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Prehnite

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Description
Locality: 
Horten, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5.1 × 2.9 cm
Weight: 
70.00gr
Description

Pale green prehnite crystals arranged as coatings after a tabular base. Good representative specimen of this uncommon locality in collections.

Collected by J.Sibtsen in 1975-77, while he was living in Norway. Ex JS #2867.

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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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