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Babingtonite & Gyrolite

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Babingtonite & Gyrolite

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Description
Locality: 
Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Very nice, black group of very sharp babingtonite crystals together with spheres of gyrolite crystals. Very good specimen for this location.

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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

Gyrolite

Formula: 
NaCa16Si23AlO60(OH)8·14H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.30
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
The Storr, Portree, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, North West Highlands (Inverness-shire), Scotland, UK

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