Description

A large, rare specimen with a large number of brilliant, well-colored axinite crystals from La Léchère, Tarentaise (Savoie). Its size makes it an unusual specimen for the locality, as axinite was unknown in this valley until the discovery of this deposit, which has now been exhausted. In fact, this species is much better represented in the Oisans region, where it is one of the jewels in the crown of Alpine mineralogy.

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