Premier Diamond Mine

Premier Diamond Mine
South Africa

Tuesday, 14 June 2011

Prehnite


 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 -




Prehnite + Quartz

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  - 



No comments:

Post a Comment