associated with calcite in a fine greenish grey actinolite matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Axinite-(Fe)

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