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Babingtonite Byssolite & Prehnite

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Babingtonite Byssolite & Prehnite

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Description
Locality: 
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 4.7 × 3.5 cm
Description

Matrix with one face showing an attractive coverage of light green prehnite 'balls' in association with dark green babingtonite, white hair-like byssolite and opaque calcite crystals.

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

Byssolite

Variety Of: 

Amphibole Supergroup

Formula: 
AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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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