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Prehnite

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Prehnite

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Description
Locality: 
Burgberg Quarry, Steffenberg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm
Description

 Nice light green prehnite crystals on matrix

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