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Babingtonite from
Basalt quarry, Racoş (Racoşul de Jos), Brașov County, Romania


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Babingtonite
Formula:Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Babingtonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Basalt quarry, Racoş (Racoşul de Jos), Brașov County, Romania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:752070
Long-form Identifier:1:3:752070:9
GUID (UUID V4):e485f421-a926-444a-9800-aa723ef579a7
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
cavities Original minerals Anhydrite Calcite Babingtonite vu 1 1 5 6 7 7 8 9 11 17 17 22 24 24 24 24...glauberite pseudomorphs Miscellaneous cavities Babingtonite as the original mineral of the cavities Index...after calcite, natrolite, and pectolite 32. Babingtonite FIGURE 1. Map of New Jersey showing position...crystal of babingtonite__ 33. Cross sections:of babingtonite crystal& 69 70 71 73 78 84 85 INSERT Mineral...comprehensive study of these cavities and suggested that babingtonite was the original mineral. Soon after this anhydrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Finds at the Famous Prospect Park Quarry Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey All specimens self-collected...Locality map, by William Besse. he Prospect Park quarry has been producing fine mineral specimens for more...minerals it is possibly the most significant trap-rock quarry in the world. Not many localities can boast fine...the pillow basalt (see A Word to the Wise, this issue) near the front entrance to the quarry. It is likely...never be blasted again. History The Prospect Park quarry began operations in 1901 (Vitali 1978), the same
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carolina] at 06:31 08 October 2014 Chips from the Quarry Anna M. Domitrovic. halls, leading overnight...the Prospect Park quarry in New Jersey (July/August 2005 issue), the babingtonite altered to blue diopside...nite intergrowth. Mason (1960) writes about babingtonite “often covered by a white to light blue film...explanation for the special babingtonite-hedenbergite intergrowth. Both babingtonite and hedenbergite have...The original measurements were performed on a babingtonite-hedenbergite intergrowth from Arvigo, Val Calanca
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fenner'sthesisfor the Ph.D. degreewas on the Watchung basalt and the paragenesisof its zeolites and other secondary...the secondary minerals occurring in the Watchung basalt Fenner solved two problems,namely: (a) the early...crystals in the cayities of the basalt; and (b) the former presence of babingtonite crystals which were subsequentlyremoved...discoveredin 1914 in the Francisco quarry at Great Notch a small number of babingtonite crystals which had escapedsolution...crystallographical properties characteristic of babingtonite. As a rule its crystals occur envelopedin d
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Brothers quarry, Prospect Park; McDowell's quarry, Upper Montclair; and the Francisco Brothers quarry, Great...Lambertville) and two Hudson County localities, Laurel (Snake) Hill quarry, Secaucus, and Fort Lee. The...The geology and mineralogy of the two Hudson County localities have already been described in detail by...applied to dark-colored dike and flow rocks, chiefly basalt and diabase. have occurred from these localities...Localities: Historical Background Bergen Hill, Hudson County The area known as Bergen H i l l consists of several
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Through the Livingston-Roseland area of Essex County, New Jersey, outcrops one of the extensions of...Hill in Roseland there is an interesting red shale quarry (see No. 1 on map) which was once worked for building...legislators, the area has finally been set aside as a county park, hopefully to be developed, pro­ tected, and...have done to the place. I can recall going to the quarry one weekend and observing huge slabs of shale with...collections. We locals are hoping that the best of the quarry still lies buried in those layers which are not
Journal (issue)
fluorapophyllite crystal, 4.6 cm, from Pashan Hills quarry no. 2 near Poona, Maharashtra state, India. Steve...Shiva Temple in Elephanta Cave, carved from Deccan basalt in the sixth century on an island off the entrance...cavansite from Wagholi are the paragons of Indian basalt minerals. These and other fine minerals have been...Buddhist temple of Karli was carved into the flow basalt of the Western Ghats during the second century...Kailasa Temple near Ellora, hand-cut from Deccan basalt. large amounts of pegmatitic monazite, without
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bull Run Quarry Loudoun County, Virginia H O W A R D R. F R E E L A N D 10340 Hollyberry Drive Richmond...al., 1978; Narsavage, 1977), and at the Fairfax quarry near Centreville, Virginia (Medici, 1972; Mitchell...environments. Bull Run quarry located in Loudoun County, Virginia, is one such quarry. To date, nearly twenty...twenty mineral species from the quarry have been identified. As far as can be determined, two of the min­...reported previ­ ously in Virginia. THE QUARRY The Bull Run quarry is located in a Triassic-age diabase
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
-z ORIGINAL PAPER Structural variation of babingtonite depending on cation distribution at the octahedral...May 2013 # Springer-Verlag Wien 2013 Abstract Babingtonite, Ca2Fe2+Fe3+[Si5O14(OH)] (Z=2, space group P1)... Grönsjöberget (Sweden), Kandivali Quarry (India), Baveno Quarry (Italy), Bråstad Mine (Norway), and...on the crystal structure of babingtonite. Although all studied babingtonite crystals are relatively homogeneous...instead of Fe2+. The unit-cell parameters of babingtonite are a = 7.466–7.478, b = 11.624–11.642, c =
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
0-(MeFe)zSiO Babingtonite,892 Barite, 1954 Barium titanosilicate, 1434 Basalt, 1940 Basalt glass,Fe3*-Fe2'of...Fe3*-Fe2'of,1940 Basalt glass,HzO contentof, 19210 Belkovite, 1728 Berborite polytlpes, 1728 Berthierite,...heulandite-clinoptilolite, 1872 ingodite, 25? josOite,257 jos€ite-B, 257 kassite,283 kawazulite,25T kentrolite...spinel-olivine,827 syenite,218 Germaniumalbite,92 Germany babingtonite, 892 glauconite, 1973 Gibbsite-like mineral...anorthoclase.928 anorthosite. 1306 ash-flow tuff, 288 basalt, 1940 boninite, 1940 boromuscovite,1998 dacite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Article The Secondary Minerals from the Pillow Basalt of Salsette-Mumbai, Deccan Volcanic Province, India...Benkó, Z. The Secondary Minerals from the Pillow Basalt of Salsette-Mumbai, Deccan Volcanic Province, India...decreasing temperatures, in the range of 270–180 ◦ C, babingtonite, laumontite II, prehnite, julgoldite, yugawaralite...20,21]). The main part of the tholeiitic flood basalt extruded from certain fissure systems [5,6] within...below. The Salsette subgroup contains not only basalt, but also trachyte and rhyolite, as well as felsic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pomperaug Valley, made up of sedimentary rocks and basalt flows and sills (Altamura 1995). T h e micromineral...on "Hercynite Crystals from the Kimzey Calcite Quarry, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, and Their Distinction from...sites is Thomaston D a m , Thomaston, Litchfield County. Specimens could be taken from a 1960s railroad...black, tapering crystal from Watertown, Litchfield County, shown i n figure 5. T h e horizontal striations...cut on the new Route 25 i n Trumbull, Fairfield County. Large amounts of sphalerite in a variety o f colors
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in New Jersey: Native Elements Graphite—Sussex County Sulfides Sphalerite—Franklin, massive crystals...Vivianite—Allentown, Shrewsbury in Monmouth County Silicates Amethyst—Basalt sills Scapolite—Franklin marbles ...Apophyllite—Paterson and Bergen Hill, Snake Hill, Bergen County Good Heulandite—Watchung Mountains, Prospect Park...Analcime—Paterson, in basalt, McBride Avenue Quarry Natrolite-Houdaille Quarry, Bound Brook; Snake Hill...Hill, Bergen County Mesolite-Many places, thin white needles Thomsonite—Northern New Jersey Serpentine—Lake
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A CATALOGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS GEMSTONES FRANKLIN COUNTY (PART SIX) By RALPH GOSSE P.O. Box 5351, Albany...as 1 mile east of Deerfield Academy?) Franklin County 516 Desc:ription and Occurrence Waterworn masses...rock are occasionally found in river gravels. In basalt, rarely in masses over 3 inches across. A beautiful...schist. Loose nodular masses eroded from underlying basalt. Numerous references to this locality in early...finest specimen obtained from the Connecticut Valley basalt measured 9" x 6" and weighed 23 pounds. The center
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The specimens came from the now disused Biglees Quarry which is 500 m SSE of Biglees Farm and 3.5 km north...Kilbride; the grid reference of the quarry is NS 210 516. The quarry rock is a rudely columnar trachyte...fresh olivine-tholeiite trending E.-W. cuts the quarry face. This dyke can be matched both as to type...minerals TAIILI/ I. Analyses of mineralsfrom Biglees Quarry I 2 3 4 5 6 52.08 0.00 0.56 33.76 -0.00 0...HERRIOT B. E. LEAKI~ 1982, VOL. 46, PP. 401-2 Babingtonite in an early Archaean metabasalt from the Pilbara
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
epitaxial association of hedenbergite whiskers with babingtonite MARIKO NAGASHIMA1,* AND DAISUKE NISHIO-HAMANE2...(Ca(Fe2+,Mg)Si2O6) on the hydrous pyroxenoid babingtonite (Ca2Fe2+Fe3+[Si5O14(OH)]) have been observed...relationships and formation. The boundaries between babingtonite and hedenbergite are sharply defined, and the...additional phases present. The relationships of babingtonite (Bab) and hedenbergite (Hd) were determined...identical positions. The reciprocity between the babingtonite and hedenbergite structures is governed by the
Journal (issue)
Wehman . AFARS AND ISSAS 197 1 10 fr doleritic basalt (Nov. 22) 15 fr olivine basaJt (Oct. 8) 25 fr volcanic...rocks and Arnmonite 60 h basalt formation and frog fossil 80 h rocks, basalt, and polished agate 1.00...September 2 7, 1974 4 fr marble bl ocks 25 fr marble quarry May 7, 1976 25 fr aragonite 50 fr petrified wood...a microscope 25 c geological map of Rhodesia ROMANIA MONGOLIA POLAND March 3 1, 1967 5 m Tarbosaurus...HiJI community is located in northeastern Kershaw County, South Carolina. [n the past few years dark, gemmy
Journal (issue)
Wehman . AFARS AND ISSAS 197 1 10 fr doleritic basalt (Nov. 22) 15 fr olivine basaJt (Oct. 8) 25 fr volcanic...rocks and Arnmonite 60 h basalt formation and frog fossil 80 h rocks, basalt, and polished agate 1.00...September 2 7, 1974 4 fr marble bl ocks 25 fr marble quarry May 7, 1976 25 fr aragonite 50 fr petrified wood...a microscope 25 c geological map of Rhodesia ROMANIA MONGOLIA POLAND March 3 1, 1967 5 m Tarbosaurus...HiJI community is located in northeastern Kershaw County, South Carolina. [n the past few years dark, gemmy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CATALOGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS GEMSTONES HA,MPDEN 'COUNTY (PART FOUR) By RALPH GOSSE P.O. Box 5351, Albany...will be amended in a later issue. NOTE: (ESSEX COUNTY, was erroneously listed as part three in caption...Gemstones." Readers please note the correct County to be BERKSHIRE COUNTY.) AGATE Locality Descr,ption and Occurrence...result of weathering of nearby outcrops of basalt. Hampden County The chief occurrence of agate in Massachusetts...Massachusetts is a number of ancient lava flows (basalt or traprock) ejected in a molten state through a series
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is the Franklin & Sterling Hill area in Sussex County which is famous for its large number of minerals...extending from Somerville in Somerset County to Paterson in Passaic County. This area is noted for its fine...both in the Palisades diabase and in the thick basalt sheets of the Watchung Mountains. From these quarries...ballast, aggregate, rip-rap, and jetty stone. The basalt flows crop out in three ridges called the First...cavities are commonly found in the amygdaloidal basalt and are usually lined with quartz, zeolites, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
exactly comparable with the material described by de Roever (1942, pp. 233, 236, PI. IV, 1) as iddingsite...reported by Bartrum (1936, p. 420) is actually babingtonite (Battey, 1954). 92 M. H. Battey— Their elongation...associated with chlorite, epidote, pumpellyite or babingtonite. Apatite, present to about 1 per cent, in the...Roxburghshire (Tomkeieff, 1941) or in the poenites of Timor (de Roever, 1942, pp. 225-32). No such importance is...small vein of prehnite with a little babingtonite. Babingtonite also occurs in fine veinlets with quartz
Journal (issue)
1996 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Michel SCHWAB, 32 rue de Baldershelm F-68110 ILLZACH Tel: 33.89.57.44.33 Fax:...Contact with me in St. Marie, Munchen or by post: ARC DE SANT Mаr1i 79 Local, 08032 Barselona, Spain • KUSTOS-...K. 34 MINERAUX & FOSSILES, Editions CEDIM 10 rue de Marignan 75008 PARIS. Теl.: 16(1) 42 25 91 85 Free...Karslve!! 5. Khyr-Ptlуаki б. Nauchпyi 7. Pervamarskil Quarry 8. Baklа Mountain 9. Klzilovka (former Karagºch)...Ravine 12. Petropºvlovskii Quarry 13. Lozovskoi Quarry 14. B1yuk-Yankoiskii Quarry 15. Ауи-Dag mountain 16
Journal (issue)
afgiftekantoor : 2140 Borgerhout 1 geonieuws maandblad van de mineralogische kring antwerpen v.z.w. 30(8), oktober...zonder voorafgaande schriftelijke toestemming van de uitgever. Betalingen contributie : bankrekening 789-5809102-81...technische realisatie Geonieuws. Guido CORNELIS, Karel van de Woestijnestraat 4, B-2660 Hoboken. Tel. 0486 301163... en fax 03 2531379. Samenaankoop. Betalingen via de MKA-bankrekeningen (zie hoger). Herwig PELCKMANS...7 oktober 2005 Maandelijkse vergadering in zaal "De drie rozen", Kerkstraat 45, 's Gravenwezel om 20
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pillow basalt cavities, Prospect Park Quarry Rhodonite—Franklin-Ogdensburg (past) Babingtonite—A rare...Prehnite—Watchung Mountains, Paterson DatoUte—Paterson, in basalt and diabase. Very fine —from The Cayuga Gem, monthly...monthly publication of the Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithica, N.Y. NEW LONG ISLAND MUSEUM
Catalog/List
--··---- - - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker Bay, Skye, Scotland...colourless to white crystals , quite well covering Basalt. ½" £4 ____ lx! _£_6_. __________ ____ 5_Na 5=u~~<...------------6 ALBITE Kragero Norway 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...- -- ·- -37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine.Ravalli County. Montana U.S.A 963 ALBITE Maine USA Rich pinkish...rich variety) ½ x ½ £5 Ni AsO H/20 7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway Pure black mica plate
 
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