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Axinite-(Fe) with Calcite

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This miniature specimen from Dalnegorsk, Kavalerovo in the Far-Eastern Region, Russia is a lovely combination piece of Axinite-(Fe) and Calcite. The Axinite-(Fe) crystals are very glassy and gemmy, have a rich deep brown colour and quite distinctive fan-like form of stacked sharp bladed crystals. At least five crystals, or crystal sprays can been seen rising up from a thin bed of massive Axinite-(Fe). Individually, the crystals reach 1.2 cm in length. The associated small, white, scalenohedral Calcite crystals are a great addition, sat on top, with gemmy, glassy terminations and whiter bodies. The largest of these reaches 1 cm in length. Ex David Hardman collection.

Product details

Species
Axinite, CalciteAbout Axinite →
SizeMiniature
Dimensions3.8 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Listed on05/21/2025
Locality
Russia, Primorsky Krai, DalnegorskRegional guide →
SKUCC50056

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Axinite
Mineral guide
Learn about Axinite
wedge-shaped, razor-edged crystals with glassy luster and strong pleochroism; varieties axinite-(Fe/Mn/Mg) and tinzenite from alpine clefts and skarns
Axinite
Regional guide
Axinite from Dalnegorsk, Russia
Dalnegorsk axinite is one of the more characterful Russian axinite occurrences: not the broad, textbook Alpine style, and not the more familiar clean, open blades from the Polar Urals, but compact, glassy, dark brown to clove-brown sprays from a boron-rich skarn system that was mined primarily for boron minerals rather than for specimens. The best pieces show sharp, wedge-shaped blades arranged in tight fans or stacked “feather” aggregates, commonly with quartz, calcite, or datolite. In hand, good Dalnegorsk material has a dark, almost smoky olive-brown body color until light catches the edges, where the crystals flash translucent brown, reddish clove, or brownish purple.