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Prehnite

German Antarctica Expedition GANOVEX I 1979/80

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Description
Locality: 
Lillie Marleen Camp, Everett Range, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Light green prehnite crystals on quartz.

This specimen was found during the first german antarctica expedition GANOVEX I 1979 / 80

Rare locality.

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

Ex collection Dipl.Min. Ulrich Vetter, Hannover

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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