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Axinite-(Fe) — specimen 0400, photo © NMNHS
Axinite-(Fe) — specimen 0400, photo © NMNHS

Axinite-(Fe)specimen 0400

Origin

South America
Brazil
Axinite-(Fe) — specimen 0400, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.41 ct; size: 5.20 | 4.41 | 3.12 mm; shape: oval; colour: medium light reddish orange; slightly brownish; clarity: eye clean; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; design ‘Ovalimixtum ST’, excellent cut by Tan Pen.

Other specimens
Axinite-(Fe) — specimen 0277Axinite-(Fe) — specimen 0728

More information from ‘Classification’


In regionally metamorphosed rocks, in contact metamorphosed rocks, and in pegmatites (Anthony et al., 2001—2005).