Babingtonite

Origin: Lane quarry, Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
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Origin: Blueberry Mt., Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
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Origin: Manassas, Prince William Co., Virginia, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
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Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Origin: Lane Quarry, Westfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5 x 4.5 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Babingtonite with quartz
  
 
  
 
   
 
  
Babingtonite with quartz
Origin: Grönsjöberg, Borlänge, Dalarna, Sweden
Sample size: 6 x 5.5 x 1.5 cm (top), 6.2 x 5 x 1.6 cm (2nd row), 6.2 x 5 x 1.6 cm (3rd row), 3.6 x 2.7 x 0.6 cm (4th row), 5.5 x 3.5 x 1.7 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

Black babingtonite with green epidote
Origin: Shaft 10, Quabin Reservoir, Massachusetts, United States
Eaton Collection
Sample size: 1 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Origin: Gränsjoberget, Dalarna, Sweden
Sample size: 2.5 x 5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Babingtonite with quartz
Origin: Honsarvet, Borlange, Sweden
Sample size: 7.5 x 5 x 3 cm
 
  
  
 
  
Babingtonite with pale greenish prehnite and quartz
Origin: near Meigu, Xichang area, Sichuan, Southwest Region, China
Sample size: 5.5 x 1.6 x 8.3 cm (top/2nd row), 9.7 x 5.4 x 10.6 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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