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Mineral Specimens with Manganaxinite
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A wonderful cluster of five bladed crystals (three large, two small), with superb deep color, excellent clarity, and glassy luster. As equally tempting as the other axinite, and very different in overall appearance with its thicker crystals. 2.9 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
4.3 x 2.8 x 2 cm. This beautiful pair of intergrown crystals have excellent gemminess, color and luster. This is of the quality from the famous pockets of the 1980’s - and the mine is no longer producing them. Ex. Martin Lewadny Collection.
3.5 x 2.6 x 1 cm. An excellent old example from this famous Brazilian locality –very rare.
1.7 x 0.9 x 0.5 cm. A very rare old classic. This very lustrous crystal of clove brown axinite is from the centuries-old ore deposits of Cornwall, England.
5.8 x 3.4 x 3.4 cm. The classic, clove-brown color and superb luster are present in this rare ferroaxinite from Japan. This is a very large and robust crystal from the classic locality.
6.1 x 5.4 x 2.0 cm. A very thick, floater axinite crystal from the famous Urals deposits that were producing in the 1980s. This is an outstanding crystal for lustre and symmetry of form.
A superb Russian axinite from Dalnegorsk where they are much more uncommon than from the other Russian locality of Puiva, with razor-sharp crystals to 2.75 cm, showing glassy luster and virtually no damage. They are accented with gemmy little tabular datolites and bright quartz crystals. Complete display face and trimmed nicely, though saw marks remain on the backside. A difficult specimen to shoot, much better in person! 10 x 5.3 x 5.1 cm
22.0 x 13.1 x 7.2 cm. This is a very rare, large plate of manganaxinite from the mines at Dal’negorsk, with sharp curving crystals to 4 cm in height splaying out from the matrix in all directions. It is, despite its size, nearly pristine. Note that this is not to be confused with the far more common axinites from Puiva in the Ural Mountains. You can note it by the distinct crystal style of robust, curving crystals that are fatter and more opaque than Puiva material, much like the old Japanese material in fact. These specimens were found in the late 1990s. Weighs nearly 2 kilograms.
3 x 2.1 x .8 cm. A superb single 3 cm Axinite from the Dodo Mine in the Polar Urals. The luster is exceptionally good, and the gemminess excellent. There is even a small piece of attached matrix. A great Axinite crystal for this now defunct locale. Ex. Charlie Key stock.
8.7 x 5.7 x 4.0 cm. Many years ago these gemmy, beautiful amber-brown axinites (now renamed officially as Ferroan Axinite or Axinite-Fe) from Bourg d’Oisans were the world's best for the species. Today, the high alpine clefts rarely produce fine pieces and these old classics are considered to be antique treasures. The quality, transparency, size, and sparkle of these crystals from France has been surpassed only very rarely in modern times, by axinite from the Urals and a few fine specimens from Northern California. Even then, those are different in habit and aspect. This fine axinite specimen hosts several, sharp, axe-like, glassy and gemmy, clove-brown crystals, to 3.5 cm across. This is a significant, classic specimen from a locality that goes back hundreds of years as one of the most famous in Europe for minerals.
3.8 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm. Razor-sharp, gemmy and lustrous, clove-brown axinite blades to 1.8 cm form a fine specimen from the Colebrook Hill Mine of Tasmania. The crystals are also beautifully striated. The large crystal has just a barely noticeable touch of edge-wear on the left side; the rest of the crystals are pristine. I am not familiar with this locale, but would compare these with the best of France or California. This locale is noted for fine axinites. Ex. Wes Parker Collection.
Gemmy axinite-(Fe) crystal group. 5.3 x 5 x 0.6 cm
Rare locality piece! 2.5 x 2 x 0.5 cm
Rare locality piece! 2.6 x 2.6 x 0.6 cm
An excellent example of axinite for the State of Michigan! Not the most pretty I admit, but an important reference piece nonetheless. 8 x 7 x 5 cm
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