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Name and first discovery: Named after the Irish-British mineralogist William Babington (1756-1833). First described in 1824
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Abbreviation: Bab
Famous locations
(TL) Type locality (analysis) Chemical element distribution, see above
Norway
(TL) (Analysis) Arendal Iron Mines, Arendal, Agder, Norway
Antarctica
Litell Rocks, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
China
Qiaojia County, Zhaotong, Yunnan, China
Hongxizhen Mining District, Meigu County, Sichuan, China
India
Malad Quarry, Malad, Maharashtra, India
Italy
Seula Mine, Baveno, Piedmont, Italy
Namibia
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia
Sweden
Grönsjöberget, Borlänge, Dalarna, Sweden
USA
Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
O & G Southbury Quarry, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Cheapside Quarry, Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
Lane & Son Quarries, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Hampden Quarry, West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Blueberry Mountain Quarry, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Literature
Dana, J. D., & Dana, E. S. (1892). Thesystem of mineralogy of James Dwight Dana, 1837-1868: descriptive mineralogy. J. Wiley & sons.