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Babingtonite & Prehnite

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Babingtonite & Prehnite

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Description
Locality: 
Kandivali Quarry, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 5 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

A very beautiful and showy specimen with sharp lustrous black babingtonite crystals up to 7 mm associated with light green prehnite spheres on matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Babingtonite

Formula: 
Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH)
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Arendal Iron Mines, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

Prehnite

Formula: 
Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DP.20
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Karoo dolerites, Cradock, Chris Hani District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Cartils Minerals

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