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Gugiaite & Babingtonite

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Gugiaite & Babingtonite

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Description
Locality: 
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3 × 2.2 cm
Description

numerous white or colourless crystals on quarz with minor babingtonite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gugiaite

Formula: 
Ca2Be(Si2O7)
Strunz: 
9.BB.10
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gujia village, Tangqiao, Zhangjiagang Co., Suzhou Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, China

Babingtonite

Formula: 
Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH)
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Arendal Iron Mines, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway