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Natrolite

Ex Pieter de Bruyn collection.
Gem Crystal

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Description
Locality: 
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 1 × 1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.00cm
Description

An exceptional pristine specimen of fine lustrous sprays of natrolite crystals. This is a very attractive thumbnail specimen. Translucent crystal tubes. Came out from Wessels Mine many years ago Collected by Pieter de Bruyn. Northern Cape, South Africa....

Weight: 10gr

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Natrolite

Formula: 
Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hohentwiel, Singen, Hegau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Provenance

Cors de Bruin Collection

Thu, 2016-03-17 13:35 -- admin
Some History
Name: 
Cors de Bruin
Dates: 
1921- 
1998
Type: 
Collector/Collection
Specialisms: 
Tsumeb, Namibia
About

Cors de Bruin was a Dutch national and worker at Tsumeb who settled in Namibia in 1947. He worked as a constructor on the building of...