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Prehnite & Calcite

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Prehnite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Oficarsa Quarry, Carchelejo, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 5.9 × 2.6 cm
Weight: 
113.00gr
Description

Spectacular and very aesthetic group of green prehnite crystals and Calcite crystal on porphyric matrix from this classic Spanish quarry nowaday extinct.

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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