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Prehnite

Pseudomorph
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Malad, Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.3 × 8.2 × 4.1 cm
Description

A classic and excellent jackstraw cluster of beautiful, bright mint-green prehnite pseudomorphs after laumontite. The translucent and pearly lustrous pseudomorphs reach 3,7 cm and some of them are hollow on this impressive sculptural 360-degree specimen. Rarely offered nowadays, as the quarry was abandoned some decades ago due the population growth.

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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