Mineral: Axinite-(Fe)
Locality: Puiva Mount, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumen Oblast, Russia
Dimensions: 14 x 16 x 17 cm / main crystal: 15.5 cm

Description: Puyva rudnik, Tyumen Oblast, Pripolyarnyi Ural, Russia Mass: 2487 g MIM number: 2246 Very large perfectly formed and sharp crystal, chocolate colored, translucent and shiny, lying on a gray phonolite matrix along with other smaller side crystals. It is unusual to have such a large crystal of such quality. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence

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