{"id":299,"date":"2011-02-01T04:09:11","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T04:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/indonesiajewelry.com\/blog\/?p=299"},"modified":"2011-02-01T04:09:35","modified_gmt":"2011-02-01T04:09:35","slug":"axinite-gemstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/indonesiajewelry.com\/blog\/?p=299","title":{"rendered":"Axinite Gemstone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gemselect.com\/other-info\/about-axinite.php\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"axinite\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gemselect.com\/other-info\/graphics\/axinite-gemstone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Axinite Gemstone<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Axinite<\/p>\n<p>Axinite is a group of brown to violet-brown or reddish brown minerals that sometimes occur in gem quality. Axinite is distinctive for its strong vitreous luster when polished, and its interesting pyro- and piezo-electric properties. Axinite is also popular with mineral collectors due to its unusual crystal structure.<\/p>\n<p>Axinite is a gemstone which gets its name from the term &#8216;acine&#8217; which in Greek, means axe. Axinite was discovered by R.J.Hauy in 1797. The crystals are wedge or axe shaped. This gemstone is not a birthstone but sometimes one mistakes Axinite for Quartz.<\/p>\n<p>Axinite is considered to be a semi-precious gemstone and while limited in nature, gems of good color and size are available, however, faceted stones above 1 carat are rare. Despite being a bit brittle, Axinite\u2019s brilliance and sumptuous colors ranging from a rich clove color to a vivid blue, make it a exquisite and unique gemstone that is keenly sought after by collectors and connoisseurs alike. Currently, the most in demand colors of Axinite are the earth toned browns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indonesiajewelry.com\">www.indonesiajewelry.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Axinite Axinite is a group of brown to violet-brown or reddish brown minerals that sometimes occur in gem quality. Axinite is distinctive for its strong vitreous luster when polished, and its interesting pyro- and piezo-electric properties. Axinite is also popular with mineral collectors due to its unusual crystal structure. Axinite is a gemstone which gets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[211],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/indonesiajewelry.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/indonesiajewelry.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/indonesiajewelry.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/indonesiajewelry.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/indonesiajewelry.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=299"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/indonesiajewelry.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":301,"href":"http:\/\/indonesiajewelry.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions\/301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/indonesiajewelry.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/indonesiajewelry.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/indonesiajewelry.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}