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Babingtonite On Quartz

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Babingtonite On Quartz

Antarctica Expedition GANOVEX I

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Description
Locality: 
Litell Rocks, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

 Sharp lustrous black babintonite crystals on clear quartz crystals.

The specimen was found during the first german antarctica expedition GANOVEX I  1979/80

Nice thumbnail specimen from a rare locality.

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

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