axinite
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Axinite is a brown to violet-brown, or reddish-brown bladed group of minerals composed of calcium aluminium boro-silicate, . Axinite is pyroelectric and piezoelectric.
Key facts
- Mineral.boxbgcolor
- 756050
- Mineral.name
- Axinite
- Mineral.category
- Cyclosilicates
- Mineral.boxtextcolor
- FFFFFF
- Mineral.image
- Axinite-Mn - Canta, Lima, Peru.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Manganaxinite
- Mineral.formula
- or
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Ax
- Mineral.strunz
- 9.BD.20
- Mineral.system
- Triclinic
- Mineral.class
- Pinacoidal () (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P
- Mineral.color
- Reddish brown to yellow to colorless. Blue, violet, grey.
- Mineral.habit
- Tabular, wedge shaped crystals
- Mineral.cleavage
- Good on {100}
- Mineral.fracture
- Conchoidal
- Mineral.mohs
- 6.0–7.5
- Mineral.luster
- Vitreous
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{{Infobox mineral |boxbgcolor=#756050| name = Axinite | category = Cyclosilicates | boxwidth = | boxtextcolor= #FFFFFF | image = Axinite-Mn - Canta, Lima, Peru.jpg | caption = Manganaxinite | formula = or |IMAsymbol=Ax | strunz = 9.BD.20 | system = Triclinic | class = Pinacoidal () (same H-M symbol) | symmetry = P | color = Reddish brown to yellow to colorless. Blue, violet, grey. | habit = Tabular, wedge shaped crystals | cleavage = Good on {100} | fracture = Conchoidal | mohs = 6.0–7.5 | luster = Vitreous | refractive = nα = 1.672–1.693 nβ = 1.677–1.701 nγ = 1.681–1.704 | opticalprop = Biaxial (−) | birefringence = δ = 0.011 | pleochroism = Strong | streak = White | gravity = 3.18–3.37 | melt = | fusibility = | solubility = | other = | references = }}
Axinite is a brown to violet-brown, or reddish-brown bladed group of minerals composed of calcium aluminium boro-silicate, . Axinite is pyroelectric and piezoelectric.