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Babingtonite On Quartz With Prehnite

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Babingtonite On Quartz With Prehnite

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Description
Locality: 
Malad Quarry, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Very very rare black crystal of babingtonite on quartz with ocean green prehnite. Specimen is permanently mounted on acrylic base with hot glue.

Mines producing top quality okenite, prehnite, babingtonite etc. in Malad are already closed due to expansion of localities around.

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

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

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