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Babingtonite On Quartz

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Babingtonite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu County, Liangshan, Sichuan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 7 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Weight: 
92.00gr
Description

Beautiful association with black tabular Babingtonite and clear Quartz.

Rarely was crystallized babingtonite seen in such sharp, glistening crystals like this before the mid-2000s when Chinese locality surpassed all others by these superlative crystals.

Ex personal collection

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

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The item can be returned for whichever reason, provided its original conditions, and within 3 weeksfrom its delivery to the Buyer. In the case of returning, the Buyer will be entitled to the refund of the item price; shipping costs will remain at the Buyer's charge in any case.