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Axinite-(Fe)

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Axinite-(Fe)

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Description
Locality: 
Le Catogne, Sembrancher, Bagnes Valley, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm
Description

A huge single bladed crystal, cinnamon purple and translucent. The crystal has been fractured from its matrix and then the fracture face has healed and now has dozens of crystal faces. A small part albite crystal rest on one side of the crystals end termination.

 

Mineral Data
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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...
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