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Babingtonite With Quartz

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Babingtonite With Quartz

Former collection Lehmann (CH)
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Pune (Poonah), Maharashtra, India
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 3.6 × 3.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Weight: 
48.00gr
Description

Textbook rombohedral pitch black babingtonite crystals greatly contrasting with the colorless quartz of this open drusy. The crystals are textbook and overall in mint conditions, with great lustre.

Excellent color contrast. The specimen comes from the former collection Lehmann (CH), dated back to the late 80s or early 90s.

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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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