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Babingtonite

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Description
Locality: 
Hampden Quarry, West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.3 × 0.4 cm
Description

Small black babingtonite crystals with pale green prehnite on matrix

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