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Datolite On Prehnite

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Datolite On Prehnite

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Description
Locality: 
Prospect Quarry, Prospect, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 2.1 × 1.2 cm
Description

A cluster of very pale greenish white datolite crystals with prehnite on a thin basaltic matrix from the Prospect Quarry in the western suburbs of Sydney. This is one of only a handful of datolite specimens that date back to the early 1970's collected at Prospect

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Datolite

Formula: 
Ca(HBSiO5)
Strunz: 
9.AJ.20
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Nødebro Mine (Nøddebro), Arendal Iron Mines, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

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
Earthstones Australia

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