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Prehnite On Quartz

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Prehnite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 1.8 cm
Description

Fantastic, apple-green prehnite crystal aggregates on two waterclear quartz crystals with little hematite inclusions. One of the last of my specimen from a new find 2015.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Prehnite

Formula: 
Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DP.20
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Karoo dolerites, Cradock, Chris Hani District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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