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Prehnite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Asbestos, Estrie, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.1 × 0.9 cm
Description

Floater undamaged piece with two crystals of prehnite, doubly-terminated, of white colour and uncommonly elongated.

Ex. René Virlet specimen. According to the associated label it was acquired at the Brussels Mineral show in 09/1978.

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

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