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Massachusetts Symbols
Massachusetts SymbolsBeans, Berry, Beverage, Bird, Building & Monument Stone, Cat, Ceremonial March, Children's Author and Illustrator, Children's Book, Citizenry, Cookie, Dessert, Dog, Donut, Explorer Rock, Fish, Flag, Flower or Floral Emblem, Folk Dance, Folk Hero, Folk Song, Fossil, Fruit, Game Bird, Gem, Glee Club Song, Heroine, Historical Rock, Horse, Insect, Marine Mammal, Mineral, Motto, Muffin, Nicknames, Ode of the Commonwealth, Patriotic Song, Poem, Polka, Rock, Seal, Shell, Soil, Song, Tree, Veterans of Southwest, Asia War Monument, Vietnam War Memorial |
Massachusetts State MineralBabingtonite
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General Silicates Information |
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| Chemical Formula | Ca2(Fe++,Mn)Fe+++Si5O14(OH) |
| Composition | Molecular Weight = 573.05 gm |
| Calcium 13.99 % Ca 19.57 % CaO | |
| Manganese 2.40 % Mn 3.09 % MnO | |
| Iron 17.05 % Fe 21.94 % FeO | |
| Silicon 24.51 % Si 52.43 % SiO2 | |
| Hydrogen 0.18 % H 1.57 % H2O | |
| Oxygen 41.88 % O | |
| ______ ______ | |
| 100.00 % 98.60 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |
| Empirical Formula | Ca2Fe2+0.75Mn2+0.25Fe2+Si5O14(OH) |
| Environment | Found with the typically white or pale colored zeolites |
| IMA Status | Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1824 |
| Locality | Poona, India; Devon, England; Baveno, Italy and several locations in Massachusetts |
| Name Origin | Named after the Irish physicist and mineralogist, W. Babington (1757-1833). |
State Symbols
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symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun
Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century
1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun
Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century
1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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