Mineralpedia Details for Babingtonite
Babingtonite
- Formula
- Ca2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)
- Crystal System
- Triclinic
- Crystal Habit
- Druse, Radial
- Cleavage
- Perfect, Perfect, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- brownish black, greenish black, black
- Streak
- brown
- Class
- Triclinic - Pinacoidal
- Fracture
- Conchoidal
- Hardness
- 5.5-6
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Babingtonite from West Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, United States
Clusters of quite large striated lustrous black Babingtonite to 2cm that appear to be etched out of a layer of course white Calcite on matrix. These are huge crystals for the species and virtually free of damage. Excellent specimen for the Mass. collector!!
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Babingtonite from Bombay, Maharashta, India
Gorgeous, large, Babingtonite crystal to a whopping 1.7cm on spheroidal Prehnite with Quartz crystals.
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