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Calcite Pectolite & Prehnite

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Calcite Pectolite & Prehnite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Prospect Quarry, Prospect, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2.1 × 2 cm
Description

A single sphere of light green prehnite crystal has a translucent scalahedron of calcite that has been riddled with fine acicular pectolite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Pectolite

Formula: 
NaCa2(HSi3O9)
Strunz: 
9.DG.05
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sano, Mori, Mt. Baldo, Lagarina Valley, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy

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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