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Prehnite

Antarctica Expedition GANOVEX I

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Description
Locality: 
Litell Rocks, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

Pale yellow-greenish prehnite crystals with waterclear quartz crystals on a massive quartz matrix.

This specimen was found during the first German Antarctica Expedition GANOVEX I 1979 / 80.

Comes with a -copy- of the original label from the mineralogist of this expedition.

Rare locality - Prehnite from this locality is probably lacking in most collections.

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

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