Origin
USA, Mexico, Tanzania, Brazil, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Color: colorless, Not Available, brown, blue bluish, Hardness: 6.5 7, Refractive index: 1.673 1.693, Density: 3.26 3.36, Chemical composition: Ca2(Fe, Mn)Al2BSi4O15(OH), Crystal structure: triclinic, Origins: USA, Mexico, Tanzania, Brazil, Pakistan, Afghanistan. Axinite is a collectors stone that is rarely used in jewelry.
  
Russia
  
Color
Green, Reddish, Brown, Yellow, Colorless, Blue, Violet, Grey, Reddish, Brown, Yellow, Colorless, Blue, Violet, Grey, Reddish, Brown, Yellow, Colorless, Blue, Violet, Grey, Reddish, Brown, Yellow, Colorless, Blue, Violet, Grey, Reddish, Brown, Yellow, Colorless, Blue, Violet, Grey
  
Violet, Brown, Violet, Brown
  
Streak
White
  
White
  
For which Rashi?
Not Available
  
Sagittarius, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Scorpio
  
Planet
Not Available
  
Jupiter, Neptune
  
Element of Planets
Not Available
  
Water, Earth, Air
  
How to Wear?
  
  
Finger
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ring Metal
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Energy
Not Available
  
Receptive
  
Deities
Not Available
  
Minerva, Vac
  
Not to wear with
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Powers
Not Available
  
Healing, Love, Protection
  
Birthstone
  
  
Planetary
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Talisman
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Tenacity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Solubility
Not Available
  
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Durability
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Specific Gravity
3.26-3.36
  
2.54-2.78
  
Fracture
Conchoidal, ConchoidalArthur Thomas, Gemstones (2009)
  
Conchoidal, ConchoidalArthur Thomas, Gemstones (2009)
  
Cleavage
Good on {100}
  
Good in three directions
  
Mohs Hardness
6.5-7
  
5-6
  
Chemical Composition
(Ca,Fe,Mn,Mg) 3Al 2BSi 4O 15(OH)Walter Schumann , Gemstones of the world (2001) More from other references
  
K(Ca,Na) 2Si 4O 10(OH,F) · H 2OMichael OâDonoghue , Gems, Sixth Edition (2006) More from other references
  
Luster
Vitreous
  
Pearly, Fibrous, Chatoyant
  
Pleochroism
Strong
  
NilArthur Thomas
  
Dispersion
Not Available
  
Transparency
Gemmological Tables (2004) More from other references
  
Translucent
  
Refractive Index
1.656-1.704
  
1.545-1.560
  
Optic Character
Biaxial/+
  
Not Available
  
Crystal System
Triclinic
  
Triclinic
  
Birefringence
0.009-0.012
  
0.009
  
Clarity
TransparentUlrich Henn and Claudio C. Milisenda
  
Translucent
  
Physical
  
  
Neurological
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Cardiovascular
Not Available
  
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Respiratory
Not Available
  
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Reproductive
Not Available
  
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Digestive
Not Available
  
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Psychology
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Healing
Not Available
  
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Qualities Associated
Not Available
  
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Axinite Vs Charoite Luster
A primary knowledge about Axinite vs Charoite luster is useful in apparent identifications of these gemstones. Luster is the measure of light that gets reflected when incident on a finished cut gemstone. There are two major types of lusters: Silky and Adamantine. Since luster varies between two crystals of even the same gemstone, luster is limited to basic identification criteria. Axinite exhibits Vitreous luster. Charoite, on other hand, exhibits Chatoyant, Fibrous and Pearly luster.