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Axinite & Calcite

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Axinite & Calcite

Ex. Rohlach Collection (Sth. Aust.)

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Description
Locality: 
Colebrook Hill Mine, Rosebery district, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 4.7 × 2.6 cm
Description

Sharp, bladed, mauve colored crystals of axinite have formed in a vugh in matrix along with a few white calcite crystals. No damage.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Axinite

Group Parent: 
Axinite Group

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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