Prehnite Natural 8X10mm Freeform Cut - 15-16 Inch Size_20mm iron or manganese imperfections

iron or manganese imperfections

” the Latin word for copper

Norway where this type of igneous rock is found

The stone's composition remains somewhat ambiguous

Prehnite Natural 8X10mm Freeform Cut - 15-16 Inch Size_20mm iron or manganese imperfectionsPrehnite was the first mineral to be named after a person: its discoverer, Dutch Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn. Von Prehn discovered the stone in South Africa in 1774. Prehnite is translucent to transparent, in colors from light green to yellow green to olive, with occasional inclusions of Black Tourmaline that crisscross the stone in fibrous patterns. It is a phyllosilicate composed of silicon, calcium and aluminum with trace amounts of iron.