| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Virginia > Prehnite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 42570 |
| Mineral: | Prehnite |
| Locality: | Fairfax Quarry, 6.4 km west of Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia |
| Description: | Basalt cavity lined with translucent green prehnite on all surfaces. The surface of the prehnite has a sand appearance due to colorless microcrystals of stilbite or apophyllite coating the prehnite. |
| Overall Size: | 8x5x5 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 3 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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