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Description: | A piece of axinite. The specimen is grey in colour and has mineral veins cutting through the specimen. The rock is a hornblende slate which is fine grained. Large crystals of axinite measure up to 9mm in size and are dark in colour. There is a lot of iron oxide staining. This specimen was collected from Penzance, Cornwall. AR/CB
A piece Axinite from Penzance, Cornwall | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Sandwell Museums | Rights holder: | Sandwell Museums | Subjects: | Mineralogy Geology | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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