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Babingtonite & Prehnite

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Babingtonite & Prehnite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Hampden Quarry, West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.4 × 2.1 × 1.4 cm
Description

Palr green wheatsheaf like sprays of prehnite on a lusterous black bed of sharp babingtonite crystals

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
Earthstones Australia

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