Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Prehnite

Views:
Watches:
MGR676920

Prehnite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Prospect Park Quarry, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Very lustrous, translucent, and a light apple-green spheres frame a light, well formed matrix. Most material from this famous locality is just a cluster - to get a aesthetic specimen with contrast and matrix is really a great exception. No significant damages to report. Will come with old label from 1984, ex Wild-coll.

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