| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Connecticut > Babingtonite on Quartz |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 19987 |
| Mineral: | Babingtonite on Quartz |
| Locality: | Cinque Quarry, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut |
| Description: | Cluster of lamellar babingtonite crystals up to 10 mm long on matrix of colorless quartz crystals. The babingtonite has a yellow coating where they altered to actinolite (a frequent occurrence with babingtonite in near-surface localities). |
| Overall Size: | 6x3.5x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 2-10 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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