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Babingtonite

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The Prospect Park Quarry is one of the most impressive Zeolite localities in the world. This quarry has produced some amazing specimens in the last 100 years. This specimen features rare blue-grey altered crystals of Babingtonite which are associated with pale golden Heulandite and nearly colorless rhombic Calcite crystals on Quartz. The Babingtonites from this locality are very distinctive, and certainly some of the most attractive for the species from the standpoint of the unusual color. Sadly, this great New Jersey locality is being filled in for a housing development, and pieces like this one will be never be collected again. Ex. Richard Kosnar Collection.

Product details

SpeciesBabingtonite
SizeMiniature
Dimensions4.7 x 3.6 x 1.6 cm
Added on10/23/2024
LocalityUSA, New Jersey, Prospect Park Quarry

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
08/2024Unknown OwnerNot disclosed
—The ArkenstoneNot disclosed

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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 Prospect Park Quarry, New Jersey, USA
Prospect Park Quarry babingtonite is one of the most recognizable departures from the usual appearance of the species. Instead of the familiar jet-black, sharply lustrous babingtonite on pale prehnite or zeolite matrix, the best Prospect Park pieces show blue-gray to greenish-gray, fibrous-looking altered crystal groups set against quartz, calcite, and heulandite. That color is the locality’s signature: understated, cool-toned, and unmistakably different from the black babingtonites of many New England traprock quarries.