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Prehnite & Calcite

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Prehnite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Prospect Quarry, Prospect, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 8 × 7.3 cm
Description

Pale yellow radiating sprays of prehnite with yellowish orange terminations are richly covered with small translucent white calcite disks.

Old time specimen from a now defunct location with metropolitian Sydney

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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