FERRO-AXINITE
Ca₂FeAl₂(BO₃OH)(SiO₃)₄
New Melones Lake, Calaveras County, California

In the early 1970s engineers digging a spillway for the New Melones Lake Dam intersected ferro-axinite veins that later yielded some of the finest crystals ever found in North America.

Size: crystals to 6 cm on edge

Acquired: 1991 purchase, Chromy Fund.

Disposition: On display in the California Minerals exhibit.

Catalog Number: 37364