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Axinite-(Mg) — specimen 0378, photo © NMNHS
Axinite-(Mg) — specimen 0378, photo © NMNHS

Axinite-(Mg)specimen 0378

Origin

East Africa
Tanzania
Axinite-(Mg) — specimen 0378, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.23 ct; size: 3.75 | 3.28 | 2.44 mm; shape: hexagon; colour: very light bluish violet; clarity: eye clean; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; design ‘Hexamixtum S 38-36’, excellent cut by Tan Pen.

Other specimens
Axinite-(Mg) — specimen 0084

More information from ‘Classification’


Typically a mineral formed during contact metamorphism and boron metasomatism (Anthony et al., 2001—2005). Faceted specimens are extremely rare.