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Prehnite

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Prehnite

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Description
Locality: 
Pune (Poonah), Maharashtra, India
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.6 × 2 cm
Description

This is a very unusual specimen from Pune.

A beautiful pale green ball of prehnite is sitting on top of a gemmy calcite crystal. A white ball of gyrolite is on top of the green prehnite.

Beautiful !

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