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Prehnite With Garnet

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PMN756605

Prehnite With Garnet

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Description
Locality: 
Shijiangshan Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Weight: 
23.00gr
Description

A recent find in the Shijianghsna mine yieldedan interesting combination of prehnite, axinite, apophyllite and garnets. This specimen is a plate where the back and side is mostly prehnite in small colourless discs with minar axinite crystallisation on the back as well. The front is dominated by the deep wine red, lustrous garnets with the occasional prehnite showing.

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