Perfect axinite crystal lying on a matrix covered in albite & quartz. The Armentier area is known to produce some of the finest axinites in the world.

The luster and color are pretty typical of this locality. A very small quartz crystal is intergrowth with the axinite blade but the specimen is damageless.

Locality : Le Rocher d’Armentier, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France