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Babingtonite & Prehnite On Calcite

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Babingtonite & Prehnite On Calcite

ex. Collection Don E. Boydston (California/USA)

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Description
Locality: 
Lane & Son Quarries, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.2 × 4.9 × 5.8 cm
Description

Black babingtonite crystals and green prehnite on calcite with original label

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White