BABINGTONITE Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14OH (triclinic) . pyroxenoid group . Hampden County, Massachusetts . BABINGTONITE 硬度５∼６，黑色楔狀結晶，破裂面不平整，玻璃光澤．在沸石類的眾多共生礦中為唯一黑色礦物，因同時含二，三價鐵，呈弱磁性，常見與 quartz, apophyllite, feldspars, heulandite, stilbite, scolecite and other zeolites共生. 為少見之礦，僅礦物收藏家有興趣！
礦名來源：Named after the Irish physicist and mineralogist, W. Babington (1757-1833).

著名產地∼Poona, India; Devon, England; Baveno, Italy and several locations in Massachusetts.

經典名礦欣賞 ．２．３．４
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