A jewel from the Kolic collection at Sterling Hill Mining Museum, this small specimen (catalog no. SHMM-2354) features numerous, tiny brown crystals of axinite-(Fe) nestled among needles of green actinolite, with olive-green epidote and a little white calcite.
Identifier: ACT19a Locality: Sterling mine, Ogdensburg Specimen size: 2.6 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm Photo credit: Liz Schneider