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Quartz Prehnite & Babingtonite

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Quartz Prehnite & Babingtonite

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Description
Locality: 
Qiaojia County, Zhaotong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.4 × 3.7 cm
Description

Cluster of transparent gemmy quartz crystal (some of the quartz are artichoke quartz) associate with apple green prehnite. Small babingtonite crystals are scattered on the quartz and prehnite crystal surface. You can also find a cluster of epidote on the bottom of the specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

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

Babingtonite

Formula: 
Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH)
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Arendal Iron Mines, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway
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