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Prehnite
Prehnite. Front
Front
Prehnite. Detail
Detail

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

17NRM16: Fan-shaped aggregates of bright, light green Prehnite crystals forming globular groups implanted on an ophitic rock matrix. From a classic Spanish mineral deposit very close to the well-known sulphur mines of Conil de la Frontera, in Cádiz, where ophitic bodies outcrop between Triassic sedimentary rocks, specifically in the Keuper facies. A specimen difficult to find nowadays on the commercial mineral circuit.
Conil de la Frontera, Comarca La Janda, Cádiz, Andalusia  Spain

Specimen size: 11.1 × 9.0 × 6.2 cm = 4.37” × 3.54” × 2.44”

Photos: Joaquim Callén





  
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