babingtonite

Name:

babingtonite

A photo of the mineral babingtonite

Class:

Silicates

Chemistry:

Ca2Fe2Si5O14 OH

Color(s):

Black

Hardness:

5

SpecGrav:

3.25-3.35

Fracture:

uneven

Cleavage:

perfect- 2 directions

Crystal:

triclinic, thick and tabular or short and prismatic

Envronment:

cavities and crevices in granite, and pegmatites and with zeolites in altered basalts.

Association:

epidote, quartz, prehnite

Locals:

NJ, MS, C), USA / Sweden

Misc:

named after the minerologist William Babington (1757-1833)

Photos
& Locals:

1.) Fagelmyra, Sweden
2.) Fagelmyra, Sweden

3.) Fagelmyra, Sweden

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Name:	babingtonite
Class:	Silicates
Chemistry:	Ca2Fe2Si5O14 OH
Color(s):	Black
Hardness:	5	SpecGrav:	3.25-3.35
Fracture:	uneven	Cleavage:	perfect- 2 directions
Crystal:	triclinic, thick and tabular or short and prismatic
Envronment:	cavities and crevices in granite, and pegmatites and with zeolites in altered basalts.
Association:	epidote, quartz, prehnite
Locals:	NJ, MS, C), USA / Sweden
Misc:	named after the minerologist William Babington (1757-1833)

	Photos & Locals:
		1.) Fagelmyra, Sweden 2.) Fagelmyra, Sweden		3.) Fagelmyra, Sweden

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