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Babingtonite

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Größe: 10,67 mm; Fundort: Monte Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemont (Piemonte), Italien
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato; Contribution: Hg
Location: Italien/Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Provinz/Baveno/Oltrefiume/Monte Camoscio
Mineral: Babingtonite
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Größe: 10,67 mm; Fundort: Monte Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemont (Piemonte), Italien
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato
Contribution: Hg 2010-01-27
Locality: Monte Camoscio / Oltrefiume / Baveno / Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Provinz / Piemont (Piemonte), Region / Italien
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ein-und aufgewachsene Kristalle auf Heulandit mit Calcit aus dem alten Steinbruch, Seelbach, Herborn, Lahn-Dill, Gießen, Hessen, DE, Bildbreite ca.4mm
Copyright: harzer; Contribution: harzer
Collection: harzer
Location: Deutschland/Hessen/Gießen, Bezirk/Lahn-Dill-Kreis/Herborn/Seelbach (Herbornseelbach)/Alter Steinbruch
Mineral: Babingtonite
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ein-und aufgewachsene Kristalle auf Heulandit mit Calcit aus dem alten Steinbruch, Seelbach, Herborn, Lahn-Dill, Gießen, Hessen, DE, Bildbreite ca.4mm
Collection: harzer
Copyright: harzer
Contribution: harzer 2025-03-21
Locality: Alter Steinbruch / Seelbach (Herbornseelbach) / Herborn / Lahn-Dill-Kreis / Gießen, Bezirk / Hessen / Deutschland
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Größe: 4,22 mm; Fundort: Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Provinz, Italien
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato; Contribution: Hg
Collection: Domenico Preite
Location: Italien/Piemont (Piemonte), Region/Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Provinz/Baveno
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Größe: 4,22 mm; Fundort: Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Provinz, Italien
Collection: Domenico Preite
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato
Contribution: Hg 2010-07-27
Locality: Baveno / Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Provinz / Piemont (Piemonte), Region / Italien
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Khandivali Steinbruch, Bombay, Maharashtra, Indien
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried; Contribution: Hg
Location: Indien/Maharashtra/Mumbai (Bombay), Distrikt/Mumbai (Bombay), Stadt/Malad/Steinbruch Kandivali
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Khandivali Steinbruch, Bombay, Maharashtra, Indien
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried
Contribution: Hg 2007-06-08
Locality: Steinbruch Kandivali / Malad / Mumbai (Bombay), Stadt / Mumbai (Bombay), Distrikt / Maharashtra / Indien
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Plattige schwarze Kristalle , BB = 11 mm, Fundort: Poona, Bombay, Maharashtra, Indien.
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer; Contribution: Münchener Micromounter
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter, Collection number: A003679, Donator: Manfred Seitz
Location: Indien/Maharashtra/Pune (Poona), Distrikt
Mineral: Babingtonite
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Babingtonit (SNr: A003679)

Plattige schwarze Kristalle , BB = 11 mm, Fundort: Poona, Bombay, Maharashtra, Indien.
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2013-09-12
Locality: Pune (Poona), Distrikt / Maharashtra / Indien

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Collectors Summary

Color grünlich-schwarz, bräunlich-schwarz, schwarz
Streak color braun
Lustre Glasglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 5.5 - 6
Solubility ++ HF nur, Ultraschallbad!
Crystal System triklin, P1
Morphology kurzprismatisch, plattig

Chemism

Chemical formula

Ca2(Fe2+,Mn)Fe3+Si5O14(OH)

Chemical composition

Calcium, Eisen, Mangan, Silicium, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 573.047459475 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 25

Info

Empirical formula:

Ca2(Fe0.75Mn0.25)FeSi5O14(OH)

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

0.18

1

4.00

1.0079470

1.0079470
Oxygen

O

41.88

15

60.00

15.9994300

239.9914500
Silicon

Si

24.51

5

20.00

28.0855300

140.4276500
Calcium

Ca

13.99

2

8.00

40.0784000

80.1568000
Manganese

Mn

2.40

0.25

1.00

54.9380499

13.7345125
Iron

Fe

17.05

1.75

7.00

55.8452000

97.7291000

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

9.DK.05

9: Silikate (Germanate)
D: Ketten- und Bandsilikate (Inosilikate)
K: Ketten- und Bandsilikate mit 5-periodischen Einzelketten
05:Rhodonit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VIII/F.27-020

VIII: SILIKATE
F: Ketten- und Bandsilikate
27: Fünferketten [Si5O15] 10-

Classification by Hölzel

9.DP.200

9: SILICATES
D: Inosilicates; ~[Si2O6]4--...2-Chain
P: ~[Si5O15]10--...5-Chain Rhodonite-Group

Dana 8th edition

65.04.01.02

65: Inosilicate Minerals
04: Inosilicates Inosilicate Single-Width Unbranched Chains, W=1 with chains P=5
01: Rhodonite group

IMA status

Erstbeschreibung vor CNMNC-Gründung (1959), als Mineral meist anerkannt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

grünlich-schwarz, bräunlich-schwarz, schwarz

Streak color

braun

Lustre

Glasglanz

max. Birefringence

0.033
Birefringence chart\! Babingtonite title=Birefringence chart Babingtonite

Michel-Levy Color Chart viewed according to the maximum birefringence (at 30μm). Mineral color is not taken into account. Click on the image to enlarge or change thickness.

RI value α / ω / n

1.720

RI value β

1.731

RI value γ / ε

1.753

Ri mean

1.735

2V angle

Biaxial (+) 76°

Optical Data Luminescence

Luminescence

keine Fluoreszenz bekannt

Crystallography

Crystal System

triklin

Class (H-M)

1

Space Group number

2

Space Group

P1

Cell parameters a (Å)

7.470

Cell parameters b (Å)

12.493

Cell parameters c (Å)

6.692

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.598

Cell parameters c/b

0.536

Cell parameters α

85.73

Cell parameters β

93.67

Cell parameters γ

112.33

Z

2

Volume (ų)

575.648

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

6.90(40),
6.66(70),
3.453(100),
3.331(50),
3.117(90),
3.010(80),
2.949(90),
2.170(40)
XRD chart Babingtonite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Morphology

kurzprismatisch, plattig

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

5.5 - 6

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

395 (100g)

Density (g/cm³)

3.3

3.306 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Radioactivity

keine

Instability

++ HF nur, Ultraschallbad!

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Norwegen/Agder, Provinz/Arendal

Preface

Occurrences

in Hohlräumen in Granit und Gneis

Associations

Prehnit, Calcit, Epidot, Albit, Orthoklas, Granat, Quarz, Hornblende, Zeolithe

Name from

Ehrt den irischen Physiker und Mineralogen Dr. William Babington (1756-1833).

Author (Name, Year)

Lévy, 1824

Additional Information

Kristalle bis 5,8 cm Kantenlänge aus Yunnan in China; s.a. > Rekorde

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 2 (1995), 49

Other languages

German

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Spanish

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English

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French

Babingtonite

Russian

Бабингтонит

Japanese

ﾊﾞﾋﾞﾝﾄﾝ石

Alternative Name

Anchi-Zeolite

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Bab

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) LmeDWQZ2WUSnCvN-UTj9qw
GUID (Global unique identifier) 5983672E-7606-4459-A70A-F37E5138FDAB
Database ID 260