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Scandiobabingtonite & Hematite

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Scandiobabingtonite & Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm
Description

several dark green scandiobabingtonite crystals on quartz with red blades of hematite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Scandiobabingtonite

Formula: 
Ca2(Fe2+,Mn)ScSi5O14(OH)
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Seula mine (ex Montecatini quarry), Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0