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Babingtonite & Quartz

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Babingtonite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Grönsjöberget, Borlänge, Dalarna County, Sweden
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Black babingtonite crystals with quartz crystals 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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White