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Axinite-(Fe)

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Axinite-(Fe)

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Description
Locality: 
New Melones Dam, Calaveras County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 4.5 × 2.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

Smoky ferroaxinite crystals on 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...