| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Massachusetts > Babingtonite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 60583 |
| Mineral: | Babingtonite |
| Locality: | Lane's Quarry, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts |
| Description: | Lustrous black babingtonite crystals lining the walls of a cavity with minor green prehnite and colorless calcite. The calcite originally filled the cavity, but was etched away to expose the babingtonite crystals, The State Mineral of Massachusetts. Ex. Ernie Schlichter (1929 -2007) |
| Overall Size: | 6x4x4 cm |
| Crystals: | 2-10 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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