| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Massachusetts > Babingtonite on Prehnite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 60595 |
| Mineral: | Babingtonite on Prehnite |
| Locality: | Blueberry Mountain Quarry, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts |
| Description: | Lustrous black babingtonite crystals to 7 mm in a cavity lined with platy translucent yellow-green prehnite crystals to 1 mm. Prehnite is rare as individual crystals, it is commonly botryoidal. Babingtonite is the State Mineral of Massachusetts. Ex Jeff Weissman collection #401; originally acquired in 2003 from Lawrence H. Conklin (1933-2016); ex. Ex. Anthony Lizzul collection (Brooklyn, NY) |
| Overall Size: | 7x4x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-7 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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