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Babingtonite

Antarctica Expedition GANOVEX I

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Description
Locality: 
Prehnite Hill, Litell Rocks, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

A rich coverage of sharp, black babintonite crystals on quartz and minor prehnite.The specimen was found during the first german antarctica expedition GANOVEX I  1979 / 80.

Comes with the original handwriten label froim the mineralogist of this expedition. 

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

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