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Prehnite from Tafelkop, Goboboseb Mountains, 27 km west of Brandberg Mountain, Erongo region, Namibia

 
Prehnite from Tafelkop, Goboboseb Mountains, 27 km west of Brandberg Mountain, Erongo region, Namibia

Prehnite from Tafelkop, Goboboseb Mountains, 27 km west of Brandberg Mountain, Erongo region, Namibia

Prehnite from Tafelkop, Goboboseb Mountains, 27 km west of Brandberg Mountain, Erongo region, Namibia

Prehnite from Tafelkop, Goboboseb Mountains, 27 km west of Brandberg Mountain, Erongo region, Namibia

Prehnite from Tafelkop, Goboboseb Mountains, 27 km west of Brandberg Mountain, Erongo region, Namibia

Prehnite from Tafelkop, Goboboseb Mountains, 27 km west of Brandberg Mountain, Erongo region, Namibia

Prehnite from Tafelkop, Goboboseb Mountains, 27 km west of Brandberg Mountain, Erongo region, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 80140
Mineral:Prehnite
Locality:Tafelkop, Goboboseb Mountains, 27 km west of Brandberg Mountain, Erongo region, Namibia
Description:Lustrous translucent green prehnite crystals to 6 mm in interconnected hemispherical aggregates to 50 mm across over a hollow quartz core lined with lustrous black unidentified crystals, tentatively identified as babingtonite. Ex. Jack Troy (1930-2016) collection #W64, originally acquired ca. 1990
Overall Size:11.5x8x4 cm
Crystals:1-6 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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