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Babingtonite

Antarctica expedition GANOVEX I

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Description
Locality: 
Litell Rocks, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2 × 1.2 cm
Description

Sharp lustrous black babintonite crystals on clear quartz and pale green prehnite crystals.

Beautiful small miniature specimen from a rare locality

This specimen was found during the first german antarctica expedition GANOVEX I 1979 / 80

Comes with a - copy- of the handwritten 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

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