Axinite-(Fe) with Quartz
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Tucson, Arizona, USAThe Obira mine is situated on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu in Oita Prefecture and worked Cu-Zn-As-Sn veins in a skarn associated with a granite intrusion. The mine produced many specimen-grade minerals, amongst which is this fine Axinite-(Fe) with Quartz. This excellent specimen is from the Dr Joseph Clemente (1899-1987) Collection of southern Germany, a collection which lay dormant for the past 34 years. Covering a bed of more massive, anhedral Axinite matrix, perfectly developed Axinite-(Fe) crystals to 1.5 x 1.2 cm cover the surface, all with opaque cores and translucent outer crystalline surface layers. Their colour is a variable clove-brown which grades from creamy-clove to dark chocolate-brown. Across and amongst this dense coverage of Axinite-(Fe) crystals are scattered elegant, long, slim parallel prisms of greyish-milky Quartz to 3.5 cm long, with short, perfectly pyramidal hexagonal terminations. The Quartz has a bright glassy lustre, similar to that of the Axinite. An impressive Axinite-(Fe), enhanced greatly by the addition of Quartz crystals from this seldom encountered locality in southern Japan. This cabinet specimen comes with a Dr F. Krantz of Bonn stock label and was purchased by Dr Clemente in 1972.
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SizeCabinet
Dimensions9.0 x 12.0 x 4.4 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
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SKUCC21272
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wedge-shaped, razor-edged crystals with glassy luster and strong pleochroism; varieties axinite-(Fe/Mn/Mg) and tinzenite from alpine clefts and skarns
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