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Prehnite Quartz & Baryte

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Prehnite Quartz & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 6 × 3.2 cm
Description

Prehnite from the Goboboseb seems to be a bit underrated. Nice pastel green aggregates of prehnite crystals with quartz and tan beige crystals which could be baryte by visual ID (orthorhombic habit, but no analysis) on basalt matrix.

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

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Best regards Roger