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Axinite

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ness, excelled all other aventurine stones. He, however, was jealous of his secret, which he carried with him to the grave.
After many years, in 1827, another Venetian, named Bibaglia, with infinite labour and perseverance, suc­ceeded in composing a yellowish-brown enamel, tolerably consistent, but very easily melted, and superior to all other aventurine in beauty. Its analysis gives
This, however, like all chemical analyses, is not the formula for the real composition of this substance.
The sale of this beautiful product of Italian industry yields to our country, and especially to Venice, from fifty to eighty lire for every kilogramme of the rough material.
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AXINITE.
The name of this mineral is derived from the Latin axis, the edge of the axe, and was given to it because its crystalline form resembles that utensiL It is also
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