Description

Superb airborne axinite crystal, good size, beautiful color, and perfect condition. The axinite crystal measures 3.2x3x1 cm. This axinite is nicely associated with other mineral species, such as fine actinolite fibers, pale green adularia crystals and fine green acicular epidote crystals. A typical specimen from the deposit located in the Aiguilles de l’Argentière, above the Col du Glandon, Savoie. Crystals from the Eric Asselborn collection, of which here is a video:

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