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Axinite-(Fe)

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Axinite-(Fe)

Ex J & S Mommers Collection.

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Description
Locality: 
Puiva, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi, Tyumen Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.9 × 1.4 cm
Description

This is one of the now-famous floater axinites, gemmy and complete all around, that came out in the late 1980s from this remote mining region.

The colour is a cinnamon brown and rests on a shard of 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: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...
Earthstones Australia

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