| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Babingtonite |
| Formula: | Ca2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH) |
| Habit: | short prisms with complex modifications |
| Colour: | black |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Prehnite | 19 |
| Calcite | 7 |
| Epidote | 6 |
| Hematite | 4 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Babingtonite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Cheapside Quarry (East Deerfield Quarry; Trew Corp. Quarry), Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (19 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 129592 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:129592:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Babingtonite |
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| 29.6km (18.4 miles) | ⓘNotch Quarry (Lane Quarry; Amherst Quarry; Round Mountain Quarry), Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 34.9km (21.7 miles) | ⓘMount Tom Quarry, Mount Tom, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 40.4km (25.1 miles) | ⓘQuabbin Aqueduct shaft No. 10 locality, Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 49.0km (30.4 miles) | ⓘHampden quarry, West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 50.2km (31.2 miles) | ⓘLane & Son traprock quarries (Lane's Quarry), Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 70.0km (43.5 miles) | ⓘState Route 20 road cut, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 70.9km (44.1 miles) | ⓘRoncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 84.3km (52.4 miles) | ⓘRoute 101/101A road cuts, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA |
| 94.9km (59.0 miles) | ⓘBalf Quarry, Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 98.1km (61.0 miles) | ⓘAggregate Industries Quarry (Bayer-Mingolla Quarry; Trimount Quarry), Ashland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA |
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Cheapside Quarry, Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA