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Babingtonite & Hedenbergite

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Babingtonite & Hedenbergite

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Locality: 
Gneiss Quarries, Arvigo, Calanca, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Beautiful babingtonite sample!!!

Very light tufts of hedenbergite growing in an aligned fashion (epitaxy?) on faces of olive green babingtonite.

Acquired: 
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
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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

Hedenbergite

Formula: 
CaFe2+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Mormorsgruvan, Tunaberg Cu-Co Ore Field, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden

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