axinite

(ˈæksɪˌnaɪt)

a precious mineral, found in a range of colours, which forms glassy crystals

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Late in 2009 Scott Kleine of Great Basin Minerals (www.greatbasinminerals.com) did some poking around in a roadcut somewhere in Nevada County, and in a quartz vein exposed there he found some gemmy, lustrous, rich brown crystals of axinite (probably axinite-Fe) averaging 2.5 cm, though the largest one of Scott's batch measures an impressive 4.5 cm.