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Babingtonite, Prehnite

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Babingtonite with prehnite, 3.3 cm, from Qiaojia, Zhaotong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China.

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SpeciesBabingtonite, Prehnite
SizeMiniature
Dimensions3.3 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityChina, Yunnan, Zhaotong
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collecting In Texas page 203

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Mineral guide
Learn about Babingtonite
jet-black to bottle-green crystals in basalt pockets; crisp luster on light matrices, rare and collectible from New Jersey and Yunnan.
Babingtonite
Regional guide
Babingtonite from Zhaotong, Yunnan, China
from Zhaotong is best understood as the Qiaojia County material: sharp, black, iron-rich silicate crystals set dramatically on pale green prehnite and, in many specimens, sparkling quartz. The finest examples are immediately recognizable. They have the graphic contrast collectors want in a display specimen—black, lustrous, striated babingtonite crystals rising from mint-green to pastel prehnite, sometimes with colorless quartz adding a bright architectural base.