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Babingtonite & Prehnite

German Antarctica expedition GANOVEX I in 1979/80

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Description
Locality: 
Lillie Marleen Camp, Everett Range, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Description

Althoug I wrote about two months ago that I sell my last babingtonite specimen.... I found even so on a specimen, a tiny but perfect babingtonite crystal on green prehnite.

 

This specimen was found during the first German Antarctica Expedition GANOVEX I 1979/80

Comes with a -copy- of the original label from the mineralogist of this expedition.

Ex collection Dipl. Min Ulrich Vetter, Hannover

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

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