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礦物之美(葡萄石∼PREHNITE)

PREHNITE Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 (orthorhombic). Light-green translucent botryoidal or mammillary aggregates. Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey. 本礦因外觀似葡萄而得名,硬度 6-6.5 ,常與沸石類共生於玄武岩或變質岩的間隙中.由John Betts先生所收藏和提供.
礦名來源:Named after the Dutch Colonel, H. Von Prehn (1733-1785).

經典名礦欣賞 10
NO.19