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Mesolite Fluorapophyllite-(K) & Prehnite

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Mesolite Fluorapophyllite-(K) & Prehnite

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Description
Locality: 
Palabora Mine, Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.9 × 1.7 cm
Description

A very aesthetic thumbnail specimen of bright white fibrous mesolite on green prehnite matrix, along with some small lustrous fluorapophyllite. These specimens were never very common in the first place when they were found.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mesolite

Formula: 
Na2Ca2Si9Al6O30·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.0

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
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