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Babingtonite from
Quabbin Aqueduct shaft No. 10 locality, Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA


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Babingtonite, etc.

Quabbin Aqueduct shaft No. 10 locality, Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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Babingtonite, etc.

Quabbin Aqueduct shaft No. 10 locality, Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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Babingtonite, etc.

Quabbin Aqueduct shaft No. 10 locality, Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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Babingtonite, etc.

Quabbin Aqueduct shaft No. 10 locality, Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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Babingtonite, etc.

Quabbin Aqueduct shaft No. 10 locality, Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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Babingtonite, etc.

Quabbin Aqueduct shaft No. 10 locality, Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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Babingtonite, etc.

Quabbin Aqueduct shaft No. 10 locality, Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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Babingtonite, etc.

Quabbin Aqueduct shaft No. 10 locality, Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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Babingtonite, etc.

Quabbin Aqueduct shaft No. 10 locality, Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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Babingtonite, etc.

Quabbin Aqueduct shaft No. 10 locality, Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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Babingtonite, etc.

Quabbin Aqueduct shaft No. 10 locality, Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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Babingtonite, etc.

Quabbin Aqueduct shaft No. 10 locality, Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Classification
Species:Babingtonite
Formula:Ca2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)
Habit:Short prismatic to 1.5mm
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Epidote13
Apophyllite Group5
Calcite1
Fluorite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Babingtonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Quabbin Aqueduct shaft No. 10 locality, Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:38575
Long-form Identifier:1:3:38575:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Babingtonite
31.6km (19.6 miles) ⓘNotch Quarry (Lane Quarry; Amherst Quarry; Round Mountain Quarry), Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
40.4km (25.1 miles) ⓘCheapside Quarry (East Deerfield Quarry; Trew Corp. Quarry), Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
41.6km (25.9 miles) ⓘMount Tom Quarry, Mount Tom, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
51.8km (32.2 miles) ⓘHampden quarry, West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
52.8km (32.8 miles) ⓘLane & Son traprock quarries (Lane's Quarry), Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
58.4km (36.3 miles) ⓘAggregate Industries Quarry (Bayer-Mingolla Quarry; Trimount Quarry), Ashland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
66.1km (41.1 miles) ⓘRoute 101/101A road cuts, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
68.2km (42.4 miles) ⓘState Route 20 road cut, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
68.9km (42.8 miles) ⓘRoncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
83.2km (51.7 miles) ⓘWest Roxbury Crushed Stone Quarry (West Roxbury Trap Rock Co. Quarry; Grove St. Quarry), West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Shaub, B. M. (1941) Occurrence and origin of babingtonite and other minerals from Quabbin aqueduct, Massachusetts. American Mineralogist, 26 (2) 121-129
 
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