Ferroaxinite

The most common Axinite. Due to the flat shape, the yield of the facetable material is quite low. Occurrences often with alpine character – France, USA, Russia and above all Pakistan deliver facetable crystals.

Untreated gemstone in various shades of brown with partly strong pleochroism.

Interesting and puzzling are Pakistani axinites with deep blue spots whose cause is unknown and very attractive. Beautiful collector stone with sufficient hardness also suitable for jewelry.

Magnesioaxinite

In gemstone quality, the very rarely clear magnesioaxinites come from Merelani, Tanzania. This area provides with tanzanite, the Grossular variant of Merelani Mint and tsavorite and diopside gemstones stained by vanadium. Also, some of the Axinite are likely to get their color from vanadium.

Unfortunately, only a few stones are clear enough for faceting – if then rather small. Particularly beautiful are bright orange stones with a likely manganese content. Very rare and fascinating are pure blue and lavender-colored specimens, which change in the artificial light to lavender pink to pink – identical to Vietnamese spinels.

Just have a look at our collectors gem category: https://gemstore-24.com/?product_cat=collectorsstones