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PRONUNCIATION OF BABINGTONITE

babingtonite  [ˈbæbɪŋtəˌnaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BABINGTONITE

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Babingtonite is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BABINGTONITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Babingtonite

Babingtonite is a calcium iron manganese inosilicate mineral with the formula Ca2FeSi5O14. It is unusual in that iron completely replaces the aluminium so typical of silicate minerals. It is a very dark green to black translucent mineral crystallizing in the triclinic system with typically radial short prismatic clusters and druzy coatings. It occurs with zeolite minerals in cavities in volcanic rocks. Babingtonite contains both iron and iron and shows weak magnetism. It has a Mohs hardness of 5.5 to 6 and a specific gravity of 3.3. It was first described in 1824 from samples from Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway and was named after the Irish physician and mineralogist William Babington. It is the official mineral of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Definition of babingtonite in the English dictionary

The definition of babingtonite in the dictionary is a rare, slightly magnetic, black or dark green silicate mineral, Ca2Fe2Si5O14OH, found in cavities in volcanic rock.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BABINGTONITE


aconite
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amazonite
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amblygonite
æmˈblɪɡəˌnaɪt
austenite
ˈɔːstəˌnaɪt
autunite
ˈɔːtəˌnaɪt
bentonite
ˈbɛntəˌnaɪt
cummingtonite
ˈkʌmɪŋtəˌnaɪt
Gilsonite
ˈɡɪlsəˌnaɪt
hessonite
ˈhɛsəˌnaɪt
kryptonite
ˈkrɪptəˌnaɪt
limonite
ˈlaɪməˌnaɪt
Masonite
ˈmeɪsəˌnaɪt
Mennonite
ˈmɛnəˌnaɪt
morganite
ˈmɔːɡəˌnaɪt
suburbanite
səˈbɜːbəˌnaɪt
taconite
ˈtækəˌnaɪt
tanzanite
ˈtænzəˌnaɪt
titanite
ˈtaɪtəˌnaɪt
vulcanite
ˈvʌlkəˌnaɪt
wollastonite
ˈwʊləstəˌnaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BABINGTONITE

babesiasis
babesiosis
Babeuf
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babiche
babied
babies
babies´-breath
Babinet
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Babinski effect
Babinski reflex
babirusa
Babism
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Babo´s law
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baboonery

WORDS THAT END LIKE BABINGTONITE

antimonite
aragonite
arfvedsonite
arsonite
dithionite
ebonite
erionite
glauconite
infinite
Maronite
melaconite
mizzonite
montmorillonite
monzonite
mylonite
rhodonite
saponite
smithsonite
tonite
winter aconite
xylonite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BABINGTONITE»

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Geology and Mineral Resources of the Quakertown-Doylestown ...
rhombic cavities or the rectangular prismatic cavities, being distinctly in thin tabular plates, as shown in Figure 32 and Plate 32, A. and C. Fenner likewise in his first description of babingtonite (then called amphibole, Variety I) made the ...
Florence Bascom, 1931
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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
nearly monomineralic black ilvaite, with a margin rich in dark green babingtonite. These bands are commonly found as selvedges along segments of some subvertical quartz veins. Also present are elongate pods, 0.2-2 m wide and 10m long, ...
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Massachusetts
Babingtonite Massachusetts is the only place in the United States where rock collectors can find babingtonite. This glassy mineral was first discovered in Europe. It is named for William Babington, an Irish scientist. Babingtonite is black and ...
Fran Hodgkins, 2003
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State Geosymbols: Geological Symbols of the 50 United States
MINERAL-BABINGTONITE Bahingtonite shall he the mineral or mineral emhlem of the commonwealth. 1981. Before the beginning of the 20th century, babingtonite was unknown to science. Massachusetts is one of the few localities in the ...
Alan McPherson, 2011
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Annals of Philosophy
This substance I propose to call Babingtonite, in honour of the late President, and one of the founders of the Geological Society of London. His claims to have his name thus recorded in mineralogy, are too many, and too well known to every ...
Richard Phillips, Edward William Brayley, 1824
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The Annals of Philosophy
Mr. Children has kindly undertaken to examine with the blowpipe a small quantity of babingtonite. ' ~av4~»u I ARTICLE VII. Eranzinatioiz of Babingtonite by the Blowpipe. By J. G. Children, Esq. RS. 8:0. I (To the Editor of the Annals of ...
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Bulletin
... to need more than a passing mention here. The so-called zircon pyroxenes, rosenbuschite, lavenite, wohlerite, and hidrtdahlite are found in the eheolite syenites of Norway. The triclinic babingtonite is interesting, for it contains, in addition ...
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Bulletin Suisse de Minéralogie Et Pétrographie
ZALES DEL TANAGO and LA IGLESIA, 1998; ARMBRUSTER et al., 2000) suggesting crystallization conditions around 200 °C or even below. DUGGAN ( 1986) proposed an alternative interpretation, according to which babingtonite in such ...
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Mineralogy Of New-York; Comprising Detailed Descriptions Of ...
These minerals, however, differ considerably from the true manganese spar in the proportions of their constituents. BABINGTONITE. [In compliment to Dr. BABINGTON.] Babingtonite. Levy, Phillips and Thomson.—Axotomer Augit-Spath . Mohs.
Lewis Caleb Beck, 1842
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Mineralogy of New York
BABINGTONITE. [In compliment to Dr. BABINGTON.] Babingtonite. Levy, Phillips and Thomson. —Axotomer Augit-Spathi Mohs. DESCRIPTION. Colour dark greenish black. It occurs regularly crystallized. The primary Fig 481_ Fig 482' form, ...
Lewis C. Beck, 1842

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BABINGTONITE»

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Keeping it Symbol: Rock On
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, BLASTING EXPOSES A TINY CLUSTER OF BABINGTONITE. IT'S LIKE FINDING A NEEDLE IN A HEY STACK. «WCVB Boston, Mar 15»
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Shrewsbury mineral enthusiast shows rock-solid commitment to …
Shrewsbury resident Larry Bull (right) shows off his recent find of babingtonite, Massachusetts' state mineral, to Gordon Tripp, fellow member of ... «Community Advocate, Oct 14»

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