Magnesio-axinite
at-auction$ 950
- Locality
- Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Arusha Region, Tanzania
- Minerals
- Axinite-(Mg)
- Dimensions
- 7 x 3.5 x 1.3 cm
- Size class
- Small Cabinet
- SID
- TZ100
Large Magnesioaxinite crystal with exceptionally good form and mostly undamaged. You have to look at many of these specimens to even find one that is not totally beaten up, as most are just incomplete shards and partial crystals - and there aren't that amny of them out there to begin with. This one is exceptional in that is both of good crystal form and has large size. The white material is fine acicular Tremolite, and about halfway up the crystal there is a groove that contains a larger Tremolite, just big enough to show its green color. The left side has some attached Graphite. I paid several hundred dollars for this crystal and the website price was $950.