I believe Prehnite is a highly underrated mineral, in particular for those that are in Namibia, South Africa and the Northern Cape.
Also I have been seeing more and more cut material in the past two years - hardness is 6 - 6.5
check wiki http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWhtkkOYoxo
One of my favourites
Prehnite + Quartz through the Center of botroidal Aggregate
Above picture feat. front and back of a very light amethyst that has a prehnite overgrowth - Namibia - Brandberg area.
These are just a few specimens - mostly from Namibia and Northern Cape - check Mali material tends to be more yellowish green -
Mali specimen - video of Prehnite and Epidot
It seems asif the majority of Mali specimens are a bit more yellow - than those from Namibia and Northern Cape -
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