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Babingtonite Gyrolite & Okenite

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Babingtonite Gyrolite & Okenite

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Description
Locality: 
Pune (Poonah), Maharashtra, India
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.1 × 4.9 × 4.6 cm
Description

A fine, contrastful combination piece with multifaceted, black and lustrous Babingtonite, white, radial-fibrous Okenite and creamy spheroidal Gyrolite. A nice specimen.

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

Okenite

Formula: 
CaSi2O5·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.40
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Qutdligssat (Kudlisat), Qeqertarsuaq Island (Disko Island), Qaasuitsup, Greenland
Wendel Minerals

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