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Prehnite

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Prehnite

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Description
Locality: 
Djebel Melh, Bou Arfa, Figuig Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 10 × 7.5 cm
Description

Gorgeous, lustrous, vivid mint-green aggregate of bladed prehnite crystals are aesthetically set on the curved vug lined with starkly contrasting quartz crystals.

The impressive hemisphere is 5 cm across.

This is outstanding and rare combination material from this obscure abandoned Morocco locale.

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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