Actinolite



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.

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Tiny brown crystals of axinite-(Fe) nestled among needles of green actinolite, with olive-green epidote and a little white calcite

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Identifier: ACT19a
Locality: Sterling mine, Ogdensburg
Specimen size: 2.6 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Photo credit: Liz Schneider